The information requested is set outin the following table: Year Percentage Increase as at 1 April Each Year 1997 3.3% (2.8% from 1 April then a further 0.5% on 1 December) 1998 3.8% (2% from 1 April then a further 1.8% on 1 December) 1999 4.7% plus an increase of one point to the maximum of the D grade scale and the deletion of the bottom 2 points equalling an increase of 12% to the bottom of the D grade scale, to aid recruitment and retention. 2000 3.4% plus an increase for C grade nurses equalling 7% and to E grade scale equalling 7.8%, to aid recruitment and retention. 2001 3.7%, plus average 2% for F-I grades by consolidation of discretionary points. 2002 3.6% 2003 3.225% 2004 3.225% 2005 3.225% 2006 2.5% 2007 2.5% Including the pay rise for 2007, this represents a cumulativerise since 1997 of over 37% for all nursing staff and significantly more for thosestaff groups identified above as receiving additional uplifts. It should also benoted that many...