§ Sir Antony Buckasked 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 increases of between 3.4 per cent. and 7.1 per cent. according to rank with effect from 1 July 1986. This reflects the awards to civilian doctors and dentists that I announced in the House on 22 May 1986 at columns 239–40.
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. 9866 and copies are available in the Vote Office.