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Staff Costs | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Classes Of Employee Benefits Expense [Abstract] |
Staff Costs Explanatory | 3. Staff costs Included in research and development expenses:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | (in thousands) |
|  | £ |  |  | £ |  |  | £ |
Wages and salaries |  |  | 2,391 |  |  |  | 2,241 |  |  |  | 1,366 |
Social security costs |  |  | 272 |  |  |  | 205 |  |  |  | 151 |
Pension costs and other benefits |  |  | 119 |  |  |  | 102 |  |  |  | 92 |
Share-based payments |  |  | 8,868 |  |  |  | 1,027 |  |  |  | 709 |
|  |  | 11,650 |  |  |  | 3,575 |  |  |  | 2,318 |
Included in administrative expenses:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | (in thousands) |
|  | £ |  |  | £ |  |  | £ |
Wages and salaries |  |  | 408 |  |  |  | 84 |  |  |  | 108 |
Social security costs |  |  | 37 |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 52 |
Pension costs and other benefits |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 15 |
Share-based payments |  |  | 2,863 |  |  |  | 105 |  |  |  | 76 |
|  |  | 3,329 |  |  |  | 209 |  |  |  | 251 |
Total employee benefit expense |  |  | 14,979 |  |  |  | 3,784 |  |  |  | 2,569 |
The average number of staff employed under contracts of service were:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | (number) |
Research and development activities |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 11 |
Administrative activities |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |
|  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 12 |
Directors’ remuneration & other benefits
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | (in thousands) |
|  | £ |  |  | £ |  |  | £ |
Directors’ remuneration |  |  | 793 |  |  |  | 549 |  |  |  | 526 |
Pension and other benefits |  |  | 37 |  |  |  | 34 |  |  |  | 77 |
|  |  | 830 |  |  |  | 583 |  |  |  | 603 |
The number of directors who exercised share options in 2017 is nil (2016: 1; 2015: nil). The above amounts for remuneration include the following in respect of the highest paid director:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | (in thousands) |
|  | £ |  |  | £ |  |  | £ |
Directors’ remuneration |  |  | 601 |  |  |  | 378 |  |  |  | 318 |
Pension and other benefits |  |  | 33 |  |  |  | 29 |  |  |  | 61 |
|  |  | 634 |  |  |  | 407 |  |  |  | 379 |

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