§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the running costs were of(a) her Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) her Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. [41038]
§ Clare ShortThe gross running cost for DFID from 1997–98 to 2000–01 (the last year for which figures are available) were as follows:
£million 1997–98 1998–999 1999–2000 2000–01 Staff Costs 32 37 37 40 Other 24 22 28 30 Total 55 59 65 70 Figures for the running costs of Ministers' private offices are not recorded separately.