§ Mr. NormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his Answer of 3 March 2003,Official Report, column 798W, on the Highways Agency, what the total pay costs incurred by the Highways Agency were in each year since 1997. [113375]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe salary costs for civil servants employed by the Highways Agency on 1 January for the past seven years are set out in the following table:
Year Salary costs(£) 1997 38,446,953 1998 36,566,314 1999 38,836,837 2000 41,341,278 2001 43,003,512 2002 44,967,107 2003 47,540,928