Senior Civil Servants

HC Deb 22 January 1975 vol 884 cc354-6W

Mr. Pardoe

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the average earnings of people employed in the Civil Service as Permanent Secretaries, Second Permanent Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, Under-Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries or the equivalent grades, respectively, in 1974, 1973, 1972, 1970, 1964 and 1954; and if he will express these in terms of 1954 prices and 1954 average industrial earnings, respectively.

Mr. Charles R. Morris

Tables A, B and C show in the form requested gross earnings for men in Inner London for the grades from Permanent Secretary to Under-Secretary. Information on average

TABLE A
AVERAGE EARNINGS
		1974	1973	1972	1970	1964	1954
		£	£	£	£	£	£
Permanent Secretary	16,432	15,938	15,750	10,850	8,285	4,500
Second Permanent Secretary	…	15,432	14,938	14,750	10,225	7,785	—
Deputy Secretary	…	11,182	10,688	10,500	7,575	5,885	3,250
Under Secretary	…	9,446	8,621	8,425	6,380	4,785	2,600

TABLE B
AVERAGE EARNINGS ADJUSTED FOR MOVEMENTS IN RETAIL PRICES SINCE 1954
		1974	1973	1972	1970	1964	1954
		£	£	£	£	£	£
Permanent Secretary	6,452	7,262	7,829	6,323	6,325	4,500
Second Permanent Secretary	…	6,059	6,806	7,332	5,959	5,943	—
Deputy Secretary	…	4,390	4,870	5,219	4,414	4,493	3,250
Under Secretary	…	3,709	3,928	4,188	3,718	3,653	2,600

TABLE C
AVERAGE EARNINGS ADJUSTED FOR MOVEMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL EARNINGS SINCE 1954
		1974	1973	1972	1970	1964	1954
		£	£	£	£	£	£
Permanent Secretary	*	4,073	4,616	3,982	4,708	4,500
Second Permanent Secretary	…	*	3,817	4,323	3,753	4,424	—
Deputy Secretary	…	*	2,731	3,077	2,780	3,344	3,250
Under Secretary	…	*	2,203	2,469	2,341	2,719	2,600
* Not available.

TABLE D
AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON ASSISTANT SECRETARIES AND EQUIVALENT GRADES
						1972	1973	1974
						£	£	£
Average Earnings	…	…	…	…	…	6,585	6,710	8,060
Adjusted as in Table B	…	…	…	…	3,273	3,057	3,165
Adjusted as in Table C	…	…	…	…	1,930	1,714	*
* Not available.

Mr. Pardoe

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the number of people employed in the Civil Service as Permanent Secretaries, Second Permanent Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, Under-Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries or

Grade Level	1955*	1964	1970	1972	1973	1974
Permanent Secretary	36	29	27	24	22	24
Second Permanent Secretary	…	—	4	10	13	18	19
Deputy Secretary	…	80	90	119	124	141	144
Under Secretary	…	275	290	426	482	518	527
Assistant Secretary†	N.A.	2,043	2,492	2,650	2,793	2,952
* Figures for 1954 not readily available.
† Assistant Secretaries and Equivalents in the main General Service Classes only.

earnings of Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades is not readily available for the years 1954, 1964 and 1970 and could be supplied only at disproportionate cost. For these grades Table D shows estimates of average annual earnings in later years, excluding London weighting and other allowances, and expresses them in 1954 terms in the same way.

the equivalent grades, respectively, in 1974, 1973, 1972, 1970, 1964 and 1954.

Mr. Charles R. Morris

The available information, based on Estimates provision for the Home Civil Service, at 1st April in each year, is as follows: