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NOTES (CONT.) (FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS) 16. Staff numbers and costs 2019 2018 Professional Tennis 48 45 Tennis Development 23 21 Commercial 13 13 Presidential and Communications 17 15 Integrity, Science and Technical 11 10 Finance and Administration 22 23 134 127 The aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows: 2019 2018 $000 $000 Wages and salaries 10,395 8,949 Social security costs 1,150 958 Contributions to defined contribution plans 657 498 12,202 10,405 2019 2018 $000 $000 Professional Tennis 3,484 2,905 Tennis Development 1,779 1,557 Commercial 1,117 1,067 Presidential and Communications 2,665 2,344 Integrity, Science and Technical 1,187 908 Finance and Administration 2,606 2,129 12,838 10,910 17. Executive officers' remuneration 2019 2018 $000 $000 Executive Officers' remuneration 2,838 2,565 Pension contributions in respect of Executive Officers 248 247 3,086 2,812 The average number of persons employed by the group (including directors) during the year, analysed by category, was as follows: Number of employees The difference of $415,000 (2018: $277,000) between aggregate payroll costs and total staff costs relates to recruitment, temporary staff, training and other staff costs. Included in the salary costs of the departments is the remuneration of the Executive Officers, which for the purposes of these financial statements, is defined as the President, the Chief Operating Officer and the Executive Directors and are considered to be 'key management'. The total Executive Officers' remuneration is: The total staff costs of $12,838,000 (2018: $10,910,000), have been charged to the six departments as follows: Staff numbers in both years include an average of ten ITF Development Officers who work overseas with developing tennis nations to ensure the ITF's Development Programmes are successfully implemented. In addition, staff costs of $221,000 were capitalised in the year in relation to software development (2018: $228,000). 22

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