HC Deb 18 July 2003 vol 409 cc953-4W
Mr. Flight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what have been the running costs of Ministers' private offices in his Department in each year since 1997. [123112]

Ms Rosie Winterton

Parliamentary demands on private offices have risen since 1997. The information requested is shown in the table.

Private office expenditure (£)
1997–98 1,848,676
1998–99 2,143,894
1999–2000 2,652,686
2000–01 2,871,965
2001–02 2,876,430
2002–03 3,161,046