Departmental Costs

HC Deb 13 March 2003 vol 401 c420W

Mr. Laws

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost was of the(a) Social Exclusion Unit and (b) Deputy Prime Minister's Central Policy Group in each year from 1997–98 to 2004–05 (planned). [99885]

Mr. Leslie

The information is as follows:

(a) The following table shows the total administration expenditure profile for the Social Exclusion Unit for each year 1997–98 to 2004–05. The SEU was located within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on its creation on 29 May 2002.

	£000
1997–98	89
1998–99	681
1999–2000	1,570
2000–01	2,246
2001–02	2,156
2002–03	12,770
2003–04	23,163
2004–05	23,163
1 Forecast
2 Planned

The Social Exclusion Unit does not have any programme or capital costs.

(b) The Deputy Prime Minister's Central Policy Group was in existence from July 2001 to June 2002 in the Cabinet Office. Administration expenditure of the Central Policy Group for 2001–02 was £491,000.