§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what have been the total administration costs of his Department expressed in constant prices in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. BrittanThe total cost of administration of the Home Office (including the prison, immigration and police technical support services) expressed in 1983–84 prices in the last five years*, was: 198W
£ million 1979–80 486.8 1980–81 †539.9 1981–82 584.0 1982–83 ‡624.7 1983–84 658.5 * This information is taken from the annual scrutinies of departmental running costs, the outcome of the most recent of which was announced in a written answer on 22 November 1984 at columns 271–24. † The figure for 1980–81 is an estimate, since actual expenditure for that year was not required in that form for scrutiny purposes. ‡ This figure is based on a corrected cash figure of £596.7 million for 1982–83, in place of the forecast outturn figure of £581.7 million which was published in a written answer on 25 October 1983 at columns 76–78.