§ 47. Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Health what has been the percentage increase in the salaries of doctors within the National Health Service in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years; what has been the global sum involved in each of those years; and what has been the percentage increase, on average, of the general practitioner's salary in the same period.
§ Mr. PowellI would refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State's reply to him on 1st May. The size of the pool for each of the years was:
£m. 1954–55 70.5 1955–56 72.7 1956–57 73.4 1957–58 78.0 1958–59 80.7 1959–60 83.8 1960–61 82.4 1961–62 85.4 1962–63 Not yet available 1963–64 Not yet available Note: The make-up of the pool was changed from 1960–61 onwards.