To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of Staff Nurses across Health and Social Care Trusts who received a 1 per cent pay uplift during 2014/15; and whether this uplift is permanent.

Information on the number of Staff Nurses across Health and Social Care Trusts who received a 1% uplift during 2014/15 and whether this uplift is permanent is not readily available and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

However, most qualified nursing staff would have received at least a 1% increase in pay, either due to incremental progression (if eligible) or due to a 1% non-consolidated award. The only nursing staff not eligible for at least a 1% increase would be new staff or those not meeting performance requirements.