§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister of State for Defence whether he will give the number of the staff in his Department who will be affected by the Boyle proposals to increase salaries by 20 per cent. to 25 per cent.; what salaries they now receive; and to what extent these will be raised on the implementation of the Boyle Report.
§ Lord BalnielI refer the hon. Member to the report of the Top Salaries Review Body (Cmnd. 5001), which was published on 23rd June, and to my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's reply of 23rd June to my hon. Friend the Member for Surrey, East (Mr. William Clark). There are 262 Service officers of two-star rank and above and 122 civilian staff at undersecretary level and above in the Ministry of Defence whose pay is affected by the416W recommendations of the Review Body.—[Vol. 839, c. 183.]