5. Employee information
| All figures in £ millions |
Notes |
2007 |
2006 |
| Employee benefit expense |
|
|
|
| Wages and salaries (including termination benefits and restructuring costs) |
|
1,087 |
1,035 |
| Social security costs |
|
100 |
101 |
| Share-based payment costs |
25 |
30 |
25 |
| Pension costs – defined contribution plans |
24 |
39 |
36 |
| Pension costs – defined benefit plans |
24 |
31 |
29 |
| Other post-retirement benefits |
24 |
1 |
(1) |
|
|
1,288 |
1,225 |
The details of the emoluments of the directors of Pearson plc are shown in the Report on Directors' Renumeration.
| Average number employed |
2007 |
2006 |
| Employee numbers |
|
|
| School |
12,906 |
11,064 |
| Higher Education |
5,098 |
4,368 |
| Professional |
3,458 |
3,204 |
| Penguin |
4,163 |
3,943 |
| FT Publishing |
2,083 |
1,766 |
| Interactive Data |
2,300 |
2,200 |
| Other |
1,614 |
1,669 |
| Continuing operations |
31,622 |
28,214 |
| Discontinued operations |
1,070 |
6,127 |
|
32,692 |
34,341 |
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