HC Deb 18 March 1970 vol 798 c154W
Mr. John Page

asked the Minister of Technology what is the average weekly cost to his Department of employing a temporary shorthand typist through an employment agency; and what is the comparative weekly cost of employing an established shorthand typist of the same grade, allowing for salary, holiday pay, and other indirect and statutory costs of employment.

Mr. Carmichael

The average weekly cost to the Department of an agency shorthand typist is at present £29 18s. 0d., compared with £28 5s. 0d. for a civil servant of the same grade.