§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the 1991–92 annual budget for the Radiocommunications Agency; and what is the percentage allocated to staff costs.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe Radiocommunications Agency budget for 1991–92 was published in estimates on 12 March 1991. The gross total is £30.587 million. Of this sum the proportion allocated to staff costs, defined as salary, ERNIC, superannuation and overtime costs for both permanent and casual staff is 42 per cent.
The Radiocommunications Agency has, since 1 April 1990, been funded on a net running cost basis and the final expenditure outturn will thus depend on income generated during the year; this in turn may slightly affect the proportion of total expenditure accounted for by staff costs.