HC Deb 29 April 2004 vol 420 c1175W
Mr. Burnett

To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission what the total expenditure incurred by the Commission was in each year since 1996–97. [169458]

Sir Archy Kirkwood

The total expenditure for each year as set out in the House's published annual accounts was:

£000
Net cash

expenditure

 Resource outturn
1996–97 130,192 n/a
1997–98 145,228 n/a
1998–99 173,550 n/a
1999–2000 165,905 n/a
2000–01 162,538 n/a
2001–02 132,508 165,426
2002–03 138,328 180,006

Full information is not yet available for 2003–04. Prior to 2001–02 all reporting was on a cash basis only.