The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH

Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1990-1997

Chief Secretary (1987-1989)

Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Wages and Salaries – 11 February 1988

Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Wages and Salaries on 11th February 1988.


Mr. Pike To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the expenditure proposed for (a) hospital services and (b) other central Government services in the plans for 1988–89 to 1990–91 is calculated to account for wages and salaries.

Mr. Major The Government do not have a central pay assumption.