Departmental Running Costs

HC Deb 13 June 2003 vol 406 c105W

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the running costs in 2002 were of(a) his Ministers" private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff, and (b) his Department. [105996]

Mr. Alexander

Detailed financial management information is maintained in terms of financial rather than calendar years, figures for departmental running costs for 2002–03 will be published shortly in departmental appropriation and resource accounts.

The running costs of Ministers" Private Offices, the Cabinet Office parliamentary branch and the ministerial Correspondence and Support Team for 2001–02 are shown in the following table:

£
	Number of private offices	Total paybill	Total other running costs	Total net running costs
2001–02	6	1,376,306	797,130	2,173,436