§ Mr. Squireasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state for the years 1983–84, 1982–83 and 1981–82 (a) the total number of staff in his Department involved in the calculation, distribution, and administration of the block grant system, including the determination of grant related expenditure and consultations with the local authority associations, >(b) the total in (a) expressed in terms of full—time equivalent employees, (c) the total cost of salaries, wages and other direct 492W employee costs in respect of (b) above, (d) the total computing costs incurred in administering the block grant system, including determination of grant related expenditure, analysis of distribution, development and maintenance of the systems and (e) the total cost of administering the entire block grant system, including salaries, wages, and computing, and all other administrative costs and overheads.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information requested by my hon. Friend is not available in the form requested. However, information about the number and cost of staff in the Department's local government finance policy directorate in 1981–82 and 1982–83 is contained in volume 7 of the MINIS 3 and 4 returns, copies of which are in the Library.