§ Mr. H. A. Priceasked the Secretary to the Treasury what were the maximum salaries and lump sum retiring gratuities in October, 1951, for the following classes of civil servants: permanent secretary, assistant secretary, principal and clerical officer, on the assumption of 40 years' of service, married without dependent children; and what they would need to have been at that date to compensate for increases in the cost of living and increased taxation since 1939.
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§ Mr. Powell:The required information is given in the following table:
Grade 31st March, 1939 31st October, 1951 October, 1951 equivalents of 1939 figures Maximum salary at this date Maximum retirement additional allowance after 40 years' service Maximum salary at this date Maximum retirement additional allowance after 40 years' service Maximum salary Maximum retirement additional allowance (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) £ £ £ £ £ £ Permanent Secretary … … 3,000 4,500 4,500 5,792 68,854 10,125 Assistant Secretary … … 1,450 2,175 2,000 2,713 6,080 4,894 Principal … … … 1,100 1,650 1,375 1,953 3,862 3,713 Clerical Officer … … 350 524 500 702 1,004 1,179 NOTES: 1. In columns (3) and (5) the additional allowances have been calculated on the assumption that maximum salary was receivable throughout the last three years of service. 2. The figures in column (6) are obtained by: first, deducting tax at 1939 rates (prior to the war) from the figures in column (2); secondly, increasing the net amounts so obtained to take account of changes in the Consumer Price Index between 1939 and 1951; and thirdly, grossing up the converted net amounts so obtained at 1951/52 rates of tax. 3. The figures in column (7) are obtained by increasing the figures in column (3) in the ratio of 225:100. 4. The adjustment for increase in prices by use of the ratio of 225:100 is based on the Consumer Price Index.