[holding answer 5 March 2007]: The starting pay for a newly qualified nurse at 2006-07 prices in each of the last 20 years is set out in the following table.
Starting pay cash1,2 Starting pay real terms3 1987-88 7,300 13,955 1988-89 8,025 14,341 1989-90 8,565 14,285 1990-91 9,335 14,436 1991-92 10,230 14,908 1992-93 10,820 15,276 1993-94 10,980 15,108 1994-95 11,320 15,344 1995-964 11,605 15,266 1996-97 11,895 15,138 1997-98 12,385 15,316 1998-99 12,855 15,504 1999-00 14,400 17,023 2000-01 14,890 17,358 2001-02 15,445 17,587 2002-03 16,005 17,678 2003-04 16,525 17,725 2004-055 18,114 18,909 2005-06 18,698 19,155 2006-07 19,166 19,166 1 Starting pay for a newly qualified nurse is normally the minimum of the grade applicable to basic grade qualified nurses. 2 The grades applicable to basic grade qualified nurses in the years set out in the table are as follows:- 1977-78 to 1987-88 Staff Nurse 1988-89 to 2003-04 D Grade 2004-05 to 2006-07 Agenda for Change Band 5 Figures given are for the minimum of these grades in the year in question, including any staged increases. 3 Real terms in 2006-07 prices. 4 The starting pay given for 1995-96 is the rate for non-trust staff. 5 The starting pay given for 2004-05 is the minimum of the Agenda for Change Band 5 scale at the effective date of implementation of Agenda for Change on 1 October 2004.