§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will give, for the latest convenient stated date, the total costs per annum of all Ministerial and junior Ministerial salaries and expenses, the Ministerial car service, the cost of houses and flats and services where provided, and the saving to the Exchequer on the basis that all of these ancillary benefits are taxed at the normal rates of taxation.
§ Mr. David HowellThe total annual cost of Ministerial salaries is currently £485,975; the estimated annual cost of providing official cars for the use of Ministers is £160,000; the approximate annual cost of official residences occupied by Ministers is £11,500. I regret that the information about Ministerial expenses
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AT 12TH OCTOBER, 1970 Men Boys Women Girls Total Percentage rate* Highlands … … 5,086 278 1,073 186 6,623 7.7 North East … … 4,256 162 962 121 5,501 3.6 Tayside … … 5,125 185 1,133 155 6,598 3.7 Edinburgh … … 12,706 447 2,333 243 15,729 3.9 Falkirk/Stirling … 2,600 109 1,010 72 3,791 3.5 Glasgow … … 41,802 2,453 8,830 1,230 54,315 5.3 South West … 1,900 81 544 73 2,598 5.4 Borders … … 1,273 28 253 34 1,588 3.5 Scotland … 74,448 3,737 16,114 2,104 96,403 4.4 * Percentage rates of unemployment are calculated by expressing the total numbers registered as unemployed as percentages of the estimated numbers of employees, employed and unemployed