§ Mr. Michael Brownasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what procedures are followed in determining the pay of Northern Ireland civil servants.
§ Mr. AlisonThe pay of non-industrial and a few industrial grades in the Northern Ireland Civil Service follows that of equivalent grades in the Home Civil Service. The pay of other industrial staff follows that of workers in appropriate parts of the public sector in Great Britain in some cases; in others it is based on local Northern Ireland pay settlements.