HC Deb 18 January 1988 vol 145 cc196-7W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Lord President of the Council what was the value of(a) the office and secretarial allowance and (b) the salary of hon. Members for each of the years for which figures are available, taking the latest year as 100.

Mr. Wakeham

The information requested is given in the tables.

Office costs allowances in actual and real terms since 1969
Office costs allowance1
Actual £ PA Real terms2 £ PA Real term OCA as a percentage of January 1988 OCA
1 October 1969 500 2,936 13.8
1 January 1972 1,000 4,916 23.1
1 April 1974 1,750 6,722 31.6
1 April 1975 3,200 10,101 47.4
13 June 1976 3,512 9,174 43.1
13 June 1977 3,687 8,184 38.4
13 June 1978 4,200 8,679 40.7
13 June 1979 4,600 8,536 40.1
14 February 1980 6,750 11,056 51.9
13 June 1980 8,000 12,270 57.6
13 June 1981 8,480 11,683 54.8
13 June 1982 8,820 11,131 52.3
13 June 1983 12,000 14,611 68.6
13 June 1984 12,437 14,403 67.6
1 April 1985 13,211 14,399 67.6
1 April 1986 20,140 21,301 100.0
1 April 1987 21,302 21,616 101.5
1 January 1988 21,302 21,302 3100.0
1 April 1988 22,588 22,054 103.5
1 Formerly the Office, Secretarial and Research Allowance.
2 At January 1988 prices (RPI).
3 The rate of OCA in force in January 1988 was introduced on 1 April 1987.

Parliamentary salary in actual and real terms: 1911 to date
Parliamentary Salary
Actual £ PA In Real Terms1 £ PA Real Term Salary as a per cent, of January 1988 salary
1 April 1911 400 n/a —
17 July 1937 600 11,071 49.1
1 April 1946 1,000 14,088 62.4
1 July 1957 1,750 15,077 66.9
16 October 1964 3,250 23,543 104.4
1 January 1972 4,500 22,121 98.1
13 June 1975 5,750 17,091 75.8
13 June 1976 6,062 15,836 70.2
13 June 1977 6,270 13,917 61.7
13 June 1978 6,897 14,253 63.2
13 June 1979 9,450 17,537 77.8
13 June 1980 10,725 16,450 73.0
13 June 19803 11,750 18,022 79.9
13 June 1981 13,150 18,117 80.3
13 June 19813 13,950 19,219 85.2
13 June 1982 14,510 18,312 81.2
13 June 1983 15,308 18,638 82.7
1 January 1984 16,106 19,158 85.0
1 January 1985 16,904 19,146 84.9
1 January 1986 17,702 18,999 84.2
1 January 1987 18,500 19,111 84.7
1 January 1988 22,548 22,548 100
I January 1989 24,107 2 2
1 At January 1988 prices (RPI).
2 Not available until the January 1989 Retail Prices Index (RPI) is published in February.
3 Pensionable rate.

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