Food Subsidies

HC Deb 15 July 1976 vol 915 cc241-2W

Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total number of civil servants in his Department administering food subsidies on 1st July 1976; and what was the annual administrative cost on that date, including both salaries and administrative overheads.

Mr. Pearl

The number of civil servants administering food subsidies in my Department on 1st July 1976 was 126 at an annual cost, in salaries and administrative overheads, of £867,995.