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Top Salaries

Volume 83: debated on Thursday 25 July 1985

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asked the Prime Minister if she will state the monthly increase of take-home salary for the categories of persons covered by the eighth report on top salaries at 1 April 1986 where the individual is married and receives only basic tax allowances.

[pursuant to her reply, 24 July 1985]: Using current tax rates and income bands and asssuming the married man's tax allowance only, the average monthly increase in take-home pay comparing the rates of pay in force before 1 July 1985 with those which will apply from 1 March 1986 are estimated at:

  • for senior civil servants £157;
  • for senior Armed Forces officers £222;
  • for the judiciary £213.