§ Mr. Scottasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current rate of pay, the extent of other benefits and pension entitlement of the governors and senior medical officers at Holloway and Brixton Prisons, respectively.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsBoth governor posts are graded class I. The annual pay rate for that grade is £9,424. The emoluments of the governor grades also include rent and rate-free accommodation or, if this is not available, rent allowance; this emolument is notionally valued for tax and pension purposes at £497 a year in the case of a governor class I. The maximum rent allowance for that grade is £630 a year and in inner London this 485W would be supplemented by London weighting at the rate of £410 a year.
Prison medical officers are members of the general Civil Service medical officer class. The most senior post at Holloway is graded senior medical officer and that at Brixton, principal medical officer. Annual pay rates for these grades are £11,000 and £11,440 respectively. The posts also attract the inner London weighting allowance of £410 a year and an annual environment allowance of £155.
The pension entitlements of prison governors and prison medical officers are as for other civil servants. These are prescribed in the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme 1974.