§ Mr. G. HURSTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number of women in the Departmental grades employed on the same work as men; how many of these women ace receiving equal pay with men; how many are remunerated at a lower rate; and what would be the cost per annum of placing all these women on the men's scale?
Mr. GUINNESSThe number of women employed in the Civil Service in the same grades as men is estimated at 40,000. The rates of remuneration of both sexes in the various grades is indicated in the Estimates; generally speaking, in the basic established grades, while the initial salary of women is the same as that of men, their rates of increment and maximum salaries are smaller. In established grades, other than the basic grades, and in the temporary classes remunerated on an inclusive basis, the pay of women is smaller than that of men in corresponding classes. The cost of placing these women on the scales now paid to men, with a moderate allowance for necessary adjustments of the pay of other women civil servants, is estimated at approximately £3,000,000 per annum for the existing numbers employed.