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Mr. Yeo
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff were employed by the (a) Broadcasting Standards Commission, (b) Independent Television Commission and (c) Radio Authority in each of the last five years; and what the annual budget was in each of those years in each case. [108936]
Dr. Howells
The information requested is shown in the following table.
| Staff numbers | Income (£) | Expenditure (£) | Operating deficit/credit (£) | ||
| ITC | |||||
| 1998 | 1195 | 18,019,000 | 18,111,000 | -92,000 | |
| 1999 | 1184 | 16,882,000 | 17,099,000 | -217,000 | |
| 2000 | 1187 | 18,551,000 | 18,229,000 | -322,000 | |
| 2001 | 1166 | 17,874,000 | 18,365,000 | -491,000 | |
| 2002 | 1180 | 19,138,000 | 20,091,000 | -953,000 | |
| BSC | |||||
| 1997–98 | 23 | 1,975,331 | 1,997,529 | -22,198 | |
| 1998–99 | 23 | 1,994,248 | 2,009,892 | -15,644 | |
| 1999–2000 | 21 | 1,972,748 | 1,968,354 | 4,394 | |
| 2000–01 | 21 | 1,955,897 | 1,971,509 | -15,612 | |
| 2001–02 | 20 | 2,100,812 | 2,020,488 | 80,324 | |
| Radio Authority | |||||
| 1998 | 41 | 3,500,000 | 3,530,000 | -28,000 | |
| 1999 | 40 | 3,950,000 | 3,940,000 | 8,000 | |
| 2000 | 46 | 4,140,000 | 4,150,000 | -8,000 | |
| 2001 | 48 | 4,730,000 | 4,410,000 | 328,000 | |
| 2002 | 47 | 4,720,000 | 4,830,000 | -119,000 | |
| 1 ITC staff numbers not including members of the commission. | |||||