§ Mr. HannamTo ask the Prime Minister if she will give the figures for university academic pay increases for the years 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89 and the comparative figures for the police, doctors and dentists, local authority clerical staff, National Health Service administrative and clerical, primary and secondary teachers and university clericals.
§ Mr. WakehamI have been asked to reply.
The information is set out in the table below.
Percentage settlements Period 1 August to 31 July in 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 University non-clinical academics 116.6 7.4 4— University clinical academics 8.25 8.1 4— University clerical staff 5.8 5.1 4— Police 7.5 7.75 8.5 Doctors and Dentists 7.7 7.9 8.2 Local authority clerical staff 26.04 5.4 4— NHS administrative and clerical staff 5.0 5.5 4— School teachers 310.25 4.73 56.3 1 To cover 1985–86 as well as 1986–87. 2 Equates to 7.5 per cent. over full year. 3 Equates to 16.4 per cent. over full year. 4 Not yet available. 5 The overall pay bill in the financial year 1989–90 will rise by about 7.5 per cent. as a result of changes made to the structure of teachers' pay in 1987 and 1988.