§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the average pay for Grade D nurses; and if he will list the five NHS trusts that have the lowest pay for Grade D nurses for the year 1998–99. [75026]
§ Mr. DenhamAverage earnings of grade D nurses are estimated at £16,400, as at December 1998. The minimum point of the national grade D scale is set at £12,855, however, this will rise by 12 per cent, to £14,400 from 1 April. Information on earnings for individual trusts is held centrally only for the sample of 170 trusts used in the Department of Health earnings survey.
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