HC Deb 21 December 1966 vol 738 c360W
108. Mr. Ronald Bell

Bell asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the rate of gross remuneration of engineers and natural scientists in the professional gradings of the Works Group of civil servants compares in purchasing power, grade for grade, with that immediately before the war.

Mr. Diamond

At 1st January, 1965, the comparison of the purchasing power of the gross remuneration of the Works Group with the pay scales most commonly in use in 1939 is on average:

Per cent.
Basic Grade 100
Main Grade 94
Senior Grade 90
Superintending Grade (1st September, 1965 109