§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons working in the National Health Service are paid less than at a full-time rate of £80 a week, how many of these are full-time or part-time, how many in each case are paid respectively £10, £20, £30 or £40 less than £80 a week, and what would be the cost of raising the incomes of all these persons to £80 a week?
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 18 March 1985, c. 382.]: Information is not available in the form requested. Following is the estimated proportion of full-time staff (including students and trainees) receiving average gross weekly earnings in the pay bands shown:
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Average gross Weekly earnings Percentage of total full-time staff Under £41 —* Under £51 0.1(1)
Average gross Weekly earnings Percentage of total full-time staff Under £61 0.3(2) Under £71 1.6(2) Under £81 5.4 *Less than 0.05 per cent. (1) Includes apprentice engineers, plumbers and electricians aged 16, and some ancillaries aged 16 or 17.
(2) As for (1), plus clerical officers, typists and machine operators aged 16 or 17 and student technicians.
The estimates are based on returns supplied by 10 English regions and include unpaid absences.
Information is not available on the cost of raising to £80 per week all incomes below £80 and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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