§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Minister for the Civil Service, what was the percentage increase in the pay bill of the non-industrial Civil Service for the period covered by pay restraint, pro rata, taking account of an increase or decrease in the numbers employed.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe information is not available in the form requested, and could not be provided except at disproportionate cost. The cost of the main pay settlement for the non-industrial Civil Service on 1st April 1976 was estimated at £171 million, representing an average addition to basic pay of 9.8 per cent. for those eligible, and the cost of that on 1st April 1977 was estimated at £85.5 million or 4.7 per cent.