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Mr. Sheerman
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the annual cost of the Environment Agency has been in each year since its inception. [105053]
Mr. Meacher
The annual expenditure of the Environment Agency since its inception is as follows:
| £ million | |
| 1996–97 | 562.9 |
| 1997–98 | 603.8 |
| 1998–99 | 593.0 |
| 1999–2000 | 617.9 |
| 2000–01 | 640.2 |
| 2001–02 | 702.6 |
| 2002–03 | 1758.2 |
| 1 planned | |
Mr. Liddell-Grainger
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people worked for the Environment Agency in 2002 in (a) England and (b) Somerset. [105522]
Mr. Meacher
In 2002, 10,824 people worked for the Environment Agency, of whom 301 worked in the agency's three offices in Somerset.