HC Deb 13 February 2002 vol 380 cc431-2W
Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of the departmental expenditure limit in 2001–02 will be accounted for by salary costs and pension contributions. [32008]

Mr. MacShane

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) departmental expenditure limit (DEL1) for financial year (FY) 2001–02 is £1,018,976,000. FCO projected departmental salary cost2 for FY 2001–02 is £306,594,875 approximately 30.09 per cent. of the overall DEL. 1 DEL figure quoted is FCO Gross voted Resource DEL in "Request for Resources 1" (Promoting internationally the interests of the UK and contributing to a strong world community). 2 Departmental salary cost figure quoted is the combined total of the estimated UK based Paybill spend and the estimated Locally Employed (LE) Paybill spend.