§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1999–2000; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. [121644]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe headline pay settlement was 2.4 per cent. on the paybill and, together with the additional funds from staff turnover, staff in post received performance-related increases averaging 4.0 per cent. The increases, payable from 1 August 1999, were not staged.