§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service what the salary scale and conditions of service a senior executive officer of the Civil Service are today compared with 1965.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe pay and main conditions of service of senior executive officers in 1965 and 1978 are shown in the table below.
SALARY SCALE 1965 1978 (from 1st April) £1,910 £5,937 £1,977 £6,134 £2,065 £6,353 £2,153 £6,572 £2,241 £6,791 £2,329 £7,032
LONDON WEIGHTING 1965 1978 £85 (inner) £465 (Inner) £65 (Outer) £275 (Outer)
ANNUAL LEAVE 1965 1978 Four weeks and two days initially Unchanged Five weeks after 10 years' total service Six weeks after 20 years' total service
CONDITIONED HOURS 1965* 1978 41 hours per week in London Unchanged 42 hours per week elsewhere * From 1st October 1965. SUPERANNUATION
1965
Award of pension discretionary. A minimum of 10 years' service had to be served by the minimum retiring age of 60. The pension was one-eightieth of pensionable pay for each year of reckonable service, together wait a once-for-all lump sum of three times the amount of the annual pension.
1978
Award of pension is mandatory, in accordance with the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme introduced in 1972. A minimum qualifying period of five years has to be served by the minimum retiring age of 60. The amount of pension and lump sum payable is as shown for 1965