HC Deb 22 February 1980 vol 979 cc564-5W
Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what has been the aggregate cost to public funds of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration since the inception of the office.

Mr. Channon

Since 1973, the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration has also included the Health Service Commissioners. It is not possible to give separate costs.

The aggregate costs to public funds of the Parliamentary Commissioner and Health Service Commissioners, since its inception in 1967, are as follows:

Financial Year Cost (at current prices)
£
1966–67 16,583
1967–68 110,089
1968–69 127,747
1969–70 132,775
1970–71 143,048
1971–72 162,012
*1972–73 175,124
*1973–74 273,666
*1974–75 414,826
*1975–76 548,486
*1976–77 568,727
*1977–78 618,300
1978–79 685,574
Total Cost 3,976,957
* The combined costs of the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and the Health Service Commissioners

These amounts were in addition to the Commissioner's salary and the cost of accommodation and other services borne by the Property Services Agency and Her Majesty's Stationery Office.