HC Deb 31 July 1972 vol 842 c38W
Mr. Golding

asked the Minister of State for Defence (1) what the present pay offer to the Industrial Civil Service means in terms of a percentage increase to the lower paid workers;

(2) what are the average earnings the Royal Ordnance Factories.

Mr. G. Johnson Smith

The £1.50 pay increase currently on offer to the Industrial Civil Service would add about 8½ per cent. to the basic rates of labourers in the Royal Ordnance Factories. Average earnings in a recent week for all male adult industrial workers in the Royal Ordnance Factories were £31.06.

I regret that the information on these points given to the hon. Gentleman on 20th July was incorrect.—[Vol. 841. c. 895–897 and c. 144.]

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