§ Mr. Woofasked the Minister for the Civil Service what has been the increase in pay of civil servants since 1st January 1972, and the increase in the cost of living from the same date to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe estimated increase in the average pay in the Civil Service, based on national basic pay rates and including threshold payments, where appropriate, between 1st January 1972 and 1st April 1975 is 71.3 per cent. During the same period the index of retail prices increased by 50.8 per cent.