HC Deb 14 June 1984 vol 61 cc568-9W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many hours of overtime have been worked by employees in his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what was the total cost of this overtime work in each of those years.

Mr. Jopling

The total cost of overtime for my Department in each of the last three years is as follows:

£'000
April 1981-March 1982 1,686
April 1982-March 1983 1,761
April 1983-March 1984 1,601

The total number of overtime hours worked in 1983–84 was 460,307. Figures for the previous years are available only from individual records at disproportionate cost.