§ Mr. HayesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the cost of maintaining the information division within Her Majesty's Treasury in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. BrookeThe figures are as follows:
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Year Total £000 1982–83 404 1983–84 456 1984–85 508 1985–86 524 1986–87 535 This expenditure has been incurred by the information divisions in the central Treasury and in the central computer and telecommunications agency (part of Her Majesty's Treasury). Comparable figures for the years 1979–80 to 1981–82 are not available because of machinery of Government changes.