07 Employee benefits expense
 
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  2006
£m		 2005
£m
Wages and salaries 645.2 527.9
Social security costs 63.1 50.3
Other pension costs (see note 31) 33.1 21.4
Share based payments 8.5 7.6
  749.9 607.2

The average number of employees during the year was made up as follows: 2006
Number		 2005
Number
Sales 671 588
Administration 1,749 1,412
Operations 23,164 21,431
  25,584 23,431

Details of Directors' remuneration are contained within the Directors' remuneration report.