§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the running costs of his Department were for each year since 2000–01; what his estimate is of annual expenditure up to 2005–06; and if he will make a statement. [156587]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeDetails of the Department's gross administrative expenditure for 2000–01 to 2005–06 are contained in Table 5.1 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2003 (Cm 5901). The figures are on a resource basis. Figures for 2000–01 and 2001–02 were published in Table 5.5 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2000–01 (Cm 4601) but these are on a cash basis.