§ Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to secure the introduction of a higher national minimum scale for home help organisers.
§ Mr. AlisonHome help organisers are paid according to the local authority administrative and professional pay scales which are negotiated by the Local Authorities National Joint Council, representing employer and trade union interests concerned. It is for each local authority to determine at which point within those scales organisers should be paid, taking into account the duties they perform within the authority in relation to other staff.