HC Deb 07 May 1981 vol 4 cc110-1W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if she will list the basic salary scales in each grade of the clerical, executive and administrative classes of the Civil Service in January 1979 and January 1981, in parallel columns.

Mr. Hayhoe

The answer is given in the following table:

1 January 1979*
Scale Minimum Scale Maximum
£pa £pa
Assistant Secretary 10,043 12,273
Senior Principal 9,054 10,809
Principal 6,791 8,729
Senior Executive Officer 5,937 7,032
Higher Executive Officer 4,842 5,718
Executive Officer 3,113 4,579
Clerical Officer 2,599 3,280
Clerical Assistant† 44.13 50.15

1 January 1981‡
Scale Minimum Scale Maximum
£pa £pa
Assistant Secretary 16,500 19,500
Senior Principal 14,000 17,500
Principal 10,600 14,000
Senior Executive Officer 8,600 10,500
Higher Executive Officer 6,950 8,555
Executive Officer 3,775 6,745
Clerical Officer 3,688 4,740
Clerical Assistant† 59.13 72.60

* Salaries payable from 1 April 1978.

† Weekly rate of pay.

‡ Salaries payable from 1 April 1980 for Assistant Secretary and Senior Principal, and from 7 May 1980 for all other grades.

Notes:

1. For grades with Entry or Junior Scales the minimum and maximum of the Main scale are shown.

2. Rates of London Weighting in payment on 1 January 1979 were £524 per annum and £275 per annum and on 1 January 1981 were £1,016 per annum and £424 per annum, for inner and outer London areas respectively.