Customs And Excise

Mr. Robert Atkins

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the salary scales of Customs and Excise officers and immigration service officers for each year from 1976 to the most recent conveniently available date.

Following reorganisation in 1971, the grade of officer of Customs and Excise has been phased out and the work has been increasingly undertaken by executive officers and higher executive officers. The

Immigration service^*
Grade	Age points	1 April 1975	Age points	1 April 1978	Age points	1 April 1979	Age points	1 August 1979	Age points	1 January 1980	1 April 1980	Age points	7 May 1980	Age points	1 April 1981	Age points	1 April 1982
		£		£		£		£		£	£		£		£		£
Chief Inspector Immigration		11,000		12,273		13,378		13,991		17,000	19,500				20,895		22,201
		10,400		11,959		13,035		13,633		16,500	19,000				20,360		21,480
		9,800		11,302		12,319		12,884		15,750	18,250				19,558		20,634
		9,200		10,645		11,603		12,135		15,000	17,500				18,755		19,787
		8,650		10,043		10,947		11,449		14,250	16,500				17,685		18,525
Deputy Chief Inspector Immigration		9,350		10,809		11,782		12,322		15,000	17,500				18,755		19,927
		8,750		10,152		11,066		11,573		13,750	16,250				17,418		18,376
		8,250		9,605		10,469		10,950		12,750	15,000				16,080		16,964
		7,750		9,057		9,872		10,325		11,750	14,000				15,010		15,723
Assistant Chief Inspector Immigration		7,450		8,729		9,515		9,951		11,750			14,000		15,010		15,948
		7,150		8,400		9,156		9,576		11,250			13,400		14,368		15,158
		6,875		8,099		8,828		9,233		10,750			12,800		13,726		14,481
		6,625		7,825		8,529		8,921		10,350			12,325		13,218		13,945
		6,375		7552		8,232		8,609		9,950			11,850		12,710		13,409
		6,125		7,278		7,933		8,297		9,550			11,350		12,175		12,845
		5,900		7,032		7,665		8,016		9,200			10,900		11,693		12,336
		5,680		6,791		7,402		7,742		8,850			10,600		11,372		11,912
Inspector Immigration		5,900		7,032		7,665		8,016		9,200			10,900		11,693		12,424
		5,813		6,936		7,560		7,907		8,900			10,500		11,265		11,885
		5,604		6,707		7,311		7,646		8,550			10,000		10,730		11,320
		5,396		6,480		7,063		7,387		8,200			9,600		10,302		10,791
		5,201		6,266		6,830		7,143
		5,045		6,095		6,644		6,948
Chief Immigration Officer		4,787		5,813		6,336		6,627		7,600			8,900		9,553		10,150
		4,696		5,713		6,227		6,513		7,350			8,600		9,232		9,740
		4,459		5,454		5,945		6,218		6,850			8,020		8,611		9,085
		4,302		5,282		5,757		6,021		6,575			7,700		8,269		8,662
Immigration Officer†		Main		Main		Main		Main		Main
		3,768		4,692		5,166		5,401		6,156			7,285		7,825		8,314
		3,675		4,585		5,050		5,279		5,751			6,728		7,229		7,627
		3,424		4,296		4,735		4,950		5,454			6,253		6,721		7,091
		3,178		4,014		4,427		4,628		5,130			5,767		6,201		6,542
		2,952		3,754		4,144		4,332		4,860		20	5,292	20	5,692	20	5,962
		2,762		3,535		3,905		4,082		4,536		19	4,548	19	4,896	19	5,129
		2,602		3,351		3,705		3,872				18	4,039	18	4,352	18	^*4,559
		2/437		3,162		3,499		3,657
		Entry		Entry		Entry		Entry		Entry
		3,364		4,227		5,166		5,401		6,099
		3,171		4,005		5,050		5,279		5,778
		2,979		3,785		4,872		5,093		5,537
		2,866		3,655		4,660		4,871		5,323
		2,769		3,543		4,418		4,618		5,136
	25	2,664	25	3,423		4,178		4,367		4,976
	24	2,555	24	3,297		4,036		4,219		4,842
	23	2,457	23	3,185		3,914		4,091		4,708
	22	2,352	22	3,064	25	3,783	25	3,954	25	4,548
	21	2,254	21	2,953	24	3,646	24	3,811	24	4,334
	20	2,142	20	2,831	23	3,524	23	3,683	23	4,173
	19	2,034	19	2,713	22	3,392	22	3,545	22	4,013
	18	1,925	18	2,593	21	3,271	21	3,419	21	3,852
					20	3,138	20	3,280	20	3,692
					19	3,009	19	3,145	19	3,558
					18	2,879	18	3,008	18	3,424

