§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost of the Speaker's Office in the Northern Ireland Assembly has been since 1998. [160613]
§ Mr. SpellarExpenditure on the Office of the Speaker from 1 April 1999 to 29 February 2004 is £834,666 for staff costs and £108,266 for general administration costs. Figures prior to 1 April 1999 are not available as the then New Northern Ireland Assembly was developing its financial systems and expenditure could not be identified against specific cost centres.