asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the estimated costs of pay, accommodation, and other similar services for each central Government Department in 1981–82.
The following table shows provision for current expenditure in 1981–82—together with certain notional costs—for each Department:
Department
| Wages and Salaries
| Personnel Overheads
| Accommodation Costs
| Office Services
| Agency Services
| Total Provision
| |||||
£m
| Per cent of total costs
| £m
| Per cent of total costs
| £m
| Per cent of total costs
| £m
| Per cent of total costs
| £m
| Per cent of total costs
| £m
| |
| Defence | 5,352·4 | 74·3 | 506·3 | 7·0 | 1,152·4 | 16·0 | 171·6 | 2·4 | 18·8 | 0·3 | 7,201·5 |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 177·8 | 60·4 | 23·8 | 8·1 | 57·1 | 19·4 | 27·8 | 9·4 | 8·1 | 2·7 | 294·6 |
| Overseas Development Administration | 24·6 | 58·6 | 2·8 | 6·7 | 6·0 | 14·2 | 2·5 | 6·0 | 61 | 14·6 | 42·1 |
| Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 131·2 | 58·7 | 15·1 | 6·8 | 26·7 | 11·9 | 11·1 | 5·0 | 39·4 | 17·7 | 223·5 |
| Industry | 87·7 | 62·2 | 4·9 | 3·5 | 21·2 | 15·1 | 15·0 | 10·6 | 12·3 | 8·7 | 141·1 |
| Energy | 15·1 | 50·9 | 1·5 | 5·2 | 3·8 | 12·8 | 2·1 | 7·2 | 7·1 | 24·0 | 29·8 |
| Trade | 73·2 | 45·9 | 4·7 | 2·9 | 35·7 | 22·3 | 17·6 | 11·0 | 28·4 | 17·8 | 159·6 |
| Employment | 226·1 | 76·2 | 6·5 | 2·2 | 34·0 | 11·5 | 17·5 | 5·9 | 12·6 | 4·3 | 296·8 |
| Manpower Services Commission | 194·8 | 62·5 | 13·6 | 4·4 | 60·1 | 19·3 | 33·3 | 10·7 | 9·7 | 3·1 | 311·5 |
| Transport | 116·4 | 59·3 | 6·7 | 3·4 | 23·9 | 12·2 | 20·7 | 10·6 | 28·6 | 14·6 | 196·3 |
| Environment | 106·9 | 65·8 | 6·4 | 3·9 | 23·2 | 14·3 | 18·0 | 11·1 | 8·1 | 5·0 | 162·5 |
| Property Services Agency | 303·4 | 69·3 | 16·0 | 3·7 | 35·0 | 8·0 | 12·6 | 2·9 | 71·2 | 16·2 | 438·1 |
| Home Office | 443·8 | 71·5 | 19·6 | 3·1 | 135·6 | 21·8 | 17·8 | 2·9 | 4·3 | 0·7 | 621·0 |
| Lord Chancellor's Department | 89·0 | 61·4 | 5·9 | 4·1 | 28·5 | 19·7 | 12·5 | 8·6 | 9·0 | 6·2 | 144·9 |
| Education and Science | 41·0 | 65·5 | 2·7 | 4·3 | 12·3 | 19·7 | 5·7 | 9·2 | 0·9 | 1·4 | 62·6 |
| Health and Social Security | 774·9 | 59·4 | 24·2 | 1·9 | 113·2 | 8·7 | 113·8 | 8·7 | 277·6 | 21·3 | 1,303·7 |
| Treasury | 13·7 | 67·1 | 0·4 | 1·9 | 3·2 | 15·7 | 1·6 | 7·9 | 1·5 | 7·5 | 20·5 |
| Customs and Excise | 256·0 | 75·5 | 17·9 | 5·3 | 38·2 | 11·3 | 19·7 | 5·8 | 7·2 | 2·1 | 339·1 |
| Inland Revenue | 605·6 | 74·7 | 19·5 | 2·4 | 111·5 | 13·8 | 64·8 | 8·0 | 8·9 | 1·1 | 810·4 |
| National Savings | 64·6 | 40·5 | 1·0 | 0·6 | 8·7 | 5·4 | 19·3 | 12·1 | 65·9 | 41·3 | 159·5 |
| Civil Service Department | 35·2 | 56·9 | 3·7 | 5·9 | 9·0 | 14·6 | 8·5 | 13·8 | 5·5 | 8·8 | 61·9 |
| Paymaster General's Office | 6·5 | 55·2 | 0·1 | 0·8 | 1·0 | 8·5 | 2·7 | 22·6 | 1·5 | 12·9 | 11 8 |
| Scottish Office | 109·1 | 70·3 | 6·2 | 4·0 | 22·8 | 14·7 | 10·0 | 6·4 | 7·1 | 4·6 | 155·2 |
| Welsh Office | 22·4 | 48·5 | 1·5 | 3·2 | 3·3 | 7·1 | 3·7 | 7·9 | 15·4 | 33·4 | 46·3 |
| Northern Ireland Departments and Services | 202·0 | 72·0 | 11·3 | 4·0 | 37·6 | 13·4 | 15·3 | 5·5 | 14·5 | 5·2 | 280·7 |
| Total Main Departments | 9,473·6 | 70·1 | 722·2 | 5·3 | 2,004·1 | 14·8 | 645·2 | 4·8 | 669·6 | 5·0 | 13,514·8 |
| Other Departments | 242·9 | 62·4 | 17·8 | 4·6 | 48·5 | 12·5 | 29·7 | 7·6 | 50·0 | 12·9 | 389·0 |
| Total | 9,716·5 | 69·9 | 740·0 | 5·3 | 2,052·7 | 14·8 | 674·9 | 4·9 | 719·7 | 5·2 | 13,903·8 |
NB. In some instances where rounded figures give distorted results, percentages have been based on actual figures. Calculations and totals are based on actual, not rounded, figures.
Notes
Wages and Salaries=Wages. salaries, overtime payments, employers' National Insurance contributions, and notional cost of accruing liability for pensions of serving staff;
Personnel Overheads=Travel, subsistence, entertainment, removals, catering subsidies, protective clothing and external training:
Accommodation costs=Rates, heating, lighting, utilities, furniture and fittings, and notional market rental values for Crown and leased property;
Office Services=Postage, printing and publications, telecommunications, publicity and advertising, and administrative computers;
Agency Costs =Services provided by the Post Office and other agencies.
The coverage of the table above differs from the table relating to costs in 1980–81 which was published as an annex to Cmnd. 8293. The 1981–82 costs include current expendiure for the Armed Forces and Northern Ireland departments.