HC Deb 07 June 1976 vol 912 cc558-9W
Mr. Forman

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what is the total cost to public funds of the public bodies for which he is responsible.

Mr. Clinton Davis

About £73.2 million in 1975–76, of which £60.5 million was in respect of the grant in aid to the Civil Aviation Authority. The total excludes capital investment by the CAA and nationalised industries, and payments to public corporations—such as loans drawn from the National Loans Fund, and issues of public dividend capital—not classified as public expenditure.

Mr. Forman

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what is the total number of people employed in the public bodies for which he is responsible.

Mr. Dell

From the latest available figures the total is some 69,000.

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