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Mr. Tony Banks
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total cost of staffing and maintenance of Ministers' offices in his Department for each year since 1979–80.
Sir George Young
[pursuant to his reply, 28 March 19851: The estimated total cost (at 1984–85 prices) of staffing Ministers' offices in the Department of the Environment for each year since 1979–80 is as follows:
| £ million | |
| 1979–80 | 0·858 |
| 1980–81 | 0·880 |
| 1981–82 | 0·831 |
| 1982–83 | 0·771 |
| 1983–84 | 0·817 |
| 1984–85 | 0·879 |