§ Mr. Bowen Wellsasked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement about the pay of medical and dental officers in the armed forces.
§ The Prime MinisterThe Armed Forces Pay Review Body has submitted to me a supplementary report on the pay of medical and dental officers in the armed forces. It recommends staged increases in their pay of 3 per cent. from 1 April 1984 and from 5.2 to 7.5 per cent. from 1 November 1984. The average for the year is 4.6 per cent. These recommendations reflect the awards to civilian doctors and dentists and to the main body of the armed forces which I announced to the House on 7 June 1984, at columns 221ߝ27.
The Government have decided to accept in full the recommendations in the supplementary report on the pay of medical and dental officers. The report has been published as Cmnd 9301. Copies are available in the Vote Office.