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Staff costs

Updated 12 August 2021

£'000 Permanently employed staff Others Special advisers Ministers 2020-21 2019-20 Restated
Wages, salaries and fees 452,141 � 8,584 872 461,597 392,982
Social security costs 51,283 296 1,034 100 52,713 44,280
Apprenticeship levy 2,323 � � � 2,323 1,925
Other pension costs 108,023 151 2,342 � 110,516 95,612
Untaken annual leave 9,366 � � � 9,366 2,047
Agency/temporary � 61,860 � � 61,860 69,021
Chair’s and Commissioner’s emoluments 346 � � � 346 423
Termination benefits 839 � 24 � 863 2,056
Subtotal 624,321 62,307 11,984 972 699,584 608,346
Inward secondments � 13,695 � � 13,695 8,403
Total 624,321 76,002 11,984 972 713,279 616,749
Less: Recoveries in respect of outward secondments � -3,315 � � -3,315 -3,012
Total staff costs 624,321 72,687 11,984 972 709,964 613,737
Staff engaged on capital projects -7,846 -646 � � -8,492 -7,185
Total net staff costs 616,475 72,041 11,984 972 701,472 606,552