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Figure 2.9: Estimated pension membership rate by Agenda for Change band, England, September 2009-2010 Percentage of headcount contributing to pension 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Source: Department of Health. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 9 Total AfC band 2009 2010 Figure 2.10: Estimated pension membership rate by Agenda for Change band and age, England, September 2010 Percentage of headcount contributing to pension 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Source: Department of Health. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8a 8b 8c 8d 9 AfC band Under 25 45 to 49 60 to 64 65 to 69 19
Chapter 3 – Agenda for Change Staff Earning £21,000 or Less Introduction 3.1 20 In this chapter we examine the specific evidence presented under our remit for 2012/13 to consider pay increases for Agenda for Change (AfC) staff earning £21,000 or less. We set out below the composition of the AfC staff group earning £21,000 or less followed by the relevant evidence and information from other sources for this group relating to the economy, inflation, labour market and earnings, the funds available to the Health Departments, and recruitment and retention. We then conclude this chapter with our comments and recommendation. AfC Staff Earning £21,000 or Less 3.2 3.3 The Chief Secretary to the Treasury’s letter of 20 June 2011 and those from the Secretary of State and Devolved Administrations sought our recommendations on uplifts for workers earning £21,000 or less. These included definitions of pay (set out in full in paragraph 3.65) which, for NHS staff employed under AfC terms and conditions, apply to those paid at or below AfC spine point 15 in Band 4 which is currently £20,804. The first AfC spine point above the limit is spine point 16 which is currently £21,176 – the bottom point of Band 5 and equivalent to the starting salary for qualified nurses and many other professionally qualified clinical staff. The estimated distribution of our remit group by AfC spine point is shown in Figure 3.1, with the shaded area indicating the number of staff in our remit group paid at or below spine point 15. According to the latest available data in each UK country, approximately 448,700 FTE staff (37% of the remit group) were paid at or below spine point 15, a decrease of around 9,400 FTE staff (1.5 percentage points) compared to the 2010 estimate1 . In England, 36% of staff were paid under the threshold; in Scotland, 39%; in Wales, 40%; and in Northern Ireland, 41%, with the percentage having decreased slightly in each country. Of those staff paid £21,000 or less, approximately 34% are at the top of their pay bands, compared with 37% in the remit group as a whole (see Figure 2.5). 1 An error in our estimate in our Twenty-Fifth Report of the number of staff paid at or below spine point 15 has been identified: in Northern Ireland, headcount data rather than full time equivalent data were used, which had the effect of inflating the number of FTE staff in the UK paid at or below spine point 15 by approximately 8,170, and the percentage of staff by approximately 0.3 percentage points. Revised estimates for 2009/10 are 458,100 FTE staff, 38.5% of the remit group. Corrected data have been used when making year-on-year comparisons above.
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