HC Deb 25 January 2001 vol 361 cc706-7W
30. Mr. Green

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the annual cost was of running Government Departments in(a) 1997 and (b) 2000. [145822]

35. Mr. Leigh

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the annual running costs of Government Departments. [145827]

Mr. Andrew Smith

Annual costs of running Government Departments are published in HM Treasury's "Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses" (PESA). The latest edition is available in the Library of the House.