§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is his estimate of the current annual cost of his Department's headquarters (a) for Service staff, (b) for civil staff and (c) for other costs.
§ Dr. GilbertThe total expected cost to the defence budget of the Ministry of Defence Whitehall organisation in 1977–78, as shown in Annex B to the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1977 (Cmnd. 6735), is £ 111 million at 1977–78 Estimates prices. This figure includes Property Services Agency Headquarters staff engaged on defence work. The breakdown is as follows:
£M Service staff 19 Civilian staff 77 Other administrative expenditure 15 111