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Mr. Sproat
asked the Secretary of State for Industry 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. Kaufman
10,365 non-industrial and industrial civil servants were employed on 1st April 1975.The estimates of staff salaries, ect., for 1975–76 published in the Supply Estimates 1975–76 total £34,634,000 net of appropriations in aid, made up as follows:
| £ | |
| Salaries and wages | 35,528,000 |
| Travelling and subsistence | 1,160,000 |
| Other general expenses | 4,028,000 |
| 40,716,000 | |
| Less Appropriation in Aid | 6,082,000 |
| Net Estimates cost for 1975–76 | 34,634,000 |