HC Deb 18 February 1983 vol 37 c279W
Mr. John Browne

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report the average annual earnings of the armed forces for the years 1974–75 to 1982–83.

Mr. Wiggin

A table giving an all-ranks military salary index for the years 1975 to 1981 is published in section 4 of the 1982 Statement of Defence Estimates, volume 2, a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library. The base level for this index at 1 April 1975 was £3,125 per annum, and the value of the 1982 index, to be published in the 1983 statement, is 236.1. The table also provides illustrative rates of pay by rank.