§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the groups of public employees that have reached pay settlements on their pay round since the autumn statement; and on what dates those settlements were reached.
§ Mr. PortilloSettlements have been reached in respect of the following groups:
Group Date settlement agreed Operate date of settlement Royal Mail middle and junior managers 15 March 1993 1 January 1993 Armed Forces 12 February 1993 1 April NHS doctors and dentists 25 March 1993 1 April 1993 School teachers (England and Wales) 1 April 1993 1 April 1993 Civil service clerical and secretarial staff 26 April 1993 1 April 1993 Civil service executive and support staff 26 March 1993 1 April 1993 Teachers in Scotland 29 March 1993 1 April 1993 Settlements have also been reached for a number of smaller groups.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the earnings of those public employees on top salaries as defined by the Pay Board Review Body by scale and group in real terms at January 1993 prices for each year since 1990–91; and if he will provide estimates for 1993–94 and 1994–95.
§ Mr. PortilloData on earnings, where this differs from the salaries and scales down, are not available. It is not possible to make estimates of pay rates beyond the current year. The other information requested is shown in the table.
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Rates of pay at 1 April each year, at 1 January 1993 prices Grade 1990 1991 1992 1993 Staff in post March 19921 Home civil service Hd of HCS 104,577 106,642 108,234 109,931 1 PS/HMT 97,864 99,680 101,259 102,846 1 Grade 1 84,129 85,765 87,052 88,417 23 Grade 1A 77,118 78,803 80,077 81,333 11 Grade 2 FR 58,886 MIN 61,148 MIN 62,099 MIN 63,072 DP 62,744 — — — 140 DP 66,018 — — — DP 69,876 MAX 71,613 MAX 72,741 MAX 73,881 Grade 3 London2 National London National London National London National FR 47,785 FR 47,785 MIN 50,125 MIN 48,788 MIN 50,940 MIN 49,596 MIN 51,738 MIN 50,374 DP 52,570 DP 50,365 — — — — — — 481 DP 55,248 DP 53,044 — — — — — — DP 57,828 DP 55,623 MAX 58,030 MAX 56,693 MAX 58,896 MAX 57,552 MAX 59,819 MAX 58,454 Military RANK Admiral of the Fleet Field Marshal Marshal of the RAF 104,577 106,661 108,234 109,931 1 Admiral General Air Chief Marshal 84,130 85,786 87,050 88,416 21 Vice Admiral Lieutenant General Air Marshal 58,891 61,593 62,615 63,597 34 Rear Admiral Major General Air Vice Marshal 50,362 53,979 54,761 55,621 139 Judiciary Group 13 104,577 106,663 108,234 109,931 1 Group 2 96,673 98,582 100,226 101,797 13 34 92,870 94,696 96,093 97,599 39 4 84,107 85,786 87,052 88,417 107 5 62,391 70,867 75,686 76,873 26 — — 63,699 64,646 — 6 56,218 59,107 — — 616 — — 76,126 68,079 — 7 46,022 52,321 52,179 52,997 478 Notes:
FR—Flat rate.
DP—Discretionary point.
1 Numbers in post exclude the Northern Ireland Civil Service.
2 Excludes London allowance of £2,000 (two star officers in the armed forces receive London pay and group 7 of the judicial salary structure receive London Weighting).
3 The composition of each group is given in Appendix H to the 15th Report on Top Salaries Cm 2015 July 1992.
4 The Lord Justice Clerk is paid a salary lead of £1,000.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list those groups of public employees that have received pay offers in their latest pay round of less than 1.5 per cent., and if he will list those groups of public employees that have had offers of zero per cent.
§ Mr. PortilloNegotiations and offers in respect of individual groups of public sector employees are confidential to the parties directly concerned.