§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what salary levels for university technicians would be required at the latest available date if the salaries achieved at 1st October 1971, as a consequence of the job evaluation exercise carried out jointly by the employers, trade union and the managers and productivity sector of the Department of Employment, were updated to equate with the movement in retail price and earnings index since that date; and, in view of the commitment given by the Government to university leaders to rectify the anomalies in the pay structure as such as pay policy permits, if she will give a similar undertaking to university technicians.
§ Mr. OakesThe figures requested are set out in the table below:
Grades Salaries 1971 Notional Salaries 1978 (RPI)* Notional Salaries 1978 (IAE)† £ £ £ 1 996–1,248 2,356–2,953 2,504–3,138 2 1,134–1,530 2,683–3,620 2,851–3,847 3 1,398–1,653 3,308–3,911 3,515–4,156 4 1,587–1,887 3,755–4,464 3,990–4,745 5 1,740–2,100 4,117–4,968 4,375–5,280 6 2,088–2,574 4,940–6,090 5,250–6,472 7 2,517–2,889 5,955–6,835 6,329–7,264 8 2,901–3,885 6,864–9,192 7,294–9,768 * These figures are obtained by adjusting the 1971 salaries in accordance with the movement in the retail price index (RPI 1962 base) from September 1971 to March 1978. † These figures are obtained by adjusting the 1971 salaries in accordance with the movement in the index of average earnings (IAE 1970 base) from September 1971 to January 1978 (provisional figures). The anomaly in the pay of university teachers is exceptional since it arises solely from the Government's pay policy blocking a cost-of-living increase that had been taken for granted for the purpose of an arbitration award in 1975. The Government would not regard the position of university technicians as analagous, nor is my Department directly involved in their pay negotiations, in contrast with the Department's participation in negotiations on university teachers' salaries.