§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will limit the pensions increase rights of all retired civil servants to the 6 per cent. cash limits as proposed for civil servants still in public employment.
§ Mr. HayhoeI refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 24 November 1980.—[Vol. 994, c.314–15.]
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will give a table of figures showing, on the date when indexed pensions for public services became operative, the 20 top graded rates of civil servants and their employed salaries at this stated date; and, on the assumption that these persons were entitled to and received full indexed pensions, what these were on the first annual basis and for each year to the latest and most convenient date.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe Civil Service does not have a single hierarchy but consists of an open structure, which comprises the most senior grades in the Service, and a number of occupational groups. Therefore the information cannot be provided in exactly the form requested. The following table shown below gives the information requested for the grades in the open structure, some senior grades in the main occupational groups and for the executive officer and clerical officer grades. The table also shows the current pay of the grades in question.
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Salary at 1 September 1971* ‡ Pension from 1 September 1971 † Pension from 1 December 1972 Pension from 1 December 1973 Pension from 1 December 1974 Pension from 1 December 1975 Chief Scientific Office (lower band) 6,600 2,936 3,259 3,562 4,150 5,223 Deputy Chief Scientific Officer 6,380 2,787 3,094 3,382 3,940 4,968 Clerical Officer≑ 2,000 884 981 1,072 1,249 1,575 Executive Officer≑ 1,385 606 673 736 857 1,081 * The first increases in pensions under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, which introduced index-linking for public service pensions, took effect on 1 September 1971. † Assuming retirement on 1 September 1971; pension calculated on the basis of maximum reckonable service and salary at the maximum of the relevant scales in the final three years of service. ‡ Salaries are scale maxima, where appropriate, and exclude London Weighting. ≑ Examples of the corresponding information for more junior grades. #Open Structure.
Pension from 1 December 1976 Pension from 1 December 1977 Pension from 1 December 1978 Pension from 12 November 1979 Pension from 24 November 1980 Current salary of grade‡ Permanent Secretary of CSD, Treasury or Cabinet Office# 11,634 13,693 14,706 17,059 19,874 33,500 Permanent Secretary# 10,903 12,833 13,783 15,988 18,626 31,000 Second Permanent Secretary# 10,240 12,052 12,944 15,015 17,492 28,500 Deputy Secretary# 7,562 8,900 9,599 11,088 12,918 24,500 Under Secretary# 6,201 7,299 7,839 9,093 10,593 20,500 Assistant Secretary 5,547 6,529 7,012 8,134 9,923 19,500 Directing Grade 'A' 5,809 6,837 7,343 8,518 9,923 19,939 Directing Grade 'B' 5,525 6,503 6,984 8,101 9,438 19,500 Chief Scientific Office (lower band) 5,955 7,009 7,528 8,732 10,173 20,170 Deputy Chief Scientific Officer 5,654 6,655 7,147 8,291 9,659 19,500 Clerical Officer≑ 1,792 2,109 2,265 2,627 3,060 6,745 Executive Officer≑ 1,230 1,448 1,555 1,804 2,102 4,740 ‡ Salaries are scale maxima, where appropriate, and exclude London Weighting. ≑ Examples of the corresponding information for more junior grades. # Open Structure.