HC Deb 11 December 2001 vol 376 c826W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of the increase in the departmental expenditure limit from 2001–02 to 2002–03 will be accounted for by wage costs. [20669]

Mr. MacShane

This information is not available at present as the figures for 2001–02 cannot be finalised until the end of the financial year. We are in any case unable to provide the figures for 2002–03 as the FCO's paybill is negotiated annually with HM Treasury.

The FCO's forthcoming Departmental Report (to be published spring 2002) will give full retrospective costs.