§ Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many civil servants were employed within her 115W Department on 31st December 1975; how many of these worked in London and how many in the provinces; what was the total annual cost of employing them in 1975; and how this compared with the annual wages and salaries bill for 1974.
§ Mr. MeacherThe number of civil servants employed in the Department of Health and Social Security at 31st December 1975 was 91,563 of which some 17,800 were employed in the inner and outer London pay areas and the remainder in the provinces. In the 1975/76 estimates £284,719,000 is provided for salaries and wages; the corresponding cost in 1974–75 was £212,569,628.