§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the salary scales for all grades within the prison chaplaincy service, together with any benefits in kind.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information is as follows:
Annual Salary Scales £ Chaplain General 15,010, 16,080, 17,418, 18,755 Assistant Chaplain General and Senior Roman Catholic Chaplain 12,710 Regional Chaplain and Assistant Senior Roman Catholic Chaplain 11,693 Chaplain I 10,336 Chaplain II 8,935 9,258 9,641 Assistant Chaplain (Trainee) 8,113 Part-time Chaplain* 7,980 8,269 8,611 * Individual salaries are assessed as 1/42nd of these rates for each hour of average weekly attendance. In addition, the grades of chaplain I, chaplain II and assistant chaplain (trainee) receive environment allowance of £374 a year and a rent-free house or rent allowance—ranging between minimum of £52 a year, maximum of £1,300 a year depending on individual circumstances. Members of these grades serving at establishments classified as inconvenient receive an inconvenience of locality allowance ranging from £32.36 to £144.07 a year.
Full-time chaplain grades serving in the London area receive London weighting at the following rates—if living in official quarters £756 pa (inner London), £310 pa (outer London): if living in own accommodation, or if in a non-quarters entitled grade £1,016 pa (inner London), £424 pa (outer London). These rates are at present under review.
Full-time chaplains are reimbursed the cost of replacement cassocks. Part-time chaplains may be loaned cassocks for use, or reimbursed half cost if they purchase their own.
All full-time chaplain grades are superannuable under the principal Civil Service pension scheme.
Visiting ministers, and substitutes for full-time and part-time chaplains, are paid a fee of £3.65 an hour, and travelling expenses.
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to reduce expenditure on the prison chaplaincy service; and if he will ensure that prisoners of all denominations receive adequate spiritual and pastoral care.
§ Mr. MayhewThere may be marginal reductions in expenditure arising from changes in staffing arrangements but these changes have been designed to ensure that there is no reduction in the spiritual and pastoral care available.