HC Deb 03 April 2003 vol 402 cc780-1W
Mr. Norman

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the(a) total budget of and (b) total pay costs incurred by (i) the Strategy Unit, (ii) the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, (iii) the Office of the e-Envoy, (iv) the Office of Public Services Reform and (v) the Prime Minister's Policy Unit have been in each year since their creation. [103068]

Mr. Alexander

For details of the No. 10 Policy Directorate, I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on 25 March 2003,Official Report, columns 125–27W. The Strategy Unit was not formed until June 2002 so there are no full year's figures on which to report. For the rest of the units inquired about see the following tables:

£000
Total budget
Unit name 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Office of the e-Envoy 0 42,299 55,633 56,096
Delivery Unit 0 0 0 1,393
OPSR 0 0 0 1,518

£000
Total actual pay costs
Unit name 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Office of the e-Envoy 0 5,566 7,327 8,800
Delivery Unit 0 0 0 614
OPSR 0 0 0 980

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