§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Lord President of the Council what is the size
Cost of staff Number of staff* 1963–64 1969–70 1973–74 1976–77 £000s £000s £000s £000s House of Commons … … 521 [90] 393 780 1,328 3,030 Refreshment Department† … 233 [3] Nil 42 65 143 House of Lords … … … 171 [41] 203 261 439 901 Refreshment Deprtment‡ … 51 [10] Nil Nil Nil Nil Metropolitan Police Staff … 218§ N/av N/av 181 366 Department of the Environment … 261 [16] N/av N/av 766 1,485 Civil Service Department … 2 3 4 9 12 * Part time staff are shown in brackets and are counted as half in the total. † Cost consists of recess wages and salaries. ‡ The cost of staff for the House of Lords Refreshment Department is not paid from public funds § Includes 107 Custodians and Firemen responsibility for whom was transferred from Department of Environment on 1st October 1977. Staff employed by the Post Office for postal and telecommunications duty, and those employed by the Royal British Legion as attendants in the underground car park are not included in this table.