HC Deb 03 February 1971 vol 810 cc398-9W
Mr. Tom Boardman

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

Mrs. Thatcher

190. In arriving at this figure I have taken no account of the Parliamentary allowances of the Under-Secretaries of State in my Department Where civil servants are on salary scales, I have included only those whose scales wholly exceed the Ministerial salary in question.

Mr. Tom Boardman

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many civil servants in her Department are in receipt of salaries in excess of her own Ministerial salary.

Mrs. Thatcher

9. In arriving at this figure I have taken no account of my Parliamentary allowances.