§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales 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. Wyn RobertsThere are currently more than 100 pay grades for nurses employed in the NHS. The table 617W shows, for the main nursing pay grades, the basic salary maxima for the years 1979 to 1984 and the movements in those salaries as measured against changes in the retail price index. The figures exclude the effect of the reduction in nurses' working hours in 1980–81, which was itself equivalent to a further increase of 6.5 per cent. on basic pay. We estimate that only some 10 to 15 per cent. of nurses live in NHS accommodation and lodging charges are related to the costs of providing that accommodation rather than to salaries. The following figures therefore take no account of lodging charges because there is no sensible basis upon which they can do so.
Basic Salary at maximum of scale at effective date—£ (Index showing change in real terms measured against RPI: 1979 100) Main Grades April April April August April 1979 1980 1981 1982† 1984 Chief Administrative Nursing Officer (Wales) DHA1T 11,441 18,021 20,793 23,731 25,629 (Area Nursing Officer (Wales) SDAT)* (100) (129) (133) (137) (137) Senior Nurse 6 6,013 7,983 8,462 9,503 10,263 (Senior Nursing Officer I) (100) (100) (103) (105) (105) Senior Nurse B 5,380 7,124 7,551 8,480 9,158 (Nursing Officer II) (100) (109) (103) (105) (104) Nursing Sister II 4,949 6,807 7,215 8,103 8,751 (Ward Sister) (100) (113) (107) (109) (108) Staff Nurse, RCN 3,813 5,119 5,426 6,094 6,582 (100) (110) (104) (106) (106) Enrolled Nurse 3,411 4,561 4,835 5,430 5,064 (100) (110) (104) (106) (105) Nursing Auxiliary 2,915 3,790 4,017 4,512 4,828 (100) (107) (101) (103) (102) Student—3rd year 2,667 3,390 3,593 4,035 4,277 (100) (104) (99) (100) (98) Director of Nurse 8,601 11,496 13,425 15,291 16,514 Education—I (100) (110) (114) (118) (118) Senior Tutor 6,150 8,170 8,660 9,877 10,667 (100) (109) (103) (107) (106) Tutor 5,742 7,616 8,073 9,227 9,965 (100) (109) (103) (107) (106) Clinical Teacher 5,380 7,124 7,551 8,656 9,348 (100) (109) (103) (107) (106) * New management grade of Chief Administrative Nursing Officer (Wales) established from 1 April 1982. †Two year settlement operative from 23 August 1982 to 31 March 1984.