§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what were in each year from 1979 to 1994, in real terms,(a) the Tunning costs of Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) the running costs of the Department. [15357]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.
The running costs of Ministers' private offices is only available for 1994–95 and is in table 1:
£ Salaries 1,474,194 Running costs 449,049 Total 1,923,243 Ministers are currently housed in Richmond house and all facilities are provided by the Department of Health. This Department has been responsible for paying its own share of the rent and rates since 1992. All expenditure on accommodation is included in the running cost expenditure of the two Departments, which is published in their annual reports, copies of which are in the Library.
The available information on departmental running costs in table 2.
£ million1 1982–83 2,008 1983–84 1,933 1984–85 1,850 1985–86 1,901 1986–87 2,026 1987–88 2,400 1988–89 2,364 1989–90 2,334 1990–91 2,483 1991–92 2,542 1992–93 2,798 1993–94 2,888 1994–95 3,010 Notes:
1. Real term—calculated on the basis of the December 1995 figures.
2. From 1987–88 running costs include costs of Accruing Superannuation Liability Charge (£165m cash in 1987–88).
3. ITSA moved to net running costs control from 1994–95.
Source:
Running Cost tables. The Government's expenditure plans 1986–87 to 1988–89 and Social Security Departmental Report (The Government's expenditure plans 1995–96 to 1997–98).