Departmental Running Costs

HC Deb 07 April 2003 vol 403 cc8-9W

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the running costs in 2002 were of(a) his Ministers private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff, and (b) his Department. [105989]

Dr. Moonie

The costs of running Ministers' private offices in financial year 2001–02 were as follows:

(£ Million)
Total (Including staff costs)	Staff costs
2.2	2.1

The net operating cost of the department as a whole, as reported in the 2001–02 Departmental Resource Account, was £32,239 million. This figure is on a resource basis and includes military and civilian personnel costs; property management and equipment support costs; stock consumption; depreciation, impairment of fixed assets and cost of capital charges. Figures for 2002–03 are not yet available but will be published in the forthcoming Departmental Resource Accounts.