HC Deb 03 April 2003 vol 402 c852W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the running costs in 2002 were of(a) his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff, and (b) his Department. [105992]

Mr. Lammy

In the financial year 2001–02, it cost £2,876,000 to run Ministers' private offices, £2,242,000 of which was staff costs.

Outturn against the Department's Administration Cost Limit for 2001–02 is reported in Note 6.1 of the Department's resource accounts for 2001–02, a copy of which is available in the Library.