Mr. Bernard Gloster:

In case I am back here next month to discuss the October figures, I can let the Deputy know that the evidence of the impact of the pause I introduced across all grades, not just management administration, will not really be seen until the January figures. I introduced the pause on grades 7 and above, which are the higher administrative grades, early in the summer. We saw a massive decline in those numbers by the time we got to September but we saw an increase in the lower grades.