§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the reasons for incremental salary scales for some non-industrial civil servants and not for others.
§ Mr. HayhoeOver 98 per cent. of non-industrial civil servants are paid on incremental salary scales with about half on the maximum of their scale. Pay scales or ranges are a means of recognising increasing skill and experience in the job and are widely used outside the Civil Service. A small number of Civil Service staff are paid on flat rates where incremental scales are not appropriate. They include senior staff at under-secretary level and above, and some staff at more junior levels such as cleaners and those on short-term engagements.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average size of the increments to be received by civil servants in the current financial year; and what percentage increase such increments represent.
§ Mr. HayhoeIn the current financial year just under half of non-industrial civil servants will be eligible for increments worth on average £300 per annum. The average value of these increments to recipients will be about 4.6 per cent. of salary or about 2.3 per cent. across the non-industrial Civil Service as a whole.