§ Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many civil servants were employed within his Department on 31st December 1975; how many of these worked in London and how many in the provinces; what were the total annual cost of employing them in 1975; and how this compared with the annual wages and salaries bill for 1974.
§ Mr. MulleyOn 1st January 1976 there were 2,812 non-industrial civil 59W servants employed within the Department of Education and Science, excluding the University Grants Committee and the Science and Victoria and Albert Museums. Of these, 1,609 were in London and 1,203 outside London.
The estimated cost of employing them for the financial year 1975–76, including overtime and national insurance, is £13,750,000. For the financial year 1974–75 the corresponding cost was £10,505,395.