asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage increases which will be given on 1 April to house officers, senior house officers, registrars and senior registrars; if these increases are within the Government's economic strategy; and if he will make a statement.

It is for the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body to make recommendations to my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on the remuneration of these grades; when they are received, the Government will announce their conclusions on these recommendations to Parliament in the usual way.