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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 />

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