Mr. Hordenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of Government expenditure wages and salaries in the Civil Service have represented in each of the last five years; and if he will express the cost per head of population per week.
§ Mr. HayhoeOn the basis of the figures for Public Expenditure published in Cmnd. 8494 (table 1.1) and those for total Supply Estimates for successive Chief Secretary's memoranda, following is the information:
Civil Service pay as percentage of public expenditure Cost per head of population per week £ 1977–78 5.2 1.02 1978–79 4.8 1.08 1979–80 4.4 1.17 1980–81 4.5 1.45 1981–82 4.3 *1.57 * Population figures for 1981–82 not yet available; 1980–81 figures used for calculation.