§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many hours of overtime have been worked by employees in his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what was the total cost of this overtime in each of those years.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe information is as follows:
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Hours of overtime worked* 11,020 17,449 19,657 Annual cost £120,000 £104,000 £94,000 * Information only available from July 1981.