§ Mr. Marlowasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Northampton, North on 23 June, if he will set out any calculations that he makes concerning the per capita cost of a public sector employee.
§ Mr. BiffenBroad averages for the per capita remuneration cost of a public services employee may be derived from the publication "National Income and Expenditure". Total wages and salaries 673W and employers' contributions—including superannuation payments—paid by central and local government are given in a footnote to table 9.6 of the 1979 edition for the years 1970 to 1978. Comparable employment figures are given in table 1.11 of the same publication.
Information on the provision for public service remuneration by central Government in 1979–80 and 1980–81 is given in table 5 of the Chief Secretary's Memorandum (Cmnd. 7869). Information on annual rates of military salary is given in table 4.12 of volume 2 of the "State-
INCOME TAX PER CAPITA Region 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 £ £ £ £ South East 142 148 150 178 East Anglia 93 97 103 137 South West 104 95 107 126 West Midlands 105 113 114 138 East Midlands 94 95 95 119 Yorkshire and Humberside 95 93 98 122 North West 94 100 103 124 North 76 87 94 127 Wales 80 91 98 111 Scotland 91 91 90 130 Northern Ireland 5 72 72 80 Region 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 £ £ £ £ South East 261 340 393 389 East Anglia 208 275 316 313 South West 188 256 293 297 West Midlands 202 264 307 320 East Midlands 187 259 297 291 Yorkshire and Humberside 192 270 304 289 North West 177 251 291 294 North 174 255 288 284 Wales 168 226 267 245 Scotland 183 254 278 285 Northern Ireland 139 189 214 208