Private Office Costs (Hansard, 19 September 2003)

HC Deb 19 September 2003 vol 410 c1192W 1192W

§ Mr. Flight
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what have been the running costs of Ministers' private offices in her Department in each year since 1997. [123100]

§ Margaret Beckett
The running costs of Ministers' private offices in my Department since 8 June 2001 (when Defra was formed) were as follows:

Year end 31 March £

2001–02¹ 943,101

2002–03 1,194,162

2003–04² 269,367

¹Part year
²To 31 July 2003

Year end 31 March	£
2001–02¹	943,101
2002–03	1,194,162
2003–04²	269,367