HC Deb 03 February 1971 vol 810 cc384-5W
Mr. Tom Boardman

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many civil servants in his Department are in receipt of salaries in excess of his own Ministerial salary.

Mr. John Davies

Eighteen officers in my Department are in receipt of salaries in excess of my own.

Mr. Tom Boardman

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many civil servants in his Department are in receipt of salaries in excess of the Ministerial salary payable to each of the Under-Secretaries of State in his Department.

Mr. John Davies

846 officers in my Department are in receipt of salaries on scale the starting points of which are above that of the Ministerial salary of the Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State. In addition, 1,586 officers receive salaries on scales which at the upper end exceed that of the Parliamentary Under-Secretaries.

Mr. Tom Boardman

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many civil servants in his Department are in receipt of salaries in excess of the Ministerial salary payable to each of the Ministers in his Department.

Mr. John Davies

Twenty-one officers in my Department are in receipt of salaries in excess of the Ministerial salary payable to each of the Ministers in my Department.

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT MOVEMENTS AT AIRPORTS IN THE MIDLANDS AND YORKSHIRE*
January—July, 1970 January—July, 1969
Arrived Departed Arrived Departed
Birmingham 1,941 1,886 1,882 1,933
Brough 19 15
Coventry 55 57 68 67
East Midlands 341 350 300 315
Leeds/Bradford 341 336 537 543
2,678 2,629 2,806 2,873
*Including some all-cargo flights.