Royal Irish Regiment (Hansard, 2 December 1997)

§ Mr. Donaldson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current(a) full-time and (b) part-time establishment of the Royal Irish Regiment broken down by battalion; and by how much each battalion is under establishment. [18488]

§ Dr. Reid
The establishment of the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment is 611, comprising General Service soldiers only. At 31 October it was 136 under establishment.
The information requested with regard to the six Home Service Battalions is set out in the table.
boundaries of the regional government offices, the lowest hourly rate paid by his Department to (a) full-time employees, (b) part-time employees, (c) persons employed under personal contract and (d) persons employed by firms undertaking contracted-out services for central government offices, defining the job title in each case. [18117]

§ Mr. Spellar
The information requested in respect of civilian staff is given in the following table. Most staff employed by MOD are paid either London or national rates of pay. The table therefore gives two figures for each of(a), (b) and (c). We do not hold information about the pay of staff employed by companies undertaking contracts for the department.
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London (£) National (£)

(a) Full time¹ 4.03 3.36

(b) Part time² 4.59 3.82

(c) Personal contract ³— ³—

¹ The figures quoted relate to administrative assistants. In London, these are paid a minimum of £8,593 a year (including £736 recruitment and retention allowance) working 41 hours gross; and £7,344 in the national area working 42 hours a week gross.

² Annual pay rates used for calculating part-time pay are the same as for full-time staff, but hourly rates are then calculated on net 36 (London) and 37 (national) hours a week as part-timers have no paid lunch break.

³"Personal contract" is taken here to mean staff on standard fixed term appointments. The minimum pay rates for such staff are the same as for full-time or part-time staff.

In the case of the Armed Forces, pay is based on recommendations made by the independent Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) and published annually. The 1997 Report (Cmnd 3537) is available in the Library of the House. There is no regional variation in the basic pay of the Armed Forces, whose pay is based on daily, not hourly rates.

	London (£)	National (£)
(a) Full time¹	4.03	3.36
(b) Part time²	4.59	3.82
(c) Personal contract	³—	³—
¹ The figures quoted relate to administrative assistants. In London, these are paid a minimum of £8,593 a year (including £736 recruitment and retention allowance) working 41 hours gross; and £7,344 in the national area working 42 hours a week gross.
² Annual pay rates used for calculating part-time pay are the same as for full-time staff, but hourly rates are then calculated on net 36 (London) and 37 (national) hours a week as part-timers have no paid lunch break.
³"Personal contract" is taken here to mean staff on standard fixed term appointments. The minimum pay rates for such staff are the same as for full-time or part-time staff.