§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest staffing complement of that section of his Department which deals with monitoring pay settlements, including following up productivity deals to ensure that they really do involve an increase in productivity.
§ Mr. Harold Walker:Apart from the public sector, which is primarily the res- 410W ponsibility of sponsoring Departments, my Department at 1st December employed 83 staff who are concerned with giving advice on, monitoring and vetting pay settlements of all kinds.