Community Relations Commission

HC Deb 22 March 1978 vol 946 cc578-9W

Mr. Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were employed in the Community Relations Commission for each of the years 1968 until June 1977; and what were their salaries individually or collectively.

Mr. John

Figures of the numbers of staff employed by the Community Relations Commission in 1968–70 are not available. Staff in post on 1st April 1971 and subsequent years were:

1971	…	…	…	…	53
1972	…	…	…	…	61
1973	…	…	…	…	93
1974	…	…	…	…	117
1975	…	…	…	…	139
1976	…	…	…	…	133
1977	…	…	…	…	132

Expenditure by the Community Relations Commission on salaries and commissioners' fees from the first full year of operation was:

	£
1968–69	53,125*
1969–70	73,773
1970–71	92,957
1971–72	126,296
1972–73	191,999
1973–74	266,480
1974–75	395,512
1975–76	571,464
1976–77	602,561†
1977–78‡	150,000†
* Combined expenditure by National Committee for Commonwealth Immigrants to November, and from November by Community Relations Commission.
† Provisional.
‡ To 12th June 1977, when the CRC was abolished.

The accounts for the financial years 1976–77 and 1977–78 have not yet been certified.