§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 26 January to the hon. Member for Dover (Mr. Shaw),Official Report, column 300, what were the total costs of operating the Government Departments and next steps agencies in the economic planning regions; what is the total budget at their disposal; and to which regions they are attached.
§ The Prime MinisterThe running costs of civil departments in the United Kingdom totalled £14.6 billion in 1993–94.
Information is not held by economic planning region and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.