Private Office Costs (Hansard, 10 July 2003)

HC Deb 10 July 2003 vol 408 c988W 988W

§ Mr. Flight
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the running costs have been of Ministers' private offices in his Department in each year since 1997. [123105]

§ Mr. Straw
The cost in cash terms of running the Ministerial Private Offices (Five prior to FY 2001–02 and six since) are laid out in the following table:

Financial year Costs (£)

1997–98 1,920,246

1998–99 1,791,783

1999–2000 2,360,535

2000–01 2,341,747

2001–02 2,268,543

2002–03 2,333,481

2003–04 ¹438,096

¹ As of 7 July

Financial year	Costs (£)
1997–98	1,920,246
1998–99	1,791,783
1999–2000	2,360,535
2000–01	2,341,747
2001–02	2,268,543
2002–03	2,333,481
2003–04	¹438,096
¹ As of 7 July