HC Deb 28 February 1992 vol 204 cc674-5W
Mr. Adley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will tabulate the salary increases applicable to all ranks in the armed services from 1974 to 1979, from 1980 to 1985 and from 1985 to the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The salary increases applicable to all ranks of the armed services as requested by my hon. Friend are:

Financial year to financial year
1975–76 to 1979–80 1979–80 to 1985–86 1985–86 to 1991–92
Officers (up to Brigadier) 63.3 84.5 62.1
Other ranks (Sergeant and above) 76.0 70.6 59.2
Other ranks (up to Corporal) 77.1 61.3 58.1
Rank details in Army terms2
Field Marshall (when in full.time military employment) 41.6 119.0 68.9
General 41.7 102.4 61.5
Lieutenant General 44.7 91.0 54.2
Major General 38.9 87.7 67.0
Brigadier 52.5 92.8 70.1
Colonel after 4 years in the rank 57.0 90.4 66.9
Lieutenant Colonel after 4 years in the rank 62.0 92.8 66.2
Major after 4 years in the rank 65.2 83.5 61.5
Captain after 3 years in the rank 63.0 82.1 62.1
Lieutenant after 2 years in the rank 62.2 79.5 60.6
Second Lieutenant 62.7 72.1 57.0
Warrant Officer I band 6, scale C; after 18 years1 71.8 77.0 58.8
Warrant Officer II band 6, scale C; after 18 years1 72.1 74.6 59.3
Staff Sergeant band 5, scale C; after 18 years1 70.9 70.4 58.8
Sergeant band 5, scale C; after 12 years1 72.8 68.5 59.4
Corporal class 1, band 2, scale C 76.7 64.1 60.0
Lance Corporal class 2, band 1, scale C 76.6 59.1 58.5
Private class 2, band 1, scale C 73.5 56.2 56.1
1 Includes long service increment payments
Rates are based on gross pay, taking account of delayed and staged implementation of pay awards.
2 These rates apply also to personnel of equivalent rank and pay bands in the other services.

Details of 1974.75 are not available in the required format to enable use as the base year.