§ Mr. Currieasked the Minister of Health (1) when he expects a decision to be made on the question of the payment of an incentive bonus to building maintenance staff in hospitals in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.
(2) whether he will authorise the payment of in interim bonus of 1s. per hour on an ex-gratia basis to building maintenance staffs in hospitals in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland pending a decision being made as to a scheme 204W for the payment of an incentive bonus on a permanent basis.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe Builders Committee of the Ancillary Staffs Council has agreed on the principles which must underlie any incentive bonus schemes for building maintenance workers in hospitals, and a firm of management consultants has been asked to submit an outline scheme for experiment at a selected hospital. This is expected shortly, but I cannot forecast when the results of the scheme, if acceptable, can be fully evaluated.