§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the annual costs of running the Pay Research Unit in the Civil Service; how many people it employed; what is the estimated cost of using consultants for (a) the four-yearly total remuneration survey and (b) the intermediate survey; and what additional expenditure and resources will be required in addition to these costs.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe last complete year in which the Civil Service Pay Research Unit operated was in 1980–81. In that year the unit was allocated a total of about £1.1 million in the Appropriation Account and cash provision was made for 91 staff. The other figures asked for cannot be realistically estimated at this stage.