§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the cost to his Department of administering grants to agriculture in the last year; and how many(a) full-time and (b) part-time staff were involved. [42438]
§ Mr. MorleyThe information could be provided in the form requested only at disproportionate cost. However, comprehensive information about the Department's activities, including details of the administration costs associated with each of its principal spending programmes for the year ending March 1998, is contained within the 1998 Departmental Report (Cm 3904), copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.