HC Deb 21 July 2004 vol 424 cc300-1W
Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will place in the Library the most recent review of(a) his Department's pay systems and (b) the departmental equal pay action plan. [181354]

Mr. Touhig

Staff serving in the Wales Office have been on secondment or loan from other Government Departments—predominantly from the National Assembly for Wales. Their pay is therefore set by their home Departments rather than by the Wales Office.

Department for Constitutional Affairs staff working at the Wales Office since our merger in June 2003 fall under the DCA pay system and so are paid in accordance with the pay scheme of the DCA.