§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the average pay rise for civil servants in his Department over each of the last five years; and what pay rises have been approved for each of the years(a) 2002–03, (b) 2003–04, (c) 2004–05 and (d) 2005–06; and if he will make a statement. [75716]
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§ Dr. MoonieThe percentage pay rise for industrial and non-industrial civil servants in the Ministry of Defence is set out in the table below. The figures exclude trading fund and other agencies which have responsibility for their own pay bargaining. They show the increases to the Ministry of Defence paybill over each of the last five years and the increases recently 153W agreed for the years (a) 2002–2003, (b) 2003–2004, (c) 2004–2005 and (d) 2005–2006. Up to 2001, there were separate pay systems for the two groups of staff, but these have been harmonised from 2002.
Year % increase to paybill of non-industrial staff %increase to paybill of industrial staff 1997 2.7 3.0 1998 2.5 3.3 1999 2.7 3 5 2000 2.6 3.5 2001 2.7 3.7 2002 3.2 2003 3.1 2004 3.1 2005 3.1