Administrative Costs (Hansard, 6 December 1990)

HC Deb 06 December 1990 vol 182 c167W 167W

§ Mr. Devlin
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the administrative costs of his Department rose by more or less than the retail price index in the last financial year.

§ Mr. Heseltine
The outturn for my Department was only 6 per cent. higher in 1989–90 than in 1988–89—less than the increase in the retail prices index between those two years.