§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of his Department's employees by UK region, indicating the wage bill(a) in total and (b) by region in the last year for which figures are available and separately identifying the costs of London allowances and weightings. [30074]
§ Mr. StrawThere are some 49,500 monthly and 700 weekly payees in the Home Office and its agencies. The total wage bill for the 1996–97 financial year was £1,188,742,143. Information is not available on a regional basis, nor are the costs of payments for working in London separately identified.