§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Solicitor-General what the running costs in 2002 were of(a) her private offices separately identifying expenditure on staff, and (b) the Attorney General's Department. [105986]
§ The Solicitor-General[holding answer 27 March 2003]: Of all the departments for which the Attorney General holds ministerial responsibility, only the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers has a ministerial private office. The cost of the private office cannot be separately identified from the total cost of the department. The total cost of the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers for the financial year 2001–02 was £1,834,968 in staff costs and £974,974 on other expenditure.