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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
26 March 1980
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Mr Robert Tarry (Liverpool, Scotland Exchange): To ask the Lord Frivy Seal, if the Governor of Hong Kong has received representations from the Social Workers General Union concerning rates of pay, re-grading and career advancement of Social Welfare Department staff in the voluntary sector; and what reply he has sent.
Mr Peter Blatzen
Between October 1979 and February 1980 four petitions from the union
on this subject were received by the Governor and Chief Secretary.
The replies, which were sent in January and March, made clear that
the Government have no responsibility for fixing the salaries of
social workers employed by the voluntary agencies. A review of
the voluntary sector's organisational structure and salary scales
is being carried out. The union has been told it is free to make
representations to the review's steering committee and working
group, membership of which has been drawn largely from the
voluntary sector.
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