§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the(a) budgets and (b) administrative costs were for each of the Government offices for the Regions for each
Government office administrative running costs £ million GO 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–021 Total North East 8.843 8.687 8.617 8.619 8.312 8.222 9.016 60.316 North West 9.984 9.839 9.443 13.690 13.049 13.398 14.562 83.965 Merseyside 4.754 4.350 4.200 0.012 — — — 13.316 Total NW/M 14.738 14.189 13.643 13.702 13.049 13.398 14.562 97.281 Yorkshire and Humberside 9.061 8.765 8.475 8.684 8.889 9.184 9.966 63.024 West Midlands 10.436 10.040 9.758 9.474 9.330 9.794 9.693 68.525 East Midlands 7.117 6.617 6.436 6.754 6.951 7.177 7.726 48.778 East England 6.123 6.169 6.271 6.269 7.005 7.391 8.514 47.742 South West 7.574 7.141 6.826 6.985 7.797 8.227 10.069 54.619 South East 8.331 8.406 8.545 8.561 8.659 8.953 9.748 61.203 London 11.106 14.106 13.459 13.238 13.716 13.747 12.617 91.989 RCU 1.137 1.696 4.356 3.095 3.703 3.130 9.717 26.834 Total 84.466 85.816 86.386 85.381 87.411 89.223 101.628 620.311 1 Allocations for 2001–02 Note:
GO-North West and GO-Merseyside merged during 1998–99