§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many civil servants are employed in his Department; what is the total cost of running the Department for the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will itemise the main constituent costs.
§ Mr. Crosland70,649 industrial and non-industrial civil servants were employed in the Department of the Environment at 1st April 1975.
The estimates of staff salaries etc. for 1975–76 published in the Supply Estimates 1975–76 total £221,985,000 net of Appropriations in Aid made up as follows:
Salaries and wages 207,843,000 Consultants fees 26,121,000 Travelling and subsistence 9,397,000 Other general expenses 15,624,000 258,985,000 Less Appropriations in Aid 37,000,000 Net Estimates cost for 1975–76 221,985,000