§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Energy what would be the net salary, in real terms, assuming the post to be held by a married man with no dependent children, of (a) the chairman, (b) the deputy chairman and (c) other board members of the Central Electricity Generating Board in July 1978, following the decision by the Prime Minister to implement the first stage of report No. 10, of the Review Body on Top Salaries, taking 1972 as the base year.
§ Mr. BennThe information is as follows:
1972 1978 Net of tax Real terms £ £ Chairman 9,509.64 5,131.40 Deputy chairman 8,709.01 4,773.80 Full-time member 7,797.96 4,344.24 Assuming no change in tax levels or in the retail price index, and that the Review Body's recommendations (Cmnd. 7253, Chapter 7) are paid in equal amounts at the remaining stages, the comparable figures for April 1979 and April 1980 would be:
1979 1980 £ £ Chairman 5,612 6,029 Deputy chairman 5,173 5,495 Full-time member 4,721 5,030 NOTE: Where ranges are proposed by the Review Body to replace single salary points the median point of the range has been taken.