§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Prime Minister if she will publish for the last three occasions on which salary increases have been agreed for members of the Electricity Council the date on which the Government received the proposal for an increase and the date on which an increase was announced.
§ The Prime MinisterIn 1980 the salaries of the board members in the electricity supply industry were still the subject of recommendations from the Top Salaries Review 283W Body, together with other members of the nationalised industries boards. Proposals for increases in the pay of nationalised industries boards from 1 April 1980 were contained in the TSRB's 14th report, which was published on 7 July 1980 when I announced the Government's decision in the House of Commons.
The present pay arrangements have applied from 1981. With regard to the 1 April 1981 increase, the Government received the electricity supply industry's proposals on 8 July and the Secretary of State for Energy notified the chairman of the Electricity Council on 30 September 1981 of the increases that had been approved.
In 1982 the Government received the industry's proposals on 4 May and the Secretary of State for Energy notified the chairman of the Electricity Council on 23 December of the increases approved from 1 April 1982.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Prime Minister, further to her answer of 29 February, Official Report, columns 218–19, whether the reference to increases submitted in respect of the Electricity Council also covers the chairmen and deputy chairmen of the 12 area electricity boards.
§ The Prime MinisterYes.