To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will tabulate the salary increases applicable to all ranks in the armed services from 1974 to 1979, from 1980 to 1985 and from 1985 to the latest date for which figures are available.
The salary increases applicable to all ranks of the armed services as requested by my hon. Friend are:
Financial year to financial year
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1975–76 to 1979–80
| 1979–80 to 1985–86
| 1985–86 to 1991–92
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| Officers (up to Brigadier) | 63·3 | 84·5 | 62·1 |
| Other ranks (Sergeant and above) | 76·0 | 70·6 | 59·2 |
| Other ranks (up to Corporal) | 77·1 | 61·3 | 58·1 |
| Rank details in Army terms2 | |||
| Field Marshall (when in full·time military employment) | 41·6 | 119·0 | 68·9 |
| General | 41·7 | 102·4 | 61·5 |
| Lieutenant General | 44·7 | 91·0 | 54·2 |
| Major General | 38·9 | 87·7 | 67·0 |
| Brigadier | 52·5 | 92·8 | 70·1 |
| Colonel after 4 years in the rank | 57·0 | 90·4 | 66·9 |
| Lieutenant Colonel after 4 years in the rank | 62·0 | 92·8 | 66·2 |
| Major after 4 years in the rank | 65·2 | 83·5 | 61·5 |
| Captain after 3 years in the rank | 63·0 | 82·1 | 62·1 |
| Lieutenant after 2 years in the rank | 62·2 | 79·5 | 60·6 |
| Second Lieutenant | 62·7 | 72·1 | 57·0 |
| Warrant Officer I band 6, scale C; after 18 years1 | 71·8 | 77·0 | 58·8 |
| Warrant Officer II band 6, scale C; after 18 years1 | 72·1 | 74·6 | 59·3 |
| Staff Sergeant band 5, scale C; after 18 years1 | 70·9 | 70·4 | 58·8 |
| Sergeant band 5, scale C; after 12 years1 | 72·8 | 68·5 | 59·4 |
| Corporal class 1, band 2, scale C | 76·7 | 64·1 | 60·0 |
| Lance Corporal class 2, band 1, scale C | 76·6 | 59·1 | 58·5 |
| Private class 2, band 1, scale C | 73·5 | 56·2 | 56·1 |
1 Includes long service increment payments | |||
| Rates are based on gross pay, taking account of delayed and staged implementation of pay awards. | |||
2 These rates apply also to personnel of equivalent rank and pay bands in the other services. | |||
Details of 1974·75 are not available in the required format to enable use as the base year.