§ Mr. Banksasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish the pay rates for permanent secretaries in his Department compared with their nearest equivalent in the EEC Commission.
§ Mr. Charles R. Morris:The current pay rate of the permanent secretaries of the Civil Service Department and of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is£22,422 per annum, and that of the second permanent secretaries is£19,122. There is no equivalent to either permanent secretary grade among the staff of the European Communities. The nearest comparison is between the United Kingdom Civil Service deputy secretary—£15,629—and the EEC grade A1—gross basic scale, £38,531 to £48,266 per annum—at current rate of exchange; plus 2.3 per cent. net cost of living supplement.