Departmental Staff (Wages)

HC Deb 04 November 1992 vol 213 cc300-1W

Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the minimum equivalent rate of hourly pay for her Department's staff aged 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 years; and the numbers employed at each age.

Mr. McLoughlin

The table shows minimum basic hourly rates of pay for industrial and non-industrial staff in the Employment Department group:

	Non-industrial National Rate	Non-industrial London Rate	Industrial National Rate
Age 16	2.39	2.63	2.00
Age 17	2.56	2.82	2.66
Age 18	3.14	3.45	3.33
Age 19	3.36	3.69	3.55
Age 20	3.36	3.69	3.89
Age 21	3.36	3.69	4.00

The number of ED group staff in post at 1 October 1992, at ages 21 and below, is in the table.

Age	All staff	Permanent staff only
16	10	2
17	114	54
18	389	230
19	1,078	732
20	1,481	1,091
21	1,560	1,222