§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many Civil Service grades have gained wage increases during phase 2 of the incomes policy; if he will list the grades which got less than the maximum permitted cash supplement to basic earnings; and if he will list those grades where deductions were made for incremental drift.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe settlement for non-industrial civil servants on 1st April 1977 provided for the payment of a 5 per cent. supplement to earnings subject to a maximum of £4 per week and a minimum of £2.50 per week for full-time adults and covered nearly all Civil Service grades. The exceptions were those whose pay is covered by the recommendations of the Top Salaries Review Body and those whose pay directly follows that of an outside group. There was no identifiable additional cost resulting from the operation of incremental scales for those covered by the settlement and pay policy did not, therefore, require any deduction to be made.