HC Deb 16 January 2003 vol 397 c709W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what his estimate is for the latest year for which information is available of the cost to the Welsh Office of(a) its press office, (b) its legal office, (c) its private office, (d) its briefing unit, (e) its social policy unit and (f) its finance and administration unit; and if he will make a statement. [89956]

Peter Hain

The net administration costs of my Department in 2001–02 were £2.839 million. The costs of the constituent branches are not separately identifiable.