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Mr. Sproat
asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many civil servants are employed in his Department; what is the total cost of running the Department for the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will itemise the main constituent costs.
Mr. Benn
1,300 non-industrial and industrial civil servants were employed in the Department of Energy at 1st April 1975.The estimate of staff salaries etc. for 1975–76 in the Supply Estimates 1975–76 total £5,169,960 net of appropriations in aid, made up as follows:
| £ | |
| Salaries and wages | 4,869,000 |
| Travelling, subsistence and removals | 250,000 |
| Other general expenses | 1,206,960 |
| 6,325,960 | |
| Less appropriation in aid | 1,156,000 |
| 5,169,960 |