NATS-Annual-Report-2015
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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> and Accounts <strong>2015</strong> | <strong>NATS</strong> Holdings Limited<br />
Financial Statements 108<br />
Notes forming part of the<br />
consolidated accounts<br />
(continued)<br />
7. Staff costs<br />
a. Staff costs <strong>2015</strong> 2014<br />
£m £m<br />
Salaries and staff costs, including directors’ remuneration, were as follows:<br />
Wages and salaries 315.1 352.0<br />
Social security costs 33.6 33.1<br />
Pension costs (note 7b) 112.4 119.2<br />
461.1 504.3<br />
Less: amounts capitalised (48.1) (44.4)<br />
413.0 459.9<br />
Wages and salaries include redundancy costs of £8.1m (2014: £39.5m), share-based payment charges, other allowances and holiday pay.<br />
Pension costs include £2.3m (2014: £1.9m) for redundancy related augmentation payments which staff elected to receive in lieu<br />
of severance payments.<br />
b. Pension costs <strong>2015</strong> 2014<br />
£m £m<br />
Defined benefit pension scheme costs (note 28) 105.0 113.3<br />
Defined contribution pension scheme costs 7.4 5.9<br />
112.4 119.2<br />
The company operates a salary sacrifice arrangement for staff pension contributions. Wages and salaries and pension costs reflect<br />
this arrangement.<br />
c. Staff numbers <strong>2015</strong> 2014<br />
No.<br />
No.<br />
The monthly average number of employees (including executive directors) was:<br />
Air traffic controllers 1,748 1,843<br />
Air traffic service assistants 701 723<br />
Engineers 965 996<br />
Others 928 957<br />
4,342 4,519<br />
Financial<br />
Statements