§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much he estimates would be added to the local government wage bill if all local government employees were paid at least two thirds of the national average wage in 1990–91.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 12 June 1990]: My hon. Friend may want an estimate of the cost of paying two thirds of the national average wage to those local authority employees earning less than this figure, or he may also want account to be taken of the consequences for those earning more than this figure, who will want to maintain differentials. However, on either basis, I regret the information is not available centrally.