HL Deb 03 September 1998 vol 593 cc60-1WA
Lord Vivian

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Why the recent pay award to medical and dental officers in the Armed Forces is being awarded in two stages, with 2 per cent. being paid from 1 April and the remainder payable from 1 December. [HL3240]

Lord Gilbert

In line with government policy on public sector pay, the award for medical and dental officers has been staged in the same way as the pay awards for all other pay review body groups, nurses, teachers, the senior salaries group and the rest of the Armed Forces, which were announced by the Prime Minister in January.