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Staff Costs
2015
£’000
Wages, salaries and bonuses
Social security costs
Pension costs
68,949
6,205
3,231
2014
£’000
65,625
6,047
2,993
78,385 74,665
2015
2014
Number Number
Average number of employees
South Staffs Water
478
Non-regulated service companies
2,015
511
1,859
2,493 2,370
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Directors’ Remuneration
The remuneration of the Directors of the Company, is set out below.
2015
£’000
2014
£’000
Emoluments 336 621
There was 1 Director holding office at 31 March 2015 accruing benefits under a Group defined benefit pension scheme (2014: 1 Director) and no
Directors were contributing members of a Group money purchase pension scheme (2014: No Directors). There were no contributions paid by the
Group to money purchase pension schemes in respect of Directors during the year (2014: £Nil).
The highest paid Director received emoluments of £336,000 (2014: £621,000) during the year. As at 31 March 2015 he was a member of a Group
defined benefit pension scheme which provided for an accrued pension of £65,000 (2014: £60,000) and an accrued lump sum of £196,000 at 31 March
2015 (2014: £179,000). There were no Group contributions to a money purchase pension scheme in respect of the highest paid Director (2014: £Nil).
None of the Directors had a material interest in any contract to which the Group was party during the year or the preceding year.
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