§ Mr. Lidington:To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the conclusions were of her Department's review of the indicative level of total administrative costs for 2003–04 and beyond. [129357]
§ Margaret Beckett:We have not carried out a specific review of 'total administrative costs'. However my Department reviews its administrative costs on an annual basis as part of its Resource Allocation and Business Planning process. The results of this are reflected in the annual Departmental Report (Cmd 5919).