§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a table of expenditure showing the cost of running each regional office of his Department and the cost of running sub-regional offices aggregated by region and with London shown separately, for 1989–90 and excluding the funding programmes operated by the offices.
Mr. Jackson[holding answer 25 March 1991]: The information is as follows:
Financial year 1989–90 Outturn Region Regional office Area office Total £'000s £'000s £'000s South East 2,985 9,548 12,534 London 4,586 9,558 14,144 South West 1,816 5,919 7,735 West Midlands 3,450 7,624 11,074 East Midlands 2,251 7,680 9,931 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,959 6,759 9,719 North West 2,866 11,671 14,537 Northern 2,322 5,859 8,181 Wales 1,975 5,306 7,282 Scotland 3,876 8,469 12,345 TOTAL 29,087 78,393 107,480 Note: All figures are £'000s and show the cost of former Training Agency offices.