Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the White Paper on the Period of 219W Severe Restraint on Wages had the effect of depriving gravediggers in Scotland of a 5 per cent. rise in wages in January, 1967; and what steps he is taking to protect such lower-paid workers in Scotland from the effects of the policy, in view of the fact that their earnings are not supplemented by payment for overtime or by gratuities.
§ Mr. RossThe earnings of gravediggers, as of other local authority manual workers, are at present being con-
Men Women Additional Force Actual Authorised Actual Authorised Aciual Authorised CITY AND BURGH FORCES Aberdeen 341 358 10 10 — — Airdrie 62 64 2 2 — — Ayr 105 108 4 4 — — Coatbridge 95 102 6 6 — — Dundee 318 377 10 14 10 10 Edinburgh 1,097 1,226 45 48 45 45 Glasgow 2,561 2,958 84 98 — — Greenock 152 160 8 8 21 21 Hamilton 87 87 5 5 — — Inverness 60 62 1 2 — — Kilmarnock 106 111 8 8 — — Motherwell 142 144 7 8 — — Paisley 195 201 7 8 — — Totals 5,321 5,958 197 221 76 76 COUNTY AND COMBINED FORCES Angus 160 176 5 6 — — Argyll 121 120 6 7 — — Ayr 356 363 12 15 18 22 Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk 150 154 4 5 — — Caithness 51 50 4 4 — — Dumfries and Galloway 199 229 6 10 — — Dunbarton 344 362 15 15 5 5 Fife 562 602 32 38 — — Inverness 113 112 9 9 — — Lanark 527 594 25 25 — — Lothians and Peebles 409 436 11 11 — — Orkney 24 25 1 1 — — Perth and Kinross 248 258 7 7 — — Renfrew and Bute 304 323 15 15 — — Ross and Sutherland 125 131 3 6 — — Scottish North-Eastern Counties 332 330 6 6 — — Stirling and Clackmannan 369 398 13 13 — — Zetland 20 21 — — — — Total (Counties) 4,414 4,684 174 193 23 27 Total (Burghs) 5,321 5,958 197 221 76 76 GRAND TOTALS 9,735 10,642 371 414 99 103 Note: Where actual strength exceeds authorised establishment this is due to approved secondments and/or central service. The additional force is employed on duties in industrial premises and expenditure on it is fully reimbursed by the occupier.