HC Deb 15 March 1995 vol 256 c619W
Mr. Nicholls

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the cost of her Department's expenditure on water and sewerage in(a) the current year and (b) each of the three previous years.

Mr. Boswell

The total expenditure incurred by this Department in respect of water and sewerage to date in the current financial year and in each of the previous three financial years is:

Year £
1991–92 42,376
1992–93 67,759
1993–94 44,750
1994–95 42,922

The figure for 1992–93 includes increased costs incurred pending the consolidation of London-based staff into a single headquarters building.