HC Deb 17 December 1969 vol 793 cc349-51W
89. Mr. Higgins

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity to what extent increases in pay in

during the current fiscal year; how this compares with the support given in previous years; and what is the reason for any change between the current year's figures and that of previous years.

Dr. Ernest A. Davies

The information sought is tabulated below. The increases year by year in the Government support are due mainly to corresponding increases in the industrial contributions made to the Research Association, to which the Government grant support is related.

engine developments since 1959 to date, as set out in Appendix G of the Plowden Report on the Aircraft Industry, Command Paper No. 2853.

Mr. Carmichael

The information is given in the following table:

excess of the norm applicable under the Government's prices and incomes policy approved on productivity grounds have been matched by increases in productivity in the industries concerned.

Mr. Dell

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to his similar Question on 16th December, 1969.

90. Mr. Higgins

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many wage settlements to the latest convenient date above the norm applicable under Part II of the Prices and Incomes Acts have been approved by her Department on grounds of a productivity increase; and in how many of these cases the increase in pay was made in advance of the increase in productivity.

Mr. Dell

From April, 1968, to November, 1969, there were 33 pay settlements involving 10,000 or more workers which involved increases in pay of more than 3½ per cent. justified on grounds of increased productivity in accordance with the White Paper, Productivity, Prices and Incomes Policy in 1968 and 1969, Cmnd. 3590. In most cases the basis of the agreement was the increase in productivity which would flow from the terms of the agreement.