§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the earnings are of those public employees on top salaries as defined by the relevant pay review body. [26311]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe regular annual reports of the Review Body on Senior Salaries (SSRB) cover senior military officers, the judiciary and the senior civil service. Their current rates of pay, or pay ranges, are those recommended by the SSRB last year. Details of their recommendations are given in their 46th Report (Cm 4995) published on 9 February 2001. The main pay rates, produced by applying those recommendations, are as follows.
Minima Maxima Senior military Officers Four star—Range 8 130,000 152,517 Four star—Range 7 107,305 129,468 Four star—Range 6 95,000 119,128 Three star—Range 5 79,500 99,276 Three star—Range 4 77,625 88,902 Two star—Range 3 69,605 84,376 Two star—Range 2 68,610 81,134 Judiciary Group 1 — 171,375 Group 1.1 — 163,213 Group 2 — 157,699 Group 3 — 149,897 Group 4 — 132,603 Group 5 — 107,346 Group 6.1 — 99,420 Group 6.2 — 95,666 Group 7 (London) — 83,767 Group 7 (outside London) — 79,767 Senior civil service Permanent Secretaries 104,292 179,022 Pay band 9 92,696 131,276 Pay band 8 84,811 123,856 Pay band 7 77,635 116,904 Pay band 6 70,905 110,428 Pay band 5 64,768 104,292 Pay band 4 59,088 98,494 Pay band 3 53,534 87,598 Pay band 2 48,552 77,869 Pay band 1 44,038 69,178 From time to time, the SSRB also makes recommendations on other senior salaries that may be referred to them, including parliamentary pay and allowances (Cm 4997, 16 March 2001), the Greater London Authority (Cm 4547, 3 February 2000) and MEPs and the devolved Administrations (Cm 4188 and 4246, 31 March 1999) but these groups are not part of their regular annual process.