§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Sell Oak (Dr. Jones) of 20 July 2000,Official Report, column 326W, on departmental initiatives, what is the estimated administrative costs to those bodies making bids for each of the initiatives; and if he will make a statement. [133178]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe information requested on estimated administrative costs to those bodies making bids for Home Office initiatives is not held centrally, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost by contacting every body that has made a bid since May 1997.