§ Mr. Loveridgeasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the formula, and how it is arrived at, on which the London weighting for National Association of Local Government Officers is based.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithLondon weighting in local government service is negotiated having regard to allowances payable to non-industrial civil servants. Payments to the latter are based on the formula recommended by the National Board for Prices and Incomes in its Report No. 44: London weighting in the non-industrial Civil Service (Cmnd. 3436). This formula is based on indices prepared by my Department of the costs of housing and public transport in London and the rest of the country.