§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many civil servants are currently working on the siting of the Welsh Assembly; and what has been the cost to public funds to date of work on the siting of the assembly. [20084]
§ Mr. Ron DaviesThere are currently no civil servants working full time on the siting on the Assembly. Eight civil servants currently devote a proportion of their time to the siting of the Assembly. The cost to date of finding a site for the Assembly is included in the running cost expenditure of my department which is published in the Welsh Office Departmental Report 1997 (Cm 3615).