Departmental Costs Mr. Tony Banks asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, if he will give (a) the total cost of running his Department and (b) the total number of civil servants employed in each year since 1979. Mr. Ridley The information requested is as follows: --------- | | --------- | || --------- |1979–80| --------- |1980–81| --------- |1981–82| --------- |1982–83| --------- |1983–84| --------- |1984–85| --------- |1985–86| --------- |1986–87| --------- The expenditure figures include all capital and current administrative expenditures. For 1986–87 a Treasury definition of running costs has been established which excludes capital and certain minor current expenditures on this basis the figure for 1986–87 would be £133,582,000. (£129,691 in real terms).