§ Mr. DuncanTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many people employed by(a) his Department and (b) the agencies for which his Department is responsible earn (i) less than £3.20 per hour, (ii) between £3.20 and £3.60 per hour, (iii) between £3.60 and £4 per hour and (iv) between £4 and £4.62 per hour. [30757]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 23 February 1998]: Staff in the Department are salaried and are not paid by the hour. However, I am able to provide a breakdown based on salary levels divided by normal full-time working hours of 36 hours per week in London or 37 hours elsewhere. This is set out in the table. The figures are based on 1997 salaries which took effect from 1 April.
Core MAFF (i) less than £3.20 per hour 0 (ii) between £3.20 and £3.60 per hour 430 (iii) between £3.60 and £4.00 Per hour 332 (iv) between £4.00 and £4.62 per hour 400 I have asked the Chief Executives of the Department's Agencies to respond to the hon. Member direct.
Letter from Johnston McNeill to Mr. Alan Duncan, dated 10 March 1998:
161WAs Chief Executive of the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS), your question to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food enquiring about the number of people employed at various hourly rates has been passed to me for reply with regard to this Executive Agency.MHS staff are salaried and not paid by the hour. However I am able to provide date based on salary levels divided by normal full time working hours of 37 per week.The MHS does not employ any persons at salary levels at less than £3.20 per hour; between £3.20 and £3.60 per hour or between £3.60 and £4.00 per hour.7 people are employed at an hourly rate of between £4.00 and £4.62 an hour.Letter from T. W. A. Little to Mr. Alan Duncan, dated 10 March 1998:
The Minister has asked me to reply to your question on hourly rates of pay within the Veterinary Laboratories Agency.Staff at the VLA are salaried and are not paid by the hour. However, I am able to provide a breakdown based on the salary levels divided by normal working hours of 36 or 37 hours per week, depending on the location and grade of the staff. This is set out below. The figures are based on 1997 salaries which took effect from 1 April 1997.
Number (i) Less than £3.20 per hour 0 (ii) Between £3.20 and £3.60 per hour 0 (iii) Between £3.60 and £4.00 per hour 0 (iv) Between £4.00 and £4.62 per hour 107 Letter from P. W. Greig-Smith to Mr. Alan Duncan, dated 10 March 1998:
As Agency Chief Executive, I am responding to Mr Duncan's question to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food regarding hourly rates of pay for staff within the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science.Staff within this Agency are salaried and are not paid by the hour. However, I am able to provide a breakdown based on salary levels divided by normal full-time working hours of 37 hours per week for all shore-based staff. This is set out below. The figures are based on 1997 salaries which took effect from 1 April.The Marine staff on the Agency's research vessels are also included in the table but the breakdown is based on a full-time working week of 56 hours, which reflects the shift system in operation covering a seven day working week.
Number (i) less than £3.20 per hour 0 (ii) between £3.20 and £3.60 per hour 1 (iii) between £3.60 and £4.00 per hour 5 (iv) between £4.00 and £4.62 per hour 21 Letter from John Fitzgerald to Mr. Alan Duncan, dated 10 March 1998:
In my Chief Executive's absence, the Minister has asked me to reply to your question about hourly rates of pay for staff in the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) as this is an operational matter for which the Chief Executive is responsible.Staff in the VMD are salaried and not paid by the hour. However, based on salary levels divided by normal full time working hours of 36 hours per week, I can confirm that none of VMD's staff is paid less than £4.00 per hour and 6 staff are paid between £4.00 and £4.62 per hour. These figures are based on 1997 salaries which took effect from 1 April 1997.Letter from G. K. Bruce to Mr. Alan Duncan, dated 10 March 1998:
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has asked me to reply, in respect of the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD), to your question concerning the rates of pay for staff employed within the Agency.The information you requested is as follows:
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Number of staff (i) Less than £3.20 per hour 0 (ii) Between £3.20 and £3.60 per hour 6 (iii) Between £3.60 and £4.00 per hour 2 (iv) Between £4.00 and £4.62 per hour 6 Letter from P. 1. Stanley to Mr. Alan Duncan, dated 10 March 1998:
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has asked me to reply, in respect of the Central Science Laboratory (CSL), to your question concerning hourly rates of pay for employees.staff in CSL are salaried and are not paid by the hour. However, I am able to provide information based on salary levels divided by the normal full-time working hours of 37 per week and this is set out in the table below.
Rate of pay Number of employees Less than £3.20 per hour 0 Between £3.20 and £3.60 per hour 0 Between £3.60 and £4.00 per hour 1 Between £4.00 and £4.62 per hour 6 These figures are based on salaries which took effect from 1 August 1997.Letter from Michael Finnigan to Mr. Alan Duncan, dated 10 March 1998:
The Minister has asked me to reply to your question about the hourly rate of earnings within the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency (FRCA).Staff in FRCA are salaried and not paid by the hour. Set out below is a breakdown based on salary levels divided by normal full-time working hours of 36 hours per week in London, or 37 hours elsewhere. The figures are based on 1997 salaries which took effect from 1 April.
FRCA (i) less than £3.20 per hour 0 (ii) between £3.20 and £3.60 per hour 0 (iii) between £3.60 and £4.00 per hour 1 (iv) between £4.00 and £4.62 per hour 8