HC Deb 09 February 1999 vol 325 cc130-1W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998–99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. [69519]

Mr. Spellar

The headline pay settlement was 2½ per cent. on the paybill and, together with the additional funds from staff turnover, staff in post received performance-related increases averaging 4½ per cent. The increase was not staged.