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Mr. Edelman
asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many offices of profit are within his gift whose incumbents are not recruited through the normal Civil Service channels; and what is their value.
Mr. Varley
There are 136 such salaried appointments within my gift at present occupied, and the annual cost of these salaries is £884,000.