§ Mr. RoweTo ask 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 which recommends increases of between 6 and 10.7 per cent. The Government have decided to accept the recommendations in full, though, in common with the pay awards announced for other review body groups in February,552W implementation will be staged, with 7 per cent. payable from 1 April 1990 and the balance of the award payable from 1 January 1991.