asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current remuneration for registrars of births, marriages and deaths; and when were the last two occasions on which this remuneration was revised.

Registrars who are full-time employees of local registration authorities are paid in accordance with their placing on the salary and grading structure for local authority administrative, professional and clerical staffs; these scales were last revised on 1st July 1977 and 1st July 1976. The recommended remuneration for part-time registrars is £64 per annum, plus £4·75 for every second entry in the registers up to 100 and £4·75 for every third entry over 100. This scale, which was last revised on 1st January 1975 and 1st January 1972, is under review at present.