§ Mr. Marlowasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will tabulate in money terms and indexed terms the relationship between the pay of an hon. Member and an assistant secretary in the Civil Service for each of the last 20 years ending with the present recommendations.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe table following shows the salaries of Members of Parliament and assistant secretaries in the Civil Service, and Members of Parliament pay expressed as a percentage of that of assistant secretaries on a annual basis since 1963.
Members' salary Assistant secretary (maximum) 1 as a percentage of 2 £ £ 1,000 Plus 1963 750 allowance 3,900 44.9 1964 3,250 4,300 75.6 1965 3,250 4,500 72.2 1966 3,250 4,500 72.2 1967 3,250 4,500 72.2 1968 3,250 4,815 67.5 1969 3,250 5,200 62.5 1970 3,250 5,640 57.6 1971 3,250 6,300 51.6 1972 4,500 7,276 61.8 1973 4,500 8,500 52.9 1974 4,500 8,850 50.8 1975 5,750 11,000 52.3 1976 6,062 11,000 55.1 1977 6,270 11,000 57.0 1978 6,897 12,273 56.2 1979 9,450 13,991 67.5 1980 11,750 19,500 60.3 1981 13,950 20,895 66.8 1982 *14,500 22,201 65.3 *Government's proposal.