§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer into which category of exceptions to Her Majesty's Government's Incomes Policy, as outlined in paragraph 15 in the White Paper on Prices and. Incomes Policy, the increase in salary for income tax inspectors of between 6½and 11 per cent., back-dated to 1st January, 1965, comes.
§ Mr. MacDermotAs my right hon. Friend the First Secretary of State explained to the House on Tuesday, 11th May, 1965, pay revisions in the Civil Service are based on the Priestley Commission principle of "fair comparison" with comparable outside employment.
As an alternative to a pay research survey the Inland Revenue grade of Tax Inspector was the subject of a pay review under the terms of the 1964 Civil Service Pay Agreement; and in accordance with that Agreement 1st January, 1964, was the operative date of the increases resulting from the review.
The new rates of pay gave increases over existing pay of 6.5 per cent. at the 110W minimum and 10.9 per cent. at the maximum with somewhat larger increases at other points on the scale. The compounded annual rate of increase at the maximum over the period since October, 1958, when the last increase based on outside evidence was given, is 4.7 per cent.