§ Mr. BurnettTo ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission what the total expenditure incurred by the Commission was in each year since 1996–97. [169458]
§ Sir Archy KirkwoodThe total expenditure for each year as set out in the House's published annual accounts was:
£000 Net cash expenditure
Resource outturn 1996–97 130,192 n/a 1997–98 145,228 n/a 1998–99 173,550 n/a 1999–2000 165,905 n/a 2000–01 162,538 n/a 2001–02 132,508 165,426 2002–03 138,328 180,006 Full information is not yet available for 2003–04. Prior to 2001–02 all reporting was on a cash basis only.