§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will estimate the total current and capital costs of the Civil Service, including salaries and wages, pensions, employers' national insurance contributions, redundancy fund contributions, accommodation, equipment, postage, telephone, etc.; and if, on the basis of this figure, he will show the average cost to the taxpayer of each civil servant.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisFigures are not regularly collected in this form for management purposes. However, at the beginning of the financial year 1975–76, a summary was prepared indicating the order of magnitude of Civil Service costs, including the cost of allied services such as accommodation, etc. The total amounted to £3,135 million. This represents something of the order of £4,380 per head. More up-to-date figures cannot be made available without disproportionate cost.