HC Deb 01 August 1980 vol 989 c867W
Mr. Douglas-Mann

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total cost to public funds of the costs department of the Treasury Solicitor; what proportion of this cost is made up from salaries; and how many persons of each grade are employed in it.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

£125,517 in 1979–80, of which the salary element was £63,658. The costs department comprises the following staff:

  • 1 Principal
  • 1 Senior executive officer
  • 2 Higher executive officers
  • 3 Executive officers
  • 2 Clerical officers