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595777

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, based on today's values, what the expected lifetime earnings are for a junior doctor starting in training in August 2016 if they become (a) a consultant, (b) a GP and (c) remain a junior doctor; and what assessment his Department has made of how those earnings compare to other (i) public and (ii) private sector professionals.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	46829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The career earnings of a doctor will depend on many factors and are therefore highly specific to individual circumstances. They will depend on decisions around gap years and career breaks, part-time working, the choice between general practice and other specialties, when they leave the National Health Service or retire and on the speed of progression through training. However, indications can be provided by constructing a hypothetical career based on reasonable assumptions in-line with current data.</p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that assuming a 40 year full time career from Foundation Programme up to consultant or partner in General Practice, a junior doctor starting training in August 2016 could expect to earn around £4 million or an average of around £100,000 per year in 2016/17 prices.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Comparisons of pay across industries and sectors are notoriously difficult, capturing differences in pressures and working patterns is particularly complicated. Comparison of recent earnings growth for doctors compared with other high-earning occupations shows that doctors remain one of the very highest-earning occupations in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2016 16:04:13 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

595793

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the new junior doctors' contract on the average pay of junior doctors.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	46747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The average pay of junior doctors will not change. The cost neutrality of the new contract means that the contract cannot in anyway be used to save money – it maintains the current spend for the current number of full-time equivalent doctors working the current average working week. The British Medical Association itself acknowledged this commitment and communicated it to its junior doctor members before the vote on the contract. Any growth in the junior doctor workforce/commitment will be funded from outside that envelope and the same average pay would apply to new juniors working the same working patterns.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2016 10:14:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

582530

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a comparative estimate of the level of proposed average pay under the new junior doctor's contract for a junior doctor working (a) part-time, (b) full-time and (c) as a full-time trainee.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	46140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>Under the new contract, which is based on the principle of equal pay for work of equal value and pay for hours worked, full time trainees working at the same level of responsibility will receive the same basic pay and will be paid the same unsocial hours and weekend allowances depending on how many they work. Less than full time trainees working at the same level of responsibility will receive equal pay to full timers pro-rated to the number of hours that they work. Weekend and on-call allowances are also pro–rated.</p><p> </p><p>Those trainees working at ST4 and above will continue to be paid under the terms of the old contract, under transitional arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>At the British Medical Association’s request, it was agreed that there would be four levels of responsibility within the junior doctor training path for pay purposes.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/09/2016 08:19:24 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

579500

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a comparative assessment of the level of proposed weekend pay under the new junior doctors' contract with weekend pay for (a) prison officers, (b) fire fighters, (c) police officers, (d) call centre workers, (e) consultants and (f) nurses, midwives and physios.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	45817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Junior doctors already work weekends, and they will continue to be fairly rewarded for work undertaken at the weekend using the weekend allowance proposed by the British Medical Association negotiators. Comparative rates are set out in the <ins class="ministerial">attached</ins> table<del class="ministerial"> below</del>.</p><p> </p><p>Because of the allowance based approach to weekend working, the effective hourly rate juniors are paid will vary depending on how many hours they work over how many weekends. In almost all cases junior doctors will receive weekend pay better than other National Health Service professional staff.</p><p> </p><p>A typical rota for a junior doctor involves an average of 6.5 hours a week being worked at weekends. (i.e. they work two long shifts of 13 hours every four weekends). This is split evenly over Saturdays and Sundays and includes night work.</p><p> </p><p>For working those weekend hours the percentage hourly supplement across all the hours worked for different groups of NHS staff would be</p><p>- 66% for a junior doctor (37% for night work plus an additional 7.5% weekend allowance set as a percentage of basic pay)</p><p>- 56% for a band 3 Health Care Assistant (37% for Saturday, 74% for Sunday)</p><p>- 45% for a nurse (30% for Saturday, 60% for Sunday)</p><p>- 33% for a consultant</p><p> </p><p><strong><br /> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Payment</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Junior doctors</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Weekend night shifts ending by 10am. Time plus 37%. Weekend allowance - + 10% 1in2 - + 7.5% - + 6% - + 4% - + 3% - No allowance</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Consultants</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4hour Programmed Activity is reduced to 3 hours, effectively Time + 33%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nurses</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Time + 30% Saturday time +60% Sunday</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Prison officers *</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Time + 17%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Firefighters *</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Shift duty covers shifts 24 hours, 7 days. No premia</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Police Officers *</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Time plus 10% for nights only (8pm-6am)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Call centre workers *</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Between Time + 5% and Time + 40%</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">*Income Data Services study</del></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/09/2016 17:00:01 question first ministerially corrected 20/09/2016 09:51:13 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Comparative weekend pay rates PQ45817.docx title Comparative Pay Rates PQ45817 previous answer version 12257 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

579501

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a comparative assessment of the level of the proposed night time premium under the new junior doctors' contract with the night time premium for (a) airline pilots, (b) fire fighters, (c) police officers, (d) consultants and (e) nurses, midwives and physios.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	45818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Under the new contract the night time premium proposed for junior doctors means that they will be paid a higher supplement rate than consultants and nurses in the National Health Service and significantly more than other public sector employees.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Night Window</p></td><td><p>Payment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Junior doctors</p></td><td><p>9pm-7am or until the end of the night shift up to 10am</p></td><td><p>Time + 37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultants</p></td><td><p>7pm-7am</p></td><td><p>4 hour Programmed Activity is reduced to 3 hours, effectively time + 33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurses</p></td><td><p>8pm-6am</p></td><td><p>Time + 30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airline Pilots*</p></td><td><p>1am-7am</p></td><td><p>Time + 14-17% for captain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Police Officers*</p></td><td><p>8pm-6am</p></td><td><p>Time + 10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firefighters *</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>Shift duty covers shifts 24 hours, 7 days. No premia</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Income Data Services study</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/09/2016 16:21:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

579516

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much basic pay will increase for each grade under the proposed new junior doctors' contract.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	45803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Pay for Foundation 1 doctors will be 15% higher than the current basic starting salary.</p><p> </p><p>Pay for Foundation 2 doctors will be 8% higher than the current basic starting salary.</p><p> </p><p>The new basic starting salary for Specialty Registrars at ST1 will be 19% higher than the current basic starting salary.</p><p> </p><p>The salary for those at ST3 will be 32% higher than the current pay point for those progressing through training without delay.</p><p> </p><p>The overall increase for all juniors is over 10%.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/09/2016 15:03:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster