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Financial statements
Note 3 Income and expenses continued
During the year, the Group (including its overseas subsidiaries) obtained the following services from the Group’s auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
and network firms:
2010 2009
£m £m
Audit services
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor for the audit of the Parent Company and Group financial statements 0.6 0.6
Non-audit services
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and network firms for other services:
The audit of the accounts of the Company’s subsidiaries pursuant to legislation 3.5 3.1
Other services pursuant to such legislation 0.1 0.1
Other services relating to taxation 0.4 0.8
Other services relating to corporate finance transactions 0.1 1.3
All other services 0.6 0.6
Total auditor remuneration 5.3 6.5
In addition to the amounts shown above, the auditors received fees of £0.1m (2009 – £0.1m) for the audit of the main Group pension scheme.
A description of the work of the Audit Committee is set out in the Corporate Governance Report on page 46 and includes an explanation of how
objectivity and independence is safeguarded when non-audit services are provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Note 4 Employment costs, including Directors’ remuneration
2010 2009
Restated
£m £m
Wages and salaries 5,057 4,707
Social security costs 435 410
Post-employment benefits (note 28) 403 439
Share-based payments expense (note 27) 300 246
6,195 5,802
The average number of employees by operating segment during the
year was:
Average number Average number of
of employees full-time equivalents
Restated Restated
2010 2009 2010 2009
UK 287,266 286,092 196,604 194,135
Rest of Europe 86,642 86,760 77,847 78,914
Asia 94,536 92,773 94,248 88,099
US 3,246 2,583 3,246 2,583
Tesco Bank 404 300 393 284
Total 472,094 468,508 372,338 364,015
* The comparatives have been restated to reflect Tesco Bank as a separate segment.
In 2009, Tesco Bank employees were included in the UK reporting segment.
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