§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give details of the current pay claim for the non-industrial Civil Service, giving the minimum and maximum salaries for each group of grades covered by the same percentage claim.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe current pay claim, which covers grades in the non-industrial Civil Service up to and including assistant secretary level, is as follows:
- (a) a flat rate increase of £12 per week—£626 per annum—for all non-industrial civil servants on national salaries up to and including £6,264 per annum;
- (b) above this level substantial percentage increase, providing in particular 10 per cent. up to £9,758 per annum;
- (c) in addition a minimum wage of £85 per week for all non-industrial civil servants aged 18 and over—exclusive of London weighting.
Current pay scales for all main non-industrial Civil Service grades are contained in the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, a copy of which is kept in the House of Commons Library. The following are the current minimum and maximum national salaries—excluding allowances—for each of the administration group grades covered by the claim.
Grade Salary £ per annum Clerical Assistant minimum (age 16) 2,547 maximum 4,340 Clerical Officer minimum (age 16) 2,780 maximum 5,421 Executive Officer minimum (age 18) 4,325 maximum 7,700 Higher Executive Officer minimum 7,822 maximum 9,758 Senior Executive Officer minimum 9,671 maximum 11,969 Principal minimum 11,912 maximum 15,948 Senior Principal minimum 15,723 maximum 19,927 Assistant Secretary minimum 18,525 maximum 22,201 A claim has also been submitted for a reduction in the working week to 35 hours net.
§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Civil Service jobs have been lost in Wales in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HayhoeChanges in the number of civil servants in Wales during the calendar years 1979, 1980 and 1981, are as follows. Figures for the whole of 1982 are not yet available.
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Civil servants in Wales Staff 1 January 1979 40,700 Change 1979–80 -1,600 Staff 1 January 1980 39,100 Change 1980–81 -300 Staff 1 January 1981 38,800 Change 1981–82 -900 Staff 1 January 1982 37,900 Change 1982 -1,000 Staff 1 October 1982 36,900 Reductions over the whole period have been proportionately somewhat lower than those for the Civil Service as a whole.