§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Prime Minister if she will publish a table to show, for each year since 1968 (a) the percentage by which the average pay of (i) teachers in England and Wales, (ii) civil servants, (iii) nurses, (iv) local government officers and (v) police officers has varied from the mean of all five groups' pay and (b) the mean of those five groups' pay in cash and real terms.
§ The Prime MinisterThe available information which is based on new earnings survey results from 1970 for five national agreements affecting these groups is shown in the table.
Weekend" and "File on 4"; Granada TV's "World in Action"; and Thames' "TV Eye'. The objective is to amplify the information contained in the Radio Times and TV Times.
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Prime Minister what are the functions of her press office; how many staff are currently employed there; and what its budget is for the current year.
§ The Prime MinisterThe functions of my press office are to give advice on my own and the Government's relations with the media; to provide a service to press, radio and television; and to co-ordinate the presentation of Government policy.
The office has a staff of eight, including secretarial and other support staff.
411WThe budget for 1986–87 is £280,000, which covers salaries, superannuation, accommodation, travel and subsistence, and general publicity and equipment charges.