HC Deb 13 October 1975 vol 897 c572W
Mr. Anthony Grant

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many civil servants in his Department are paid more than the various Ministers within it.

Mr. Peart

For the number of civil servants in my Department whose salary is greater than my own I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Civil Service Department, to the hon. Member for Ashford (Mr. Speed) on 1st August. So far as the other two Ministers in my Department are concerned, the information, which relates to 1st April 1975, is as follows:

  1. (i) a further 39 civil servants receive salaries above that of the Minister of State;
  2. (ii) a further 56 are in grades receiving salaries above that of the Parliamentary Secretary;
  3. (iii) the salary paid to the Parliamentary Secretary falls within the limits of the scales paid to various other grades. The total number of staff in these grades is 179, and it is not possible without disproportionate cost to ascertain how many are being paid more than the Parliamentary Secretary.

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