HC Deb 05 December 1990 vol 182 c119W
Mr. Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the administrative costs of his Department rose by more or less than the retail prices index in the last financial year.

Mr. McLoughlin

Gross running costs expenditure on Department of Transport administration was 9.3 per cent. higher in 1989–90 than in 1988–89. During the same period the retail prices index rose by 7.8 per cent.