§ Mr. SawfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the salary scales for trainee and newly qualified biomedical scientists. [88832]
§ Mr. DenhamBiomedical scientists are classed as medical laboratory scientific officers (MLSOs) for pay and grading purposes. Their pay scales are attached to a common pay spine for National Health Service Professional and Technical Staff. The current pay scale for trainee MLSOs, effective since 1 December 1998 is:
Spine point £ 00 7,476 01 7,726 02 7,988 03 8,260 04 8,544 05 8,839 06 9,146 07 9,463 08 9,796 The MLSO Grade 1 pay scale is used for newly qualified biomedical scientists. The current pay scale effective from 1 December 1998 is:
Spine point £ 00 11,812 01 12,286 02 12,777 03 13,290 04 13,822 05 14,375 06 14,949 07 15,546 08 116,169 09 116,817 10 117,486 Pay is negotiated in the Professional and Technical Staffs Whitley Council. Staff Side are consulting their members on the NHS Management Side's offer of:
an increase in national pay scales for PTB staff of 3 per cent.an increase of 13.5 per cent. in London Weighting Allowances which will restore them to 1995 valuesadditional increases for staff working in cytology screening, with trainee cytology screeners getting 6.6 per cent. and qualified cytology screeners getting up to 11.4 per cent.additional increases for staff in the MLSO grades, with trainee MLSOs getting up to 26 per cent., and MLSO1 s and some MLSO2s getting 7.1 per cent.If accepted this offer would produce a new pay scale for trainee MLSOs of:
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Spine point £ 00 9,420 01 9,747 02 10,090 03 10,443 And a new pay scale for MLSO1s of:
Spine point £ 15 12,655 16 13,160 17 13,689 18 14,237 19 14,806 20 15,397 21 16,012 22 16,654 23 117,322 24 118,011 25 118,734 1Employing authorities may advance the position of a grade scale (other than that of a trainee) on the pay spine by up to three points for posts which carry additional responsibilities or require specialist skills but which do not warrant a higher grade.