§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hours of overtime have been worked by employees in his Department in the last three years for which figures are available; and what was the total cost of this overtime work in each of those years.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information (which in each case relates to overtime payments in the financial year) is as follows:
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Hours Cost (£ million) 1981–82 2,224,033 13.3 1982–83 2,560,581 16.9 1983–84 2,013,458 14.1