§ Mr. Michael McGuireasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report (a) the salary scales for Civil Service grades from principal upwards since 1970 to date and (b) their pension arrangements, including lump sum and commutation of pension arrangements, and their contributions expressed as percentage of salary.
§ Mr. HayhoeSalary scales for the grades referred to are given in the following table. All grades in the Civil Service are normally pensionable under the principal Civil Service pension scheme, a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library. Briefly, the scheme provides for the payment of pensions of 1/80th and lump sums of 3/80ths of pensionable pay for each year of reckonable service up to a maximum of 40 years at the retiring age. All male civil servants contribute 11/2 per cent. of their salaries towards the cost of widows' pensions and some civil servants may make specific contributions for other dependants' benefits and for purchase of added years. The value of benefits under the pension scheme has been taken into account in settling rates of pay. For non-industrial civil servants reductions in salaries in 1980 in respect of pensions and contributions to widows' benefits together amounted to an effective contribution of about 8 per cent. of salary.
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