§ 26. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he is aware that on 31st October 1973 the average national wage for men was £40 per week and for women £23; whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a detailed list giving the numbers and grades of civil servants and all other types of Government employees who fall below these amounts of weekly pay; and what wage rates these employees were receiving on this date.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerDetailed information about the earnings of each individual civil servant as opposed to rates is not readily available, and could be assembled only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Juddasked the Minister for the Civil Service what action he is taking to ensure that industrial and non-industrial civil servants do not suffer special disadvantages as a result of phase 3; what action he is taking to put right the anomalies in pay from which such civil servants are already suffering; and whether he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Kenneth BakerCivil Service pay has been and will continue to be dealt with under the provisions of the counter-inflation programme, which have general application. The Pay Board has identified anomalies arising from the standstill and provision is being made in stage 3 for their correction.