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Departmental Pay

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 5 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. (188799)

Salary range minima and maxima for grades below senior civil service (SCS) in each of the three geographical locations are presented in the following three tables. The Department is responsible for setting these ranges.

Table 1: National pay rates

£

Grade

Minimum

Maximum

Administrative Officer (AO)

14,826

19,449

Executive Officer (EO)

18,519

28,112

Higher Executive Officer (HEO)

23,721

32,627

Senior Executive Officer (SEO)

29,298

41,991

Grade 7

39,695

56,543

Grade 6

50,014

68,410

Table 2: Outer London pay rates

£

Grade

Minimum

Maximum

AO

16,356

20,673

EO

20,049

28,112

HEO

25,251

34,157

SEO

30,827

42,314

Grade 7

41,225

57,452

Grade 6

51,544

69,940

Table 3: Inner London pay rates

£

Grade

Minimum

Maximum

AO

17,886

22,203

EO

21,579

28,290

HEO

26,781

35,687

SEO

32,357

43,844

Grade 7

42,755

58,982

Grade 6

53,074

71,470

Salary ranges for SCS grades do not differ by location. These ranges are set centrally and apply across all Government Departments.

£

Grade

Minimum

Maximum

SCS Pay Band 1

56,100

116,000

SCS Pay Band 2

81,600

160,000

SCS Pay Band 3

99,960

205,000