HC Deb 22 June 1972 vol 839 cc160-2W
Mr. Harold Walker

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the 38 most recent public sector pay settlements, indicating in each case the group of persons covered, the estimated percentage rise in earnings and the numbers involved.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

Details of the 33 settlements which have been made public are as follows. The remaining

PUBLIC SECTOR SETTLEMENTS NOTIFIED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SINCE THE COALMINING SETTLEMENT OF FEBRUARY, 1972
Agreement Approximate number of workers involved Estimated percentage increase in earnings (at annual rate) resulting from settlement Operative date
Post Office—Drawing Office Grades 2,900 11.0 1st August, 1971
Civil Service—Departmental Police 4,000 6.5 1st September, 1971
Inner London Education Authority—Laboratory Workshop and Tool Technicians 1,100 8.5 1st October, 1971
University Teachers 26,900 7.5 1st October, 1971
Civil Air Transport, National Joint Industrial Council 55,000 8.3 1st October, 1971
1st October, 1972
Coalmining—
Managerial Grades 13,600 13.1 1st November, 1971
Clerical, Typing and Machine Grades 19,000 16.5 1st November, 1971
Electricians employed by Local Authorities 3,000 7.0 2nd November, 1971
Water Supply Industry—Craftsmen 2,550 10.8 5th December, 1971
National Health Service—Medical Laboratory Technicians 11,800 7–7.5 1st January, 1972
Post Office—
Manipulative Grades 200,000 8.7 1st January, 1972
Clerical, Secretarial, Typing and Machine Grades 40,000 9.0 1st January, 1972
Cable and Wireless Grades 1,300 6.7 1st January, 1972
Local Authority—Doctors 2,760 5.9* 1st January, 1972
Prison Service 12,500 7.5 1st January, 1972
Gas Supply—Maintenance Craftsmen 5,000 7.7 16th January, 1972
Forestry Commission—Manual Workers 8,500 9.2 31st January, 1972
Electricity Supply—Administrative and Clerical Workers 52,000 7.75 1st February, 1972
National Health Service—Hospital Pharmacists 850 8.0 1st March, 1972
British Steel Corporation—Craftsmen 23,000 10.7† 12th March, 1972
National Health Service—Nurses and Midwives 350,000 8.0 1st April, 1972
Teachers in Establishments of Further Education, Farm Institutes and Colleges of Education (England and Wales) 66,000 7.7 1st April, 1972
Electricity Supply—Managerial Grades 1,500 7.7 1st April, 1972
Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools (England and Wales) 364,000 9.6 1st April, 1972
National Health Service—
Administrative and Clerical Grades 69,000 7.7 1st April, 1972
Professions supplementary to Medicine 15,000 8.0 1st April, 1972
Remploy Ltd. (Severely Disabled Employees) 7,500 10.0 1st April, 1972
London Transport Executive—Platform Staff 23,000 7.5 8th April, 1972
British Road Services—Operating and other Wages Grades 22,000 9.0 15th May, 1972
British Steel Corporation—Blast-furnacemen and Process Workers 84,000 10.7† 4th June, 1972
National Health Service—Dental Surgery Assistants, Dental Hygienists and Dental Auxiliaries 1,660 7.6 1st July, 1972
Gas Supply Industry—Staffs 54,000 8.1 1st July, 1972
Post Office—Engineering Grades—Manual Workers 119,000 9.9 1st July, 1972
* Agreement lasts to 30th September, 1972.
† Last increase 27th June 1971. Craftsmen's Agreement covers 15 months.

settlements covering in all some 7,600 workers are with one exception below 8 per cent.