§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the current claim before committee H of the Whitley council on the pay of dental auxiliary staff.
§ Mr. MellorThe staff side of committee H of the Professional and Technical Staffs B Whitley Council has accepted an increase of 6.5 per cent. for dental auxiliaries effective from 1 July 1989.
§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing the change in pay in real terms of a senior dental surgery assistant aged 21 in every year since 1980, expressing the pay level for 1980 as 100.
§ Mr. MellorInformation is not available in precisely the form requested. The available information is given in the table which shows both the minimum and the maximum paypoints of the relevant basic pay scale for each year, deflated by the RPI, and expressed as an index with 1980 as 100. Information on total earnings is not available centrally.
Senior Dental Surgery Assistant Year Minimum of basic pay scale (real terms) Maximum of basic pay scale (real terms) 1980 100 100 1981 96 96 1982 93 93 1983 93 93 1984 94 94 1985 92 92 1986 95 95 1987 96 95 1988 96 96 1989 95 94
§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his latest estimate of annual turnover of dental auxiliaries in the hospital service and the community dental service.
§ Mr. MellorWe do not hold this information centrally.