§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what was the date and percentage amount of the most recent increase for Post Office Corporation executive grades.
§ Mr. ChatawayI assume the hon. Member refers to the various grades of Executive Officer. The pay of its staff is a matter for the Post Office, but I understand that the most recent increases for those grades took effect on 1st January, 1970, and were, in percentage terms:
Per cent. Executive Officer … 8.7 Higher Executive Officer … 10 Senior, Chief, Senior Chief and Principal Executive Officers … 8.5
§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (1) what is the degree of regional variation in the average earnings of Post Office employees in the United Kingdom;
(2) what has been the average earnings of part-time employees in the Post Office over the last 12 months;
(3) what have been the average earnings of full-time Post Office employees over the past 12 months;
(4) what have been the average earnings of all Post Office employees over the past 12 months.
§ Mr. ChatawayThe pay of its staff is a matter for the Post Office. I have not the information for which the hon. Member asks and, as there are over 200 different grades of staff in the Post Office, I do not think I should be justified in asking for it.
§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what is the total employed force of the Post Office; how many of them are full-time and how many of them are part-time employees.
§ Mr. ChatawayThis is a matter for the Post Office, but its latest Report and290W Accounts show the figures as 392,169 full-time and about 31,000 part-time (excluding staff employed on an agency basis) at 31st March, 1970.