§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister for the Civil Service (1) if she will ensure that any new Civil Service pay review machinery is able to consider differential percentage wage increases for different categories and different grades of civil servants;
(2) if she will ensure that any machinery to examine outside comparisons for the purpose of determining civil service pay is wholly independent of the Civil Service;
(3) which features of the system of pay determination for civil servants hitherto used the Government consider unsatisfactory.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe Government have made it clear that the present review of pay arrangements for the non-industrial Civil Service will cover all relevant factors. The matters raised in the hon. Member's questions will be taken into account.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister for the Civil Service, within the 7 per cent. cash limit for civil service pay, what percentage increase would be available for civil servants earning more than national average earnings if civil servants earning less than such average earnings received a pay increase of 8 per cent., 9 per cent. and 10 per cent. respectively.
§ Mr. HayhoeAs announced previously, the cash limit for Civil Service pay is 6 per cent., but the Government have offered an increase of 7 per cent. for the April 1981 settlement to be financed through savings in staff and administrative costs. On this basis, the increase available for those earnings more than the national average would be 6 per cent., 5 per cent. and 4 per cent. respectively.