HC Deb 01 August 1966 vol 733 cc14-5W
Mr. Geoffrey Wilson

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list setting out the dates and amounts of the increases in the basic minimum wages of representative grades of railwaymen from 1948 to date.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

The information relating to train drivers and platform porters is set out in the following table.

RAILWAYS
Engine Drivers
Date (according to year and grade) Porters
Amount of increase Rates of wages Amount of increase Rates of wages
per week per week per week per week
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
1st January, 1948 … … … 121 0 to 134 0 91 6
1st February, 1948 … … … 3 0 or 4 0 124 0 to 138 0 — 91 6
5th September, 1949 … … … — 124 0 to 138 0 1 0 92 6
1st September, 1950 … … … — 124 0 to 138 0 3 6 96 0
1st January, 1951 … … … 9 0 or 11 6 133 0 to 149 6 6 6 102 6
3rd September, 1951 … … … 10 6 or 12 0 143 6 to 161 6 8 0 110 6
2nd November, 1952 … … … 7 0 150 6 to 168 6 7 0 117 6
6th December, 1953 … … … 4 0 154 6 to 172 6 4 0 121 6
24th January, 1954 … … … 5 0 or 6 0 159 6 to 178 6 3 0 124 6
4th October, 1954 … … … 13 0 or 14 0 172 6 to 192 6 2 6 127 0
10th January, 1955 … … … 2 6 175 0 to 195 0 8 0 135 0
15th June, 1955 … … … 1 0 or 3 0 176 0 to 198 0 — 135 0
23rd January, 1956 … … … 12 6 or 14 0 188 6 to 212 0 9 6 144 6
26th November, 1956 … … … 5 6 or 6 6 194 0 to 218 6 4 6 149 0
4th March, 1957 … … … 4 0 198 0 to 222 6 2 6 151 6
30th June, 1958 … … … 6 0 or 6 6 204 0 to 229 0 4 6 156 0
4th January, 1960 … … … 30 0 or 31 0 234 0 to 260 0 12 0 168 0
1st April, 1962 … … … 7 0 or 8 0 241 0 to 268 0 5 0 173 0
5th November, 1962 … … … 14 0 or 16 0 255 0 to 284 0 10 0 183 0
23rd December, 1963 … … … 15 0 or 17 0 270 0 to 301 0 11 0 194 0
21st December, 1964 … … … 24 0 or 27 0 294 0 to 328 0 17 0 211 0
4th October, 1965 … … … 10 0 or 11 0 304 0 to 339 0 7 0 218 0

Notes

1. Extra payment is made to drivers when performing over a certain mileage per day.

2. From 4th October, 1954 to 3rd January, 1960, lower rates applied to porters with less than two years' service.

3. Higher rates are payable in the London area.

4. The normal weekly hours of work were reduced from 44 to 42 from 1st January, 1962 and to 40 from 28th February, 1966, without loss of pay.

Notes for Guidance

The weekly rates of wages of train drivers and platform porters are those laid down in the agreements between the Railways Board and the National Union of Railwaymen and the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.