HC Deb 06 February 1962 vol 653 cc27-31W
65. Dame Irene Ward

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will list, by Departments concerned, the instances where, since the beginning of the Government's pay pause policy, there have been wage increases sanctioned by or under the authority of the Government, and the reasons therefor, in order that public opinion may be reassured that there is no discrimination against any particular section of the community for whom there is Government responsibility.

Mr. Brooke

The following is the replyThe following wage and salary increases have been authorised since 25th July, 1961, for implementation before 1st April, 1962:

A. DIRECT EXCHEQUER SERVICES

All these increases were pre-pause commitments, within the terms of the guidance about such commitments given at the beginning of the pause to the National Staff Side in the non-industrial Civil Service, to the Trade Union Side of the Joint Co-ordinating Committee in the industrial Civil Service, and to the Whitley Councils in the National Health Service.

I. NON-INDUSTRIAL CIVIL SERVICE

* NOTE:—With the exception of the three cases marked with an asterisk, all the grades are small in number.

All Departments

  • Civil servants in provincial rate areas* (extension of National rate).

Several Departments

  • Scientific Assistants.*
  • Psychologist Class.
  • Part-time medical officers.

National Museums and libraries

  • Museum assistants.

Ministry of Aviation

  • Assistant Canteen and Hostel Managers.

Ministry of Aviation, War Office and Royal Mint

  • Group Officers and Assistants.

Ministry of Aviation

  • Radar Teaching Staff, College of Electronics.
  • Senior Air Traffic Control Officer and Deputy Director of Operations.
  • Certain Aerodrome Commandants.
  • Senior Patents Officer.
  • Senior Inspector of Accidents.

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland

  • Farm Managers.

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

  • Checkweighman.

Admiralty

  • Senior Surgery and Operating Room Assistants.
  • Secretaries at R.N. Hospitals.
  • Assistant Manager and Film Distributing Officers.
  • Temporary Technical Clerks in Naval Construction Division.
  • Couriers.
  • Constructors.
  • Chief and Civil Hydrographic Officers.
  • Lecturers, Dartmouth.
  • Master of Cable Ships.
  • Chart Depot Assistants.

Ministry of Defence

  • J.I.B. Officers I and II.

Department of Health for Scotland

  • Special Housing Association Staff.

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland

  • Stores Assistants and Officers.

Development Commission

  • Marine Officers.

Forestry Commission

  • Forester Class.

G.C.H.Q. and War Office

  • Traffic Handlers and Supervisors.

Ministry of Health

  • Ancillary Staff Chaplain.
  • Ancillary Staff at Polish Hotel.

Home Office and Scottish Home Department

  • Electoral Registration and Returning Officers.

Ministry of Housing and Local Government

  • Assistant Clerk—Rent Tribunals.
  • Engineering Inspector.

Lord Chancellor's Department

  • Assistant Chancery Registrar.

Ministry of Labour

  • Branch Managers.
  • Assistant Canteen Managers.
  • Training Service Officers.

Nature Conservancy

  • Farms and Garden Staff and Supervisors.

Ministry of Power

  • Chief Gas Meter Examiner.

Post Office

  • Sales Representatives and Superintendents.
  • Caretaker Operators.
  • Night and Sunday Telephone Attendants.
  • Engineering, Motor Transport, Factories and Supplies rank and file grades*.
  • Pursers, Cable Ships.
  • Assistant and Head Assistant, Investigation Branch.
  • Supervisor of Sorting Assistants.
  • Telecommunications Traffic Officers.
  • Professional Engineers.
  • Motor Transport Officers.
  • Deputy and Assistant Inspectors of Wireless.
  • Overseas Telegraph Operator I.

Royal Mint

  • Temporary Supervising Officers.

Supreme Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland)

  • Third Class Clerks.

H.M. Treasury

  • Security Officers and Guards.
  • Office Assistants.

Ministry of Transport

  • Driving and Traffic Examiners and Traffic Examiners.
  • Certain staff employed by Lighthouse Authorities.

Board of Trade

  • Senior Examiners Patent Office.
  • Director of Statistics.
  • General Managers, Industrial Estate Management Corporations.

