HC Deb 17 January 1986 vol 89 cc720-1W
Mr. Forth

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the latest estimates of the numbers of elected representatives in each of the main Government Departments and of the cost of providing paid time off.

Mr. Brooke

The estimates as at 1.6.85 are shown in the following tables. Compared with the position as at 1.6.84, the total amount of paid time off for union business shows a reduction by 35 man years (2.8 per cent.) with a consequential saving (in real terms) of £0.36 million reflecting for the third consecutive year the tighter control and accountability measures introduced by the revised national facilities agreement in 1982.

Department Under 5 6–10 11–20 21–30 31–40 41–50 51–60 61–70 71–80 81–90 91–99 Full Time
Scottish Office (inc. General Register Office (Scotland), Scottish Record Office and Scottish Prison Service) 183 50 17 7 2 8
Other Government Departments 499 127 79 24 11 10 4 4 2 1 3 25
Total 9,520 2,228 1,235 348 181 121 93 65 56 64 46 232

Table 2 Numbers and Cost
Department Total Number involved Total Number expressed as whole time equivalent Cost in Salaries wages and direct benefit (£ million) Cost as percentage of wage bill* Total number of non-industrial staff at 1 July 1985
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 688 33 0.40 0.29 10,582
Customs and Excise 762 117 1.31 0.43 25,204
Ministry of Defence 1,239 118 1.27 0.11 94,431
Department of Employment Group 2,328 103 1.17 0.20 53,456
Department of Environment Transport (excluding Property Services Agency) 534 48 0.54 0.22 19,710
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (inc. Overseas Development, Administration) 82 18 0.16 0.07 9,440
Department of Health and Social Security 2,545 316 2.88 0.32 91,825
Home Office (including Prison Department) 1,220 116 1.11 0.21 33,535
Department of Trade and Industry 516 42 0.49 0.29 12,230
Inland Revenue 2,433 125 1.44 0.17 69,858
Lord Chancellor's Department 138 28 0.32 0.31 10,128
Department for National Savings 196 22 0.24 0.37 7,694
Property Services Agency (inc. Crown Suppliers) 452 25 0.33 0.18 15,126
Scottish Office (including General Register Office (Scotland),Scottish Record Office and Scottish Prison Service) 267 21 0.26 0.20 9,576
Other Government Departments 789 82 0.97 0.24 33,193
Total 14,189 1,214 12.89 0.21 495,988
* For 1984 the figures in this column were shown to one decimal point only, and the total figure of 0.2 was 0.225 rounded down.

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