Written question asked by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 July 2000. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 July 2000 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average level of pay for medical laboratory scientific officers on grade 1 of the pay scale working in hospitals in the United Kingdom. - Inc ref to August 1999 National Health Service Earnings Survey, in Library.

Answer: Mr. Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average level of pay for medical laboratory scientific officers on grade 1 of the payscale working in hospitals in the United Kingdom. [115488] Mr. Denham: The recently published results of the Department's August 1999 National Health Service Earnings Survey, copies of which are available in the Library, show that the estimated average full-time equivalent salary for all Grade 1 NHS Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers (biomedical scientists) on national payscales was £16,800 after the pay awards for April 2000 are taken into account and rises to £22,100 if all other payments e.g. allowances and overtime, are included.

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