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QUESTION TO BE ASKED OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY17th FEBRUARY 2004,
BY DEPUTY R.G. LE HERISSIER OF ST. SAVIOUR
Question
Would the President confirm whether all States' employees received a 5.1% increase in salary as a result of last year's pay settlement, and, if not, would he identify the exceptions, the percentages in question and the reasons for deviating from the 5.1% settlement?
Answer
I can confirm that the great majority of States' employees received an increase in salary of 5.15% as a result of the 2003 pay settlement, that is for the period running from 1st June 2003, to 31st May 2004.
A small number of pay groups received in excess of that amount, and these were as follows –
- The four Crown Officers, together with a limited numberofother senior legalappointments,including the Law DraftsmanandLegalAdvisers,receivedan average of2%more than the pay norm of5.15%, with individual increases above the pay norm ranging from 0% to 4.76%. The maximum increase therefore received underthese arrangements, allowing for compounding,was10.16%.These additional awards were made bythe Policy andResourcesCommittee with due regard to the reportandrecommendationsof the Pay Review Board, chaired byMr. Colin Powell, O.B.E.,inwhich it had been noted that the salaries ofspecific legal officers wereconsiderablylower than thoseofcomparable positions in the private sector.
- Hospital Consultants, Associate Specialists, Staff Grades and Junior Doctors remain on U.K.-linked arrangements for pay determination purposes. In 2003 they received a basicawardof 3.225%, in line with the recommendationsoftheDoctorsandDentistsReview Body intheU.K.Inaddition, the followingawards were made to specificDoctorGradesinorder to maintain parity with U.K. levels of pay –
A s s o c iate Specialists were awarded an extra maximum increment of £2,175/annum (or +3.27% of basic
pay) on their salary scale, in line with the U.K. award;
S ta f f G rades were awarded an extra maximum increment of £2,380/annum (or +4.71% of basic pay) on
their salary scale, in line with the U.K. award.