§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give figures for 1979–80 and each subsequent year on(a) the cost of the civil service and (b) the average cost for each civil servant; and if he will break down the average cost for each civil servant into pay, national insurance, superannuation, and other costs such as office space, heating, lighting, car allowance, travel allowance, etc.
Table 1 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Departmental running costs in £ million1 6,800 7,700 8,400 9,650 10,200 10,700 11,352 12,009 12,698 13,680 Average full-time staff included in running costs2 of which: 712,200 693,900 675,100 654,900 639,300 633,700 634,700 622,500 608,000 602,900 Civil Service 625,600 608,700 590,900 571,400 556,300 550,600 551,600 540,300 527,200 525,700 Armed Forces 58,000 58,000 58,000 58,000 58,000 58,000 58,000 57,000 56,000 53,000 Northern Ireland Civil Service 28,600 27,200 26,200 25,500 25,000 25,100 25,100 25,200 24,800 24,200 Running costs £ per head 9,548 11,097 12,443 14,735 15,955 16,885 17,886 19,292 20,885 22,690 1 Departmental running costs comprise pay and national insurance costs, personnel overheads (including travel allowances), accommodation costs, office and other services. They do not include notional accruing pensions liability, pensions in payment or capital expenditure.