HC Deb 28 January 1987 vol 109 c288W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the number of nurses whose annual gross earnings fall within a given income hand starting from the lowest such income in bands of £10.

Mr. Newton

Information in the form requested is not available centrally. The hon. Member may like to refer to the estimates in tables 18 and 19 in part A of the New Earnings Survey 1986, a copy of which is in the Library, bearing in mind that:

  1. (i) the tables relate to a pay period in April 1986 and therefore do not include the 8 per cent. increase on basic rates from 1 July 1986.
  2. (ii) the definition of full-time is normal basic hours above 30 per week whilst the standard contracted week, exclusive of meal breaks, for National Health Service nursing and midwifery staff is 37.5 hours.
  3. (iii) the tables will include some nursing staff working outside the National Health Service.