HC Deb 09 February 1999 vol 325 c209W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998–99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. [69509]

Mr. Byers

For the main DTI bargaining unit, the headline pay settlement was 2.55 per cent. This, taken together with additional funds from staff turnover, resulted in staff in post receiving performance related increases averaging 4 per cent. The increases were not staged.