§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent in recruiting staff to his Department in(a) London and (b) the south east in each year since 1997. [78561]
§ Ruth Kelly[holding answer 4 November 2002]: The costs of recruiting staff fall largely to individual teams, and are charged to team budgets. Therefore information on the total cost of recruiting staff is not available centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.