§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will tabulate all the Clegg awards as a percentage of the original wage; what were the dates on which they were awarded; how many employees were affected; what was the total annual cost; what percentage of the award was a comparability award as opposed to a normal annual increase; and what was the total annual cost of the award and the total of these last totals.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 12 May 1980, c. 303]: The following
Group Number in group Estimated percentage increase in earnings Implementation dates Estimated cost in a full year £ million Local Authority Manuals … 1,100,000 10.9 1 August 1979 1 April 1980 236.50 University Manuals … 31,000 6.3 1.90 NHS Ancillaries … 270,000 11.7 83.20 Ambulancemen … 17,000 23.0 18.60 Nurses and Midwives … 491,000 19.6 311.00 Professions Supplementary to Medicine … 37,000 14.2 19.60 British Waterways Board Salaried Staffs … 830 6.1 3 September 1979 0.27 1 September 1980 Teachers … 600,000 18.2 1 January 1980 1 September 1980 640.00 1,311.07