§ Mr. FlightTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what his Departments(a) total managed expenditure, (b) total spending on Information Technology and (c) spending on Information Technology as a proportion of its total managed expenditure was in each financial year since 1997–98. [107182]
§ Peter HainMy Department came into being on 1 July 1999. Total public spending by the Wales Office (exclusive of the grants it pays to the National Assembly for Wales) was £1.454 million in 1999–2000; £2.980 million in 2000–01; £2.539 million in 2001–02; and (provisional estimate) £4.127 million in 2002–03.
A single PFI contract meets the IT needs of both the Wales Office and the National Assembly for Wales. In 2002–03 the Wales Office share of the contract was estimated to be some £192,000; an apportionment for earlier years is not readily available.