asked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will give at 11 April, the total number of under-secretaries and senior executive officers employed in the Civil Service, their individual and collective salaries, and any other perks, such as free travel and Government cars, to which they are entitled; and how these figures compare with May 1979.

The numbers and salary costs of these staff, for the nearest available dates, are shown in the table below:staff in other grades. The numbers and the use made of particular Civil Service grades, are kept under constant review.