HC Deb 22 July 1975 vol 896 cc183-4W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people

he will publish in the Official Report details of the persons who were employed in his office or Department in January 1972 at salaries around £4,500 per annum and what increases they have received to date.

Mr. Bishop

At 1st April 1972 there were 661 staff in post in the Department in 22 different grades the salary scales of which included £4,500 per annum. The salary scales of these grades have since been improved in accordance with Civil Service pay review arrangements. The Administration Group Principal grade may be taken as representative. The grade's 1st January 1972 scale was £3,478 to £4,708 and the current—1st April 1975 —scale is £5,680 to £7,450.

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report details of the five top paid civil servants in his Department; what salaries they now receive; what they were receiving in January 1972; and what increases they have received on the stated dates since January 1972.

Mr. Bishop

The grades and salaries of the five top paid civil servants at present in post in my Department are as follows:

had marginal tax rates of over 50 per cent. in 1960, 1965, 1970 and the latest date for which the information is available.

Mr. Joel Barnett

The estimated numbers of taxpayers with marginal tax rates of over 50 per cent. are as follows:

'000
1960–61 … … … 295
1965–66 … … … 415
1970–71 … … … 400
1974–75 … … … 420

NOTES:

1. Husband and wife are counted as one.

2. The estimates exclude taxpayers where high marginal rates arise from the withdrawal of relieving provisions—e.g., the former age exemption.