§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the real increase in the salary of each grade of nurse since April 1979, taking into account the increases in lodging charges in nurses' residential accommodation.
§ Mr. John MacKayIncreases in maxima of pay scales for the main nursing pay grades since April 1979 are set out in the following table. The percentage increases shown should be seen against the movement of the retail price index of 63 per cent. during the period. Only 10 to 15 per cent. of nursing staff live in different types of NHS accommodation and lodging charges are related to the accommodation provided and not to salaries. It would be misleading to set lodging charges against pay.
Grades 1 April 1979 £ 1 April 1984 £ Increase per cent. Senior Nurse 6 (Senior Nursing Officer I) 6,013 10,263 70.7 Senior Nurse 8 (Nursing Officer II) 5,380 9,158 70.2 Nursing Sister II (Ward Sister) 4,949 8,751 76.8 Staff Nurse 3,813 6,582 72.6 Enrolled Nurse 3,411 5,864 71.9 Nursing Auxiliary 2,915 4,828 65.6 Student—3rd Year 2,667 4,277 60.4 Director of Nurse Education I 8,601 16,514 92.0 Senior Tutor 6,150 10,667 73.4 Tutor 5,742 9,965 73.5 Clinical Teacher 5,380 9,348 73.8