§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Prime Minister if she will publish in the Official Report the salaries of each main grade of salaried staff in (a) the Civil Service (b) local government and (c) the National Health Service whose starting salary is greater than £15,000; and if she will publish similar information for each of the nationalised industries.
§ The Prime Minister(a) The table following shows the basic salaries of the main grades in the non-industrial Civil Service whose present salary scale minimum is greater than £15,000 per annum:
Salary £ per annum Secretary to the Cabinet 42,000 Permanent Secretary to the Treasury Permanent secretary 37,750 Second permanent secretary 35,000 Deputy secretary 30,250 Under-secretary 25,000 Assistant secretary* (maximum) 23,159 (minimum) 19,243 Senior principal* (maximum) 20,794 (minimum) 16,343 * The assistant secretary and senior principal salaries shown are the salaries payable as from 1 April 1983 following the non-industrial Civil Service pay award. The salaries of the remaining grades shown are those payable as from 1 April 1982. Salary increases for these senior grades will be determined by the outcome of deliberations on the Top Salaries Review Body Report No. 19. (b) Local government
I refer my hon. Friend to section (b)—[c. 220–22]— of my reply to him which appears in the Official Report for 11 July. Taking the rates of pay listed there, starting salaries above £15,000 per annum would be payable to most chief officers and chief executives. Exceptions would be those employed by local authorities with a population of less than 150,000 (for chief officers) and 75,000 (for chief executives) whose duties and responsibilities do not warrant sufficient additional increments.
(c) Information relating to the National Health Service is in the table following.
(d) The salaries of managerial and other staff in nationalised industries are a matter for the boards concerned, and this information is not available centrally.
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The National Health Service: England and Wales Salary range Minimum Maximum £ £ Regional administrator/treasure 21,663 25,515 District administrator/treasurer 18,071 24,664 Unit administrator/chief ambulance officer 15,920 21,550 Regional nursing officer 18,245 24,292 District nursing officer 16,110 23,436 Director of nursing services 15,235 18,892 Regional medical officer 26,720 28,360 District medical officer 23,725 26,770 District community physician/consultant 18,440 23,660
Salary range Minimum Maximum £ £ Regional dental officer 21,365 22,675 District dental officer 18,980 21,405 Regional pharmaceutical officer 18,455 20,314 Pharmaceutical officers/pharmacists 15,401 18,986 Regional scientific officer and other scientific officers 16,090 22,754 Regional works officer 20,061 24,453 Director of works and other technical chief officers 18,517 22,903 District works officer 17,254 21,920 Notes:
(i) Pay rates effective from 1 April 1983
(ii) Pay rates for Regional and District posts are set within the range shown according to the size of the authority's managed population.