Notes to the Company financial statements

32 Employees and Directors

  2009
£m		 2008
£m
Employee benefit expense for the Company during the period    
Wages and salaries 690 662
Social security costs 54 40
Share-based payments (note 43) 7 7
Pension costs 21 23
Other staff costs 2 5
  774 737
  2009
No.		 2008
No.
Average monthly number of people employed 56,629 54,502

Key management represent Executive and Non-Executive Directors as they have the responsibility of planning and controlling the operations of the business as a whole. The aggregate remuneration paid to or accrued for the Directors for services in all capacities during the period is the same as the Group and is shown in note 3.

There are three Directors (2008: four) who have retirement benefits accruing under the Company’s defined benefit pension scheme.

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