§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show the current wage rates in the Hospital Service as they affect senior medical staff, state the date of the last increase, giving the amount and its percentage value; and if he will state the date of the four previous increases, giving the amount and percentage value in each case.
§ Mr. AlisonI have been asked to reply.
The current (whole-time) basic salary of the consultant grade effective from 1st April, 1971, ranges from £4,512 at the minimum to £6,840 at the maximum: the average increase was approximately 6.7 per cent.
Details of the four previous increases are set out below.
Effective date Basic salary scale Approximate average increase per cent. Minimum Maximum 1st April, 1970 £4,512 £6,330 21.5 1st January, 1969 £3,470 £5,275 8.3 1st October, 1966 £3,200 £4,885 10 1st April, 1963 £2,910 £4,445 14