§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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. [30066]
§ Mr. Kilfoyle[holding answer 18 February 1998]: For the purposes of this answer, my Department includes the Prime Minister's Office, the Cabinet Office, the Office of Public Service, its executive agencies and the Central Office of Information, which is not an agency of the Cabinet Office but which reports directly to the Chancellor.
Staff figures at 1 October 1997, the latest date for which such figures are available, and the total wage bill, including costs for National Insurance contributions and superannuation payments, for 1 April 1997 to 31 January 1998, by region, were as follows:
£ Staff Figures Total Wage Bill London 2,261 58,018,870 The South East 286 6,411,027 East Anglia 193 5,275,181 The North West 143 2,709,000 London allowances and weightings were consolidated into basic pay on 1 August 1997. Prior to this date, the costs for each of the regions were as follows:
London Allowances/Weightings (1 April to 1 July 1997) £ London 1,730,815 The South East 22,971 East Anglia 14,500 The North West 0