HC Deb 07 March 1957 vol 566 cc94-7W
84. Sir H. Butcher

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the terms of the Treasury minutes or orders defining and sanctioning payment of subsistence allowances to civil servants; and the scales on which such payments are made.

Mr. Powell

Subsistence allowances are granted to meet the extra cost

Class Rates of Subsistence Allowance in the British Isles
Day Allowances Night Allowances
Absence of more than five hours but not more than ten hours Absence of more than ten hours Normal Regular Visitor
Rate 1 (first seven nights) Rate 2 (eighth and subsequent nights) Rate 3 (first three nights) Rate 4 (fourth and subsequent nights)
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
A (i)
Grades with salary minimum of £2,000 or more 5 6 12 0 48 6 39 6 34 0 23 0
A (ii)
Grades with salary maximum exceeding £1,225 and minimum less than £2,000 4 9 10 9 43 0 35 0 30 0 20 6
B
Grades with salary maximum exceeding £760 but not exceeding £1,225 4 0 9 6 38 0 31 0 26 6 18 6
C
All others 3 6 8 3 33 6 27 6 23 6 16 6

Mr. Lewis

asked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will give a Departmental list of those civil servants who were, on 28th February, 1957, in receipt of salaries in excess of those received by their Minister, Parliamentary Secretary, or the equivalent Ministerial rank; and whether he will also give the salaries paid to these civil servants.

Mr. Powell

I would ask the hon. Member to await the publication later this month of the Civil Estimates and Estimates for the Revenue Departments. These will show the salaries of Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and the civil servants in their Departments.

Mr. Lewis

asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures showing, for the various Government Departments, the average percentage increase in the wage

incurred when civil servants are away from home or office on official duty. The rates vary according to grade and according to the length of absence. The following are the details:

and salary scales of civil servants, since the date in 1911 when Members of Parliament first received salaries, until the latest convenient stated date.

Mr. Powell

I would ask the hon. Member to refer to the Estimates for 1911–12, which are in the Library, and to compare the wage and salary scales shown therein with those in the Civil Estimates and the Estimates for the Revenue Departments which are to be published this month.

Mr. Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an assurance that the principle of recommending the appointment of a Royal Commission to determine remuneration which has been adopted for doctors and dentists will not be extended to resolve questions of increases in the salary and wage scales of civil servants.

Mr. Powell

The Government's policy in determining the pay of civil servants accords with the principles recommended by the Roy al Commission on the Civil Service, which reported in 1955.