§ Mr. James Johnsonasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a statement indicating the current rates of pay received by industrial civil servants at present involved in industrial action ; and what increases in pay these civil servants have received since July 1974.
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§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisTheir pay for a 40-hour week ranges from £40.20 for non-craft employees to £47.41 for craftsmen. This includes basic pay, threshold payments totalling £4.40, London weighting of £7.85 and productivity bonus ranging from £3 for non-craft employees to £4.75 for craftsmen. As will be appreciated, earnings with overtime are generally well in excess of these figures.
Since July 1974 they have all had increases in pay totalling £8.29, made up of threshold payments totalling £2.40 and an increase in London weighting of £5.89 which was backdated to 1st April 1974. A few have also had increases in bonus of £1.50 for non-craft employees and £2.50 for craftsmen resulting from the introduction of a new productivity scheme.