§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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, separately identifying the costs of London allowances and weightings. [90565]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 13 July 1999]I refer the hon. Member to "Civil Service Statistics 1998" which is placed in the Libraries of the House. This will show total numbers of staff in Departments and Agencies and the number of employees by UK region for Inland Revenue, HM Customs and Excise, National Savings, the Office for National Statistics, HM Treasury and the Royal Mint.
Figures indicating the wage bill, in total and by region are shown in the table. The costs of London allowances and weightings have been separately identified, where available.
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Regional split of pay bill for Chancellor's Departments (1997–98) £ million Government office regions HM Treasury Inland Revenue (excluding Valuation Office Agency) Inland Revenue Valuation Office Agency Customs and Excise Debt Management Office1 National Savings Office for National Statistics Royal Mint Government Actuary's Department London 33 170 22 160 — 3.9 22.4 0.5 4.8 South East — 115 18 93 — — 16.3 — — Eastern — 61 3 93 — — — — — South West — 72 7 23 — — 0.1 — — West Midlands — 71 10 22 — — — — — East Midlands — 75 6 19 — — — — — Yorkshire/Humberside — 93 12 20 — — — — — North West — 107 10 35 — 20.6 2.3 — — Merseyside — 56 1 23 — — 9.4 — — North East — 43 2 12 — 19.2 — — — Wales — 72 5 13 — — 16.3 23.8 — Scotland — 113 3 30 — 29.9 — — — Northern Ireland — 24 — 12 — — — — — Total 33 1,072 102 555 — 73.6 66.8 24.3 4.8 Cost of London weightings and allowances 20.124 3— 42 8.1 — 0.3 5— 5— 0.025 1 The Debt Management Office came into existence on 1 April 1998, so no figures are available for 1997–98. 2 London weightings for Treasury staff below Senior Civil Service level were consolidated into the pay system at 1 April 1996. The figure given therefore represents London Weighting and London Allowance for Senior Civil Service Grades only. 3 The Inland Revenue consolidated London Weighting into basic pay on 1 August 1994. Separate London Weighting was no longer paid after that date; therefore the cost cannot be separately identified. 4 The Value Office Agency pay structure does not separately identify London Allowances and Weightings, but a best estimate has been provided. 5 London Weighting is absorbed into the Royal Mint and ONS pay scales; therefore figures are unavailable. Note:
All figures in £ million—because of roundings, the sum of entries in each column may differ slightly from the total.