War Office

  • Cypher Officers.
  • Map Research Officers.
  • Grade II and other officers, Forces.
  • Broadcasting Service.

Ministry of Works

  • Custodians of Ancient Monuments.

II. INDUSTRIAL CIVIL SERVICE

Various Departments

  • Building Trade Workers.
  • Printing Workers.
  • Electrical Contracting (Scotland).
  • Hostel grades, Canteen workers, Housekeepers and Cooks.
  • Railway grades.
  • Stokers and Boiler attendants.
  • Examination grades.
  • Part-time women cleaners.

Air Ministry and Forestry Commission

  • Civil Engineering Trade Workers.

Air Ministry and Ministry of Works

  • Furniture Trade Workers, French Polishers.

Admiralty

  • Electric and Rail Tractor Drivers.

Admiralty and Ministry of Aviation

  • Patrolmen.

Admiralty

  • Factory Examiners.
  • Assistant Foremen of Works.
  • Junior Assistants.
  • Non-Craft Supervisors, Craft Supervisors.
  • Viewers.
  • Storehouse Assistants and Assistant Laboratorymen.
  • Factory Examiners.
  • Hospital and Sick Quarters Staff.
  • Housekeeper.

War Office and Air Ministry

  • Plumbers.

Ministry of Works

  • Boiler Coverers.
  • Coal Trade Workers.

Ministry of Works and Air Ministry

  • Heating and Ventilating workers.

Ministry of Works

  • Furniture Porters.
  • Firemen.

H.M.S.O. and Admiralty

  • Bookshop Assistants, Stereotypists and industrial employees on printing presses.

Home Office and Admiralty

  • Coopers.

Home Office

  • Modeller and Stone Carver.

Agricultural Research Council

  • Craftsmen.

Ministry of Transport

  • Sign Writer.

III. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Admin. + Clerical

  • Designated Grades in Executive Councils, etc.

Ancillary Staffs

  • Builders.
  • Orthopædic Appliance Grades.

Professional and Technical

  • Radiographers.
  • Hospital Chaplains.

Nurses and midwives

  • Part-time nurses and midwives.

Medical and Dental

  • Junior staff in peripheral hospitals.

Professional and Technical

  • Therapeutic Dietitians.

Ancillary Staffs

  • Welders.
  • Engineering Craftsmen.
  • Upholsterers.
  • Printers.

B. EDUCATION

NOTE:—The increase in Burnham scales effective from 1st January, 1962, also represented a pre-pause commitment.

Ministry of Education

  • Teachers in England and Wales covered by the Burnham negotiating machinery.

Home Office and Scottish Education Department.

  • Teachers in approved schools.

C. WAGES COUNCIL INDUSTRIES

The following Wages Regulation Orders, effective from dates earlier than 1st April, 1962, have been made by the Minister of Labour since 25th July, 1961, under the Wages Councils Act, 1959, affecting statutory minimum rates in the less well organised industries:—

(A) Orders which were made in the normal course

  • Rope, Twine and Net.
  • Hollow-ware.
  • Milk Distribution in England and Wales.

[These three Councils had submitted proposals for general increases in pay before 25th July, 1961.]

  • Retail Food Distribution in England and Wales.
  • Retail Drapery.
  • Retail Furnishing.

[These three Councils submitted proposals involving minor adjustments in entitlement to managerial rates, to the weekly short day at Christmas and Easter and to overtime for off-licence workers. No general increase of pay was involved.]

(B) Orders which were made effective from 1st January, 1962

  • Industrial and Staff Canteens.
  • General Waste Materials Reclamation.
  • Road Haulage.
  • Licensed Hotels and Restaurants.

[These four Councils formulated proposals involving general increases in pay, accompanied in the first three cases by a reduction in normal working hours, before 25th July, but had not by that date gone through all stages of the procedure required by the Wages Councils Act, and were therefore not yet finally committed to their proposals. The Minister of Labour, while recognising that the pre-pause formulation of proposals involved an element of commitment, felt it right to impose some period of delay, but not as long as he might otherwise have done.]