§ Mr. DevlinTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the administrative costs of his Department rose by more or less than the retail prices index in the last financial year.
§ Mr. LeighAllowing for machinery of Government changes, gross running costs expenditure on Department of Trade and Industry administration was 8.7 per cent. higher in 1989–90 than in the previous year. During the same period the retail prices index increased by 7.8 per cent.