§ Mr. Robert Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the advertisements displayed on London Underground by the Property Services Agency for secretaries earning in excess of £3,000 per annum with additional efficiency payments of up to £340 per annum are in accordnace with the Government's incomes policy; and if such positions have the benefit of inflation-proof pensions.
§ Mr. FreesonThe pay and proficiency allowances quoted in the advertisements referred to maximum amounts payable to personal secretaries in central London on reaching the top of the salary scale.
147WThese pay levels were introduced from 1st April 1975 and were determined in accordance with the guidelines which preceded the current incomes policy. The principal Civil Service pension scheme applies to personal secretaries and any pensions would attract appropriate increases under the relevant legislation.