8 Employee information
  2004
Number
2003
Number
Average weekly number of Group employees during the year
United Kingdom 21,000 21,700
Overseas 14,200 14,400
  35,200 36,100
Civil aerospace 19,900 20,400
Defence 5,100 5,000
Marine 7,200 7,3001
Energy 2,900 3,3001
Financial services 100 100
  35,200 36,100
 
  £m £m
Group employment costs2    
Wages and salaries 1,297 1,316
Social security costs 128 132
Pensions and other post-retirement benefits (note 30) 138 112
  1,563 1,560
 
1 Restated for the transfer of the Diesels business from Energy to Marine.
2 See Directors’ remuneration