§ Mr. Juddasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the total number of industrial civil servants; their lowest basic weekly rate; the number on this lowest basic pay rate; and the number on basic pay rates below £20 per week, between £20 and £25, £25 and £30 £30 and £35 and above £35, respectively.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe total number of industrial civil servants is about 190,000. Taking account of the recent arbitration award, their lowest basic weekly rates of pay are £19.90 for men and £18.40 for women. The numbers on these lowest rates are about 13,400 men and 11,500 women. The remaining information asked for is as follows:
Number of Recipients (approximate) Basic Rate of Pay Men women Total Below £20 13,400 18,870 32,270 Between£20 and £25 82,000 5,000 87,000 Between £25 and £30 56,100 125 56,225 Between £30 and £35 164 Nil 164 Over £35 Nil Nil Nil The figures in the table exclude about 7,740 apprentices and about 2,270 juveniles, whose pay is a percentage of the appropriate adult rate increasing with their age, and 4,020 part-time women cleaners paid at an hourly rate of 44p. I would emphasise that the figures quoted here are the minimum basic rates and that earnings are frequently higher than this.