§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were,(a) the running costs of his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) the running costs of his Department in each of the last four years in real terms. [24826]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested is as follows:
£ million (a) Ministers' private office Running costs at 2000–01 prices Total of which staff (b)HM Treasury 1997–98 2.7 1.9 67.8 1998–99 3.2 2.1 71.0 1999–2000 3.3 2.2 10.3 2000–01 3.6 2.4 83.5