§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of the total gross running costs to his Department of the NDPBs accountable through his Department in the last 12 months. [149147]
§ Ms QuinThe net cost to MAFF of carrying out our NDPB sponsorship role in the financial year 1999–2000 is shown under "Other Expenditure by the Department" on pages 1–8 of the Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies 2000", which was published on 4 January 2001. Copies are available in the Libraries of the House.
There are two changes to the published figures:
Horticulture Research International—net cost is £0.078 million;Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew—net cost is £0.086 million.
§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what the total gross running costs were to his Department in the last 12 months of(a) stationery and (b) printing and publishing. [149144]
§ Ms QuinFrom information held centrally, the total gross running costs to the Department in the last 12 months of(a) stationery and (b) printing and publishing were £1.338 million and £2.685 million respectively.