To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's budget for (a) staff and (b) IT in (i) 2000–01 and (ii) 2001–02; and what the planned budget is for (A) 2002–03 and (B) 2003–04. [102454]

The Staff Pay budget is set out as follows:

£ million
2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
227	267	343

The associated IT budget cannot be easily separated from other administrative costs.The budget for 2003–04 will be published in the Home Office's main estimates (in the usual way).