§ Mr. AustinTo ask the Secretary of State for Health on what basis he calculated the number of biomedical staff who will benefit from a 26 per cent. pay increase from April 1999. [112445]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 1 March 2000]: I regret that my answer of 31 January 2000, Official Report, column 453W in relation to the number of trainee Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers to benefit from a 26 per cent. pay offer from 1 April 1999 was incorrect.
Trainee MLSOs will receive increases ranging between 6.6 per cent. for those on spine points 6, 7, 8 and 9 to 26 per cent. for those on spine point 1. The figures broken down are as follows, rounded to the nearest 100:
Spine point Numbers of staff per cent. increase 01 100 26 02 50 22 03 100 18 04 100 14 05 100 10.25 06 550 6.6 07 6.6 08 6.6 09 6.6 Spine points 01 to 06 are effectively abolished under the terms of this offer, which establishes a new 4-point spine.