§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the cost to her Department of administering grants to agriculture in the last year; and how many(a) full-time and (b) part-time staff were involved. [42436]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe information could be provided in the form requested only at disproportionate cost. However, information about the Department's activities, including details of the running costs associated with each of its principal spending programmes for the year ending March 1998, is contained within the 1998 Northern Ireland Expenditure Plans and Priorities (Cm 3916), copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.