HC Deb 12 July 1995 vol 263 c552W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the budget for staff and running costs, excluding expenditure on publicity, in the information division in his Department in each of the last 10 years. [33694]

Mr. Sackville

The available information, which excludes expenditure on publicity campaigns, is shown in the table. The information division now includes a public inquiry office and a central print unit which provides the Department with services for print and paper procurement and storage and distribution. The figures are therefore not comparable over the years.

Year Manpower and running costs £ million
1989–90 0.890
1990–91 1.250
1991–92 1.491
1992–93 1.749
1993–94 1.897
1994–95 2.018
1995–961 2.714
Information for the years 1986–87 to 1988–89 is not available in form requested.
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