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Mr. Marlow
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will tabulate in money terms and indexed terms the relationship between the pay of an hon. Member and an assistant secretary in the Civil Service for each of the last 20 years ending with the present recommendations.
Mr. Hayhoe
The table following shows the salaries of Members of Parliament and assistant secretaries in the Civil Service, and Members of Parliament pay expressed as a percentage of that of assistant secretaries on a annual basis since 1963.
Members' salary | Assistant secretary (maximum) | 1 as a percentage of 2 | |
£ | £ | ||
1,000 Plus | |||
1963 | 750 allowance | 3,900 | 44·9 |
1964 | 3,250 | 4,300 | 75·6 |
1965 | 3,250 | 4,500 | 72·2 |
1966 | 3,250 | 4,500 | 72·2 |
1967 | 3,250 | 4,500 | 72·2 |
1968 | 3,250 | 4,815 | 67·5 |
1969 | 3,250 | 5,200 | 62·5 |
1970 | 3,250 | 5,640 | 57·6 |
1971 | 3,250 | 6,300 | 51·6 |
1972 | 4,500 | 7,276 | 61·8 |
1973 | 4,500 | 8,500 | 52·9 |
1974 | 4,500 | 8,850 | 50·8 |
1975 | 5,750 | 11,000 | 52·3 |
1976 | 6,062 | 11,000 | 55·1 |
1977 | 6,270 | 11,000 | 57·0 |
1978 | 6,897 | 12,273 | 56·2 |
1979 | 9,450 | 13,991 | 67·5 |
1980 | 11,750 | 19,500 | 60·3 |
1981 | 13,950 | 20,895 | 66·8 |
1982 | *14,500 | 22,201 | 65·3 |
*Government's proposal. |