§ Mr. Steeleasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that a consequence of the delay in settling the salaries of senior and principal officers in the Scottish Probation Service is that, since July, 1957, certain senior probation officers have been receiving salaries at a rate lower than those paid at the maximum for ordinary probation officers; and whether he will give an assurance that any new scale introduced for these officers shall have effect from a date no later than July, 1957.
§ Mr. MaclayI am aware of this; and I will consider the operative date of any new scale for the supervisory grades in the light of the recommendations made to me by the Joint Negotiating Committee.
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§ Mr. Steeleasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that in England and Wales a new salary scale for principal and senior probation officers, based on a maximum salary for ordinary officers of £860 per annum, has been in operation since February, 1958, with effect from January, 1957, but that no similar scale has yet been introduced for comparable officers in the Scottish Probation Service; whether it was on his instructions that the employing authorities refused to agree to a new scale in February, 1958; and whether he will now take steps to introduce a scale of salaries for supervisory officers comparable to that operating in England and Wales.
§ Mr. MaclayThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative; to the second in the negative; and to the third that I am awaiting recommendations from the Joint Negotiating Committee, which, I understand, is still considering the matter.