§ Mr. LetwinTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total administration costs were in his Department in financial years(a) 1996–97 and (b) 1997–98. [186077]
§ Mr. Stephen Twigg[holding answer 22 July 2004]: Details of the Department's gross running costs for 1996–97 and 1997–98 are contained in Table 5.5 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2000–01 (Cm 4601). These figures are on a cash basis and include the former Employment Service and Ofsted. From Public Expenditure Analyses 2001–02 (Cm 5101), departments' administrative expenditure was reported on a resource basis, as administration costs.
Copies of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses are in the Library of the House and are on HM Treasury's public website (www.hm-treasury.gov.uk).