§ Mr. Cyril D. Townsendasked the Lord Privy Seal how many Soviet inspectors of goods were at work in Great Britain in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Blaker[pursuant to his reply, 20 February 1980, c. 225] The number of Soviet inspectors monitoring the manufacture of British exports to the Soviet Union in 1979 and 1978 were:
February 1979 68 February 1978 79
LOCAL AUTHORITIES: ENGLAND AND WALES Retail prices index (January 1974=100) Wages and salaries(f) (current prices) Wages and salaries(f) (deflated by figures at Column 1) £000 £000 1960–61 … … … … … 49.0(a) 971,300 4,623,000 1970–71 … … … … … 73.8(6) 2,707,972 8,557,000 1977–78 … … … … … 200.2(c) 8,992,895 10,475,000 1978–79 … … … … … 233.2(d) 9,915,000(e) 9,915,000(e) Notes: (a) September 1960. (b) September 1970. (c) September 1977. (d) September 1978. (e) Provisional estimate. (f) All "wages and salaries" figures include employer's superannuation and national insurance contributions. (g) A breakdown by service category deflated by the RPI is not given as it could be misleading since increases in wage and salary costs are likely to have varied between services.