HC Deb 18 May 1982 vol 24 c81W
Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the percentage pay award to National Health Service doctors and dentists in each of the last two years.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Individual increases varied but the average award of 1980 was 31.4 per cent., of which 10.7 per cent. represented the last stage of a catching-up exercise begun in 1978. That for 1981 was 6 per cent. The award for 1982 has not yet been settled, but the Government have proposed that the average increase should be 6 per cent.