Executive Officers and Higher Executive Officer^*
Grade	Age points	1 April 1975	Age points	1 April 1978	Age points	1 April 1979	Age points	1 October 1979	Age points	1 January 1980	1 April 1980	Age points	7 March 1980	Age points	1 April 1981	Age points	1 April 1982
		£		£		£		£		£	£		£		£		£
Higher Executive Officer		4,700		5,718		6,233		6,519		7,250			8,555		9,184		9,758
		4,520		5,520		6,017		6,293		6,850			8,020		8,611		9,085
		4,360		5,345		5,826		6,093		6,575			7,700		8,269		8,724
		4,200		5,170		5,635		5,894		6,350			7,430		7,980		8,419
		4,040		4,995		5,440		5,694		6,150			7,200		7,734		8,159
		3,900		4,842		5,279		5,520		5,950			6,950		7,467		7,822
Executive Officer		Main		Main		Main		Main		Main
		3,670		4,579		5,043		5,272		5,700			6,745		7,247		7,700
		3,420		4,292		4,730		4,945		5,325			6,230		6,696		7,064
		3,220		4,062		4,480		4,683		5,050			5,790		6,225		6,567
		3,045		3,861		4,261		4,454		4,750			5,340		5,744		6,060
		2,870		3,659		4,041		4,223		4,500		20	4,900	20	5,273	20	5,523
		2,695		3,458		3,821		3,994		4,200		19	4,250	19	4,578	19	4,795
		2445		3,286		3,634		3,798				18	3,775	18	4,069	18	‡4,262
		2,395		3,113		3,445		3,601
		Entry		Entry		Entry		Entry		Entry
		3,055		4,579		5,043		5,272		5,700
		2,955		4,315		4,756		4,971		5,400
		2,855		4,085		4,505		4,709		5,175
		2,755		3,872		4,273		4,466			4,975

salary scales for these two general service grades are shown in the following list together with the salary scales for the various grades of immigration service officer.

Grade	Age points	1 April 1975	Age points	1 April 1978	Age points	1 April 1979	Age points	1 October 1979	Age points	1 January 1980	1 April 1980	Age points	7 March 1980	Age points	1 April 1981	Age points	1 April 1982
		£		£		£		£		£	£		£		£		£
		2,655		3,757		4,147		4,335		4,800
	25	2,555		3,642		4,022		4,204		4,650
	24	2,455		3,527		3,897		4,073		4,525
	23	2,355		3,412		3,771		3,942		4,400
	22	2,255	25	3,297	25	3,646	25	3,811	25	4,250
	21	2,155	24	3,182	24	3,521	24	3,680	24	4,050
	20	2,065	23	3,067	23	3,395	23	3,549	23	3,900
	19	1,975	22	2,955	22	3,273	22	3,421	22	3,750
	18	1,885	21	2,845	21	3,153	21	3,296	21	3,600
			20	2,747	20	3,046	20	3,184	20	3,450
			19	2,648	19	2,939	19	3,071	19	3,325
			18	2,549	18	2,831	18	2,958	18	3,200
^* Figures exclude supplements paid under incomes policy. These were as follows:
1975 - Variable threshold payments triggered by increases in the retail prices index.
1976 - A supplement of £4·00 per week for those aged 16 and under, £3·00 per week for those aged 17 and £6·00 per week for all others earning less than £8,500 per annum. No supplement was payable to those earning £8,500 per annum and over.
1977 - A supplement equal to 5 percent, of total earnings subject to a maximum of £4·00 per week and to minima of £1·95 per week for those aged 16, £2·15 per week for those aged 17 and £2·50 per week for those aged 18 or over.
† Immigration officers "A" receive in addition a language allowance. Immigration Officers "B" do not receive such an allowance but under the "reserved rights" agreement in the 1964 pay agreement receive a slightly higher personal salary maximum. Neither of these is shown in the table.
‡ Excludes minor adjustments for consolidation of luncheon vouchers from 1 September 1982.

Volume 35: debated on Wednesday 26 January 1983