§ 50. Mr. TOUCHEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total amount of money paid in salaries, including bonus, to the Civil Services in April, 1914, and April, 1932, respectively; and to what extent the difference is due to an increase in the cost of living?
§ Major ELLIOTIn April, 1914, the total salaries and wages bill (including overtime and allowances) of the non-industrial and industrial staffs of the Civil Service was at the rate of approximately £36¾ millions per annum.
That for April, 1932, was at the rate of approximately £84½ millions per annum.
The increase in cost may be attributed to the additional staff required for the extra duties placed on the Civil Service since 1914, to compensation in respect of the increase in the cost of living, and to improvements in the basic remuneration of individual classes of civil servants under Awards of the Industrial Court, etc. I regret, however, that I am not in a position to make any accurate evaluation of these separate factors.