Vote Office (Supply of Papers)

HC Deb 08 February 1974 vol 868 cc491-2W

Mr. Booth

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services why copies of the Butter Subsidy Regulations 1974 and the National Health Service (Staff Transfer Schemes) Order 1974 were not made available to the Vote Office on the days on which they were laid before the House.

Sir K. Joseph

The Butter Subsidy Regulations 1974 and the National Health cook £0.686 per hour to £0.714; Assistant head cook £0.658 per hour to £0.686; Cook £0.615 per hour; Assistant cook £0.584 per hour. Rates for female staff are slightly less pending the full implementation of equal pay in 1975. Additional to the above rates for staff employed in London is a weighting of £126 per annum—£2.40 per week.