§ Baroness Hilton of Eggardonasked Her Majesty's Government: What the final recommendations are of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Board on the pay of Service medical and dental officers. [HL480]
§ Lord BachThe supplement to the 2003 report of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body making final recommendations on the pay of Service medical and dental officers has been published today. Copies of the supplement are available in the Vote Office and the Library of the House.
The review body recommends a final increase of 6.8 per cent for all Regular and Reserve defence medical services medical and dental officers, in addition to the 3.2 per cent interim award already implemented on 1 April 2003, representing a total increase of 10 per cent. The review body also recommends a pay increase of 3.225 per cent for medical and dental cadets and an out-of-hours supplementary payment of £8,500 to junior doctors. In addition, the review body recommends that there should be no further increase in the values of sustained
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Reading Writing Maths Ethnic Group Boys Girls All Boys Girls All Boys Girls All (a) Key Stage I—Percentage of pupils achieving level 2 or above White 81 89 85 83 91 87 90 92 91 Black Caribbean 75 85 80 75 86 80 83 88 85 Black African 75 82 79 76 84 80 82 86 84 Black Other 77 86 82 77 88 82 86 88 87 Bangladeshi 70 76 73 73 81 77 81 83 82 Pakistani 72 79 75 74 83 78 81 83 82 Indian 86 90 88 87 93 90 91 93 92 Chinese 87 92 89 88 94 91 95 97 96 Other 77 83 80 79 87 83 87 89 88 Unclassified 73 80 76 74 82 78 83 85 84 New Codes 81 89 85 83 92 87 90 92 91 All ethnic groups 80 88 84 82 90 86 89 91 90 (b) Key Stage 2—Percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above White 71 80 75 73 74 74 87 87 87 Black Caribbean 58 73 66 59 63 61 78 82 80 Black African 62 72 67 64 66 65 76 79 77 Black Other 62 75 69 64 67 65 82 84 83 Bangladeshi 60 70 65 63 63 63 76 77 77 Pakistani 55 64 59 61 58 59 72 72 72 Indian 74 82 78 79 79 79 87 88 88 Chinese 79 87 83 90 90 90 91 94 92 Other 66 76 71 71 73 72 83 84 83 Unclassified 66 74 69 68 68 67 81 81 80 New Codes 71 80 76 73 74 74 87 87 87 All ethnic groups 70 79 74 73 73 73 86 86 86 quality payments, trainer pay and distinction awards, above the interim 3.2 per cent increase already implemented.
The cost of these recommendations to the defence budget, including the interim award already implemented, will be some £14.5 million. This will be met within existing departmental expenditure limits.
The review body's final recommendations are to be accepted in full, with implementation effective from 1 April 2003.