§ Mr. LansleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the costs of the change in the number of elected representatives in the United Kingdom since 1997. [153406]
§ Mr. Mike O'Brien[holding answer 12 March 2001]There has been no change in the number of elected representatives to Parliament at Westminster. The costs of the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly are a devolved matter and are funded from within the budgets of the devolved Administrations.