§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will give the number of staff in his Department who will be affected by the Boyle proposals to increase salaries by 20per cent. to 25 per cent.; what salaries they now receive; and to what extent these will be raised on the implementation of the Boyle Report.
§ Sir K. JosephI would refer the hon. Member to the report of the Top Salaries Review Body (Cmnd. 5001) which was published on 23rd June, and to the reply my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Surrey, East (Mr. William Clark) on 23rd June. There are 58 staff at Under-secretary level and above in my Department whose pay is affected by the recommendations of the Review Body.—[Vol. 839, c.183.]