HC Deb 18 May 2000 vol 350 cc207-8W
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 1999–2000; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. [121652]

Dr. Moonie

For staff covered by the main departmental pay system, the headline settlement added 2.7 per cent. to the paybill. Together with funds released by staff turnover, staff in post received performance-related increases averaging 4.5 per cent. A further 0.2 per cent. represented restructuring costs associated with the move to a more efficient and flexible structure and was focused on the Department's lowest paid staff. The increase was not staged.