HC Deb 15 July 1974 vol 877 c35W
Mr. Cordle

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the scales of pay for cooks employed by the Home Civil Service to provide meals in staff

INDUSTRIAL GRADES
(Weekly male provincial rates)
Assistant Cook Cook Senior Cook Head Cook
1955 (July) 150s 156s
1960 (October) 188s 196s
1965 (October) 234s 244s
1970 (July) £16.45 £17.75 £18.40 £19.05
1974 (July) £24.95 £26.25 £26.90 £27.55

Note: Before the cooking grades were restructured in 1968 there was a multiplicity of grades and titles, and no direct equivalents of the Assistant Cook and Senior Cook grades.

NON-INDUSTRIAL GRADES
(National salary scales)
Chef I Chef II
1955 (July) £570-£635 £493 10s.-£565
1960 £640-£715 £555-£630
1965 (November) £834-£927 £746-£828
1970 (December) £1,267-£1,409 £1,135-£1,258
1974 £1,616-£1,769 £1,474-£1,606