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NOTES (CONT.) (FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS) 16. Staff numbers and costs 2020 2019 Professional Tennis 47 48 Tennis Development 25 23 Commercial 11 13 Presidential and Communications 18 17 Integrity, Science and Technical 11 11 Finance and Administration 21 22 133 134 The aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows: 2020 2019 $000 $000 Wages and salaries 9,025 10,395 Social security costs 996 1,150 Contributions to defined contribution plans 557 657 Grant income - Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (530) - 10,048 12,202 2020 2019 $000 $000 Professional Tennis 2,530 3,484 Tennis Development 1,670 1,779 Commercial 908 1,117 Presidential and Communications 2,187 2,665 Integrity, Science and Technical 1,036 1,187 Finance and Administration 1,938 2,606 10,269 12,838 17. Executive officers' remuneration 2020 2019 $000 $000 Executive officers' remuneration 2,420 2,838 Pension contributions in respect of executive officers 193 248 2,613 3,086 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 $221,000 (2019: $636,000) 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 $10,269,000 (2019: $12,838,000), 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 (2019: $221,000). 22