§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will give details showing to what extent the Government's policy of reducing expenditure has affected her Department; and whether she 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. HattersleyThe Supply Estimates for my Department are prepared in the light of, and in conformity with, the Government's public expenditure and other policies. In October, 1964 my Department employed 21,418 staff at a monthly salary and wage cost of about £1,727,000; in May of this year the corresponding figures were 29,425 and £2,780,000.