Private Office (Running Costs)

HC Deb 19 October 1999 vol 336 c578W

Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the cost of running his Private Office each year since 1995–96; and what estimate he has made of the cost of running the office in (i) 1999–2000, (ii) 2000–01 and (iii) 2001–02. [94176]

Mr. Paul Murphy

The cost of Ministerial Private Offices in the Welsh Office was as follows:

	£
1995–96	724,230
1996–97	720,625
1997–98	758,763
1998–99	820,240

Estimated costs of the Ministerial Private Offices are:

	£
1999–2000	672,837
2000–01	682,930
2001–02	693,022