§ Mr. Marlowasked the Minister for the Civil Service what has been the cost of (a) the Civil Service and (b) Civil Service pensions for each of the last 20 years, divided in each case by the retail price index and the wages index.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe information for Supply Estimates provision which I gave to my hon. Friend on 13 April—[Vol. 3, c.72]—divided by the index of average earnings where available, is as follows:
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Total provision (£ million) divided by index of average earnings* Financial year Pay† Superannuation 1963–64 697 53 1964–65 681 52 1965–66 687 49 1966–67 708 55 1967–68 736 54 1968–69 ‡741 57 1969–70 ‡744 59 1970–71 ‡750 54 1971–72 751 59 1972–73 710 61
Financial year Pay† Superannuation 1973–74 682 63 1974–75 687 56 1975–76 752 70 1976–77 715 77 1977–78 723 87 1978–79 647 87 1979–80 607 88 1980–81 646 99 Notes *Index of average earnings (old series), seasonally adjusted, for October in the relevant financal year on the basis October 1963 = 100. This index began in 1963. †Including employer's national insurance contribution. †Includes selective employment tax. When divided by the retail price index, the information is as follows:
Total provision (£ million) divided by index of retail prices** Financial year Pay† Superannuation 1961–62 604 46 1962–63 687 48 1963–64 697 53 1964–65 704 54 1965–66 731 52 1966–67 760 59 1967–68 814 60 1968–69 ‡835 64 1969–70 ‡862 68 1970–71 ‡919 67 1971–72 927 72 1972–73 936 80 1973–74 921 85 1974–75 961 79 1975–76 1,043 97 1976–77 971 104 1977–78 942 114 1978–79 916 123 1979–80 853 123 1980–81 920 141 Note **Index of retail prices for October in the relevant financial year on the basis October 1963 = 100 (for consistency with the earlier table). These figures can be taken as only a broad indication of relative changes in the volume of expenditure on pay and pensions respectively.