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Mr. Favell
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what, in cash terms and in real terms, the gross pay and the take-home pay was of a Civil Service permanent secretary with a £30,000 mortgage and two children of school age on 1 July 1979, on 1 July 1982 and will be with effect from 1 July 1985.
Mr. Hayhoe
The figures given in the table are annual rates based on the salary applying at 1 July for each of the years in question.
| Salary and take-home pay* of Civil Service Permanent Secretary | ||||
| Gross Salary (£ per annum) | Take-home pay (£ per annum) | |||
| Actual | †At 1984 prices | Actual | †At 1984 prices | |
| 1 July 1979 | 25,886 | 40,749 | 17,760 | 27,958 |
| 1 July 1982 | 37,750 | 41,450 | 24,215 | 26,589 |
| 1 July 1985 | 52,750 | 49,649 | 32,847 | 30,916 |
| * For a married man with two children of school age and a mortgage of £30,000. | ||||
| † Using annual average values of the Retail Prices Index except for the figures for 1 July 1985 which have been deflated by the increase in the RPI in the first six months of 1985 compared to the corresponding period in 1984. | ||||