§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the running costs were of(a) her Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) her Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. [40978]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonExpenditure on running costs for Ministers' private offices at the Lord Chancellor's Department, and for the whole Department over the periods requested is set out in the table.
Total admin. expenditure—cash £000 Ministers' private offices Lord Chancellor's Department 1997–981 0 0 1998–99 1,055 454,525 1999–2000 1,257 498,744 2000–01 1,585 477,948 January 2001–02 1,292 395,541 1 Data not readily available without disproportionate cost