HC Deb 30 July 1957 vol 574 cc161-2W
Mr. Stonehouse

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the approximate average salary paid to Africans and Europeans, respectively, in the territorial Civil Service in Northern Rhodesia; and what provision is being made to train Africans for higher positions.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd,

pursuant to Mr. Profumo's reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 16th July, 1957; Vol. 573, c. 929], supplied the following further information:

In the territorial civil service in Northern Rhodesia the approximate average salaries are as follows:

  1. (a)African Civil Servants:
    1. (i)In junior division posts with an educational qualification below standard VI the salaries paid are in the range £54 to £217; the average is £91 per annum;
    2. (ii)In senior division posts, with a minimum educational qualification of standard VI, the salaries paid are in the range £79 to £668, with an average of £143 per annum;
    3. (iii)Graduates are paid salaries in the range £500 to £1,390, the average salary being £518 per annum; the average figure in this range is low owing to the fact that the posts concerned, e.g. Assistant Technical Officer, Assistant Executive Officer, Assistant Professional Officer, Assistant Master and Master, have been created only recently;
  2. (b)European Civil Servants:

Salaries, including super-scale salaries, are paid in the range of £245 to £3,200, the average salary being £1,152 per annum.

On the second part of the Question, to enable them to obtain academic, professional or technical qualifications required for appointment to higher positions, Africans can obtain awards of Government bursaries. Graduates appointed direct to these higher posts are given full opportunity to acquire experience and assume increased responsibility. In addition suitably qualified Africans attend post-appointment courses of instruction or training; those with lower academic qualifications who have received elementary training in local agriculture, veterinary, forestry, survey, teacher and clerical training institutions, are given practical training on the job which enables them to demonstrate their-suitability for promotion to higher posts.