§ 30. Mr. Roger Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will 67W list the wage settlements in the public sector since 1st January, 1972, which have been of 10 per cent. or less.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to
PUBLIC SECTOR SETTLEMENTS AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 10 PER CENT, OR LESS NOTIFIED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SINCE 1ST JANUARY, 1972 Agreement Approximate number of workers involved Estimated percentage increase in earnings arising from settlement Operative Date National Health Service: per cent. Hospital Doctors and Dentists 25,000 8.0 1st April, 1971 General Medical Practitioners 23,000 8.0 1st April, 1971 General Dental Practitioners 11,000 8.0 1st April, 1971 Building Supervisors 400 9.6 1st July, 1971 1st August, 1971 and3rd March, 1972 England and Wales 21st June, 1971 Scotland Her Majesty's Stationery Office: Presses and Binderies 2,500 8.1 National Health Service: Medical Physics Technicians 800 8.7* 1st August, 1971 Dark Room Technicians 1,250 8.0* 1st September, 1971 Electricity Supply NJIC General Workers 120,000 7.8 20th September 1971 Local Authority Engineering Workers 7,000 7.2 8th November 1971 Water Supply, Manual Workers (England and Wales) 26,000 7.5 5th December, 1971 Chairmen and Members of Nationalised industries 1,441 6.8 1st January 1972 Higher judiciary, Senior Civil Servants, Senior officers of armed forces. British Steel Corporation Clerical Workers 52,000 7.0 1st January, 1972 Non-Industrial Civil Service 400,000 7.5 1st January, 1972 (Grades or salary scales up to £5,200 not subject to pay research in 1972) Gas Supply NJIC General Workers 60,000 7.7 18th January, 1972 London Country Bus 3,600 7.0 8th April, 1972 Services—Platform Staff Gas Supply Industry Senior Staff 6,000 8.9 1st July, 1972 * Representative rate of pay shown. † Implementation of a previous agreement in 1972 is estimated to add a further 1 per cent. NJIC—National Joint Industrial Council.