HC Deb 27 April 1988 vol 132 cc201-2W
Mr. Hood

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the percentage increase in armed forces pay in each year since 1974.

Mr. Freeman

The information is as follows:

Pay review in Equivalent Percentage Increase for full year
1974 13
1975 29.5
1976 1£6 per week
1977 5
1978 13
1979 32.5
1980 16.8
1981 10.3
Pay review in Equivalent Percentage Increase for full year
1982 6.1
1983 7.2
1984 24.9
1985 7.1
1986 35.6
1987 4.9
1988 6.4

Notes:

1 £6 per week was equivalent to between 18.3 per cent. for a private and 3.8 per cent. for a colonel on appointment.

2 A staged increase, the full amount awarded was 7.6 per cent.

3 A 7.5 increase deferred to 1 July 1986.