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<p>In 2015, the EU and its institutions including the European Court of Justice employed
40,106 permanent members of staff. Further information on staff levels and administrative
expenditure is available on the European Commission’s website.</p><p>In 2013, the
Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), delivered a
real-terms cut to the seven year EU budget framework for the first time in history
and this deal continues to bring discipline to annual EU spending. As part of this
deal, the UK secured some important reforms to administrative expenditure, including:
a cash freeze to EU institutions staff salaries in 2013 and 2014, an increase in the
retirement age for EU officials and a commitment by all EU institutions to reduce
headcounts by 5% by the end of 2017.</p>
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