Private Office Costs (Hansard, 18 July 2003)

HC Deb 18 July 2003 vol 409 cc953-4W 953W

§ Mr. Flight
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what have been the running costs of Ministers' private offices in his Department in each year since 1997. [123112]
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§ Ms Rosie Winterton
Parliamentary demands on private offices have risen since 1997. The information requested is shown in the table.

Private office expenditure (£)

1997–98 1,848,676

1998–99 2,143,894

1999–2000 2,652,686

2000–01 2,871,965

2001–02 2,876,430

2002–03 3,161,046

	Private office expenditure (£)
1997–98	1,848,676
1998–99	2,143,894
1999–2000	2,652,686
2000–01	2,871,965
2001–02	2,876,430
2002–03	3,161,046