HC Deb 24 February 1997 vol 291 c125W
Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what has been the average increase in rates of pay for civil servants in each year since 1989. [17124]

Mr. Freeman

The average annual increases based on a weighted average of the headline pay settlements for the main groups of staff in each year are as follows:

  • 1989–90: 7.0 per cent.
  • 1990–91: 8.3 per cent.
  • 1991–92: 7.4 per cent.
  • 1992–93: 4.1 per cent.
  • 1993–94: 1.0 per cent.
  • 1994–95: 2.2 per cent.
  • 1995–96: 2.6 per cent.
  • 1996–97: 3.2 per cent. (provisional).

From 1994–95 responsibility for determining pay was increasingly delegated to Departments and agencies and the 1996–97 figure is based solely on departmental and agency settlements.