§ Mr. Marlowasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many civil servants receive higher pay than a Cabinet Minister.
§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 21 May 1981, c. 183]: On the basis of the increase for senior civil servants announced by the Prime Minister on 15 May—[Vol. 4, c. 343–48]—55 civil servants currently receive higher pay than Cabinet Ministers in the Commons. An additional 181 civil servants currently receive higher pay than Cabinet Ministers in the Lords, who receive no parliamentary salary. The Prime Minister also proposed on 15 May changes from 13 June in the pay of Ministers and Members of Parliament. If implemented no civil servant would then be receiving higher pay than Cabinet Ministers in the Commons; 58 civil servants would be receiving higher pay than Cabinet Ministers in the Lords.