§ Mr. David Howellasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will give the additional annual cost to public funds in respect of the 7,500 additional non-industrial civil servants forecast for 1st April, 1971, showing, separately, the annual salary bills for the additional staff to be employed in the Department of Employment and Productivity, Health and Social Security, the Home Office, the Inland Revenue and the Department of National Savings, together with a breakdown of the functions to be performed by these civil servants in respect of each of the five Departments referred to.
§ Mr. Shore:The estimated salary cost of 7,500 additional non-industrial Civil Servants by 1st April, 1971, is about £7.9 million in 1970–71 and about £9.2 million in a full year. Estimated full-year salary costs of the additional staff in the department specified and the principal reasons for the staff increases are as follows: 494W
Department of Employment and Productivity:(£2.1 million). Increased work in the employment services, industrial training services and H.M. Factory Inspectorate.Department of Health and Social Security:(£0.9 million). A continued growth of work in local offices and in the policy and planning divisions of headquarters offset by savings from the extension of automatic data processing at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Office.Home Office:(£1.6 million). To meet the operational requirements of the Prison Service and the Immigration Department.Inland Revenue:(£2.7 million). Increased work on the assessment and collection of taxes on income and capital gains, preparation for transfer of P.A.Y.E. work to computers and increased work on valuation including the rating revaluation of 1973.Department for National Savings:(£0.6 million). The operation of the S.A.Y.E. Scheme, conversion to decimal working and increased activity in the Bonds and Stock Office.
§ Mr. Onslowasked the Minister for the Civil Service what increase there has now been, since October, 1964, in the number of non-industrial civil servants, excluding staff of the Post Office.
§ Mr. Shore:About 65,000. This figure does not take into account former Post Office staff transferred to the Department for National Savings and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications on the setting up of those Departments on 1st October, 1969.
§ Mr. Onslowasked the Minister for the Civil Service what is his latest estimate of the average annual cost to public funds of a non-industrial civil servant, taking all overheads into account; and what was the corresponding figure in October, 1964.
§ Mr. Shore:Figures previously given to the hon. Member were £1,295 in April, 1964, £1,535 in July, 1967, £1,756 in March, 1969 and £1,875 in July, 1969. Calculated on the same basis the current figure would be £1,980. This figure includes salary, superannuation, S.E.T., office and other overheads.
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§ Mr. Onslowasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will express the total annual cost of the non-industrial civil service in the financial year 1969–70, and the estimated cost in the current financial year, as proportions of the equivalent totals in the financial years 1963–64 and 1964–65, respectively, on the basis of both original and supplementary estimates for the years in question, and excluding staff of the Post Office from the calculation.
§ Mr. Shore:Expressed as percentages, the proportions based on salaries and wages costs, are as follows:
1963–64 1964–65 1969–70 … … 159 147 1970–71 … … 170 157 These figures, include about 15,000 staff transferred from the Post Office on the setting up of the Department for National
NON-INDUSTRIAL STAFF Staff working a 5 day week Staff working a 10½ day fortnight Staff working a 5½ or 6 day week Non-office staff on pay scales up to approximately £17 12s. 6d. per week 15 16 18 Staff on annual salaries up to £1,253 (a)Initial allowance 15 16 18 (b) After 10 years' total service 18 19 21 Staff on annual salaries with maxima between £1,253 and £1,835 (a) Initial allowance 18 19 21 (b) After 10 years' total service 22 23 26 (c) After 20 years' total service 25 27 30 (d) After 30 years' total service 30 32 36 Staff on annual salaries with maxima between £1,835 and £3,099 (a) Initial allowance 22 23 26 (b) After 10 years' total service 25 27 30 (c) After 20 years' total service 30 32 36 Staff on annual salaries with maxima between £3,099 and £5,200 (a) Initial allowance 25 27 30 (b) After 10 years' total service 30 32 36 Staff on annual salaries with maxima above £5,200 30 32 36 Industrial Staff
All industrial Civil Servants enjoy at least 2½ weeks of paid annual leave. Where a 5-day week is worked the allowance is 12½ days, where the normal working week exceeds 5 days the ½ week is calculated exactly. A limited number of 496W Savings and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications on 1st October, 1969.