§ Mr. Cordleasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the scales of pay for cooks employed by the Home Civil Service to provide meals in staff
INDUSTRIAL GRADES (Weekly male provincial rates) Assistant Cook Cook Senior Cook Head Cook 1955 (July) … … … … — 150s — 156s 1960 (October) … … … … — 188s — 196s 1965 (October) … … … … — 234s — 244s 1970 (July) … … … … £16.45 £17.75 £18.40 £19.05 1974 (July) … … … … £24.95 £26.25 £26.90 £27.55 Note: Before the cooking grades were restructured in 1968 there was a multiplicity of grades and titles, and no direct equivalents of the Assistant Cook and Senior Cook grades.
NON-INDUSTRIAL GRADES (National salary scales) Chef I Chef II 1955 (July) … … £570-£635 £493 10s.-£565 1960 … … £640-£715 £555-£630 1965 (November) … … £834-£927 £746-£828 1970 (December) … … £1,267-£1,409 £1,135-£1,258 1974 … … £1,616-£1,769 £1,474-£1,606