§ Mr. Charles Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services why the Standing Commission on pay comparability for the eight professions supplementary to medicine is reviewing these professions together and not separately.
§ Dr. VaughanThe Standing Commission on pay comparability reviewed these professions together with other related staff groups following the request of the negotiating body concerned, the professional and technical 'A' Whitley Council, and referral by the last Administration. The pay of all these groups has been linked for some years.
540Wand what are the comparable figures for May 1979.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe table below sets out the figures for unemployed claimants in the areas covered by the Dundee unemployment benefit offices, including the associated office in Forfar.
lies; and what has been the numerical and percentage change in each category and the total number since May 1979.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe information which is in the following table relates to persons receiving supplementary benefit from offices in Dundee, which cover an area greater than Dundee itself: