§ Mr. LANSBURYasked the First Commissioner of Works if he can state in every case when the salaries attaching to the different positions of employés of the Houses of Parliament under his jurisdiction were first brought into existence; and when, in each case, there was the last increase in the maximum?
§ Sir J. BAIRD:The particulars are as follow:
Superintendent of Works and Acting Superintendent of Works.
The existing basic scale of pay, which is subject to the addition of Civil Service bonus, came into operation as from the 1st April, 1920, at which date the last increase in the maximum of the scale took place. (Present scale:£200 — £10 — £350; old scale (Clerk of Works):£250—£7 10s.—£300.)
Foremen.
The present rate is £5 0s. 4d. per week. This rate came into operation on the 1st instant and is based on, and £1 per week above, the rate of the highest paid skilled tradesman employed by the Department.
Time-keepers.
The present rate, which came into operation on the 1st January last, is £4 8s. per week and includes a special war bonus. The last increase in the maximum of the basic rate was in 1912.
Assistant Time-keepers.
The present rate, which came into operation on the 1st January last, is £3 17s. 6d. per week and includes a special war bonus. The basic rate was fixed in 1912, when the grade was instituted, and there has been no alteration in the maximum of the basic rate since then.
Inspector of Custodians and Assistant Inspectors of Custodians.
The present rates of wages came into operation in June last, when the grades were first instituted, and there has been no alteration.
60WCustodians.
The existing basic rate of wages, which is subject to the addition of Civil Service bonus, came into operation in June last, when the grade was first instituted, and has not been altered.
Gate Attendant.
The basic rate of pay, which is subject to the addition of Civil Service bonus, was fixed in 1911, when the gate attendant was appointed, and has not been altered.
In all other cases the rates of wages paid are based on the rates of wages in outside industry, and have varied in accordance with the alterations which have taken place in the outside rates.