Department (Staff and Salaries)

HC Deb 25 July 1968 vol 769 cc180-1W

Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give details showing to what extent the Government's policy of reducing expenditure has affected his Department; and whether he will give a comparison, either in percentage or actual figures, of the number of staff employed and their salaries and wages in October, 1964 and June, 1968.

Mr. Harold Lever

The estimates for the Department are prepared in the light of and in conformity with the Government's public expenditure and other policies.

In October, 1964 the Department employed 1,500 staff at a monthly salary and wages bill of about £170,000; in June of this year the corresponding figures were 1,745 staff and £239,000 salaries and wages.