HC Deb 27 April 1995 vol 258 cc634-5W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales: (1) how much staff time, and at what estimated cost, was put into compiling the departmental annual report; and what were the figures for each year for which figures are available since 1990. [20169]

(2) what measures the Department takes to assess the cost and staff implications of compiling material for the departmental annual report. [29170]

Mr. Redwood

Costs are not separately attributable to the departmental report of much of the information there presented, which is collected for other purposes. At a rough estimate, staff costs of the editing, design and translation of the 1995 Report, Cm 2815, were £37,000, and for previous years would be broadly comparable in real terms.

The Department operates a system of divisional and group plans which ensures that both programme and running cost provision are identified for key objectives and targets.