HC Deb 04 November 1987 vol 121 c784W
Mr. William Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Belfast, South of 2 July, Official Report, column 161, he will bring up to date the costs so far to public funds of the Maryfield secretariat;

(2) if he will list all the sums of over £1,000 annual cost attributable to expenditure on the Maryfield secretariat

Mr. Tom King

[holding answer 3 November 1987]: The cost to United Kingdom public funds of secretariat salaries, to the end of September, was £193,000; that of running expenses £184,000. Records are not kept in such a form as to yield the further breakdown the hon. Gentleman seeks.