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Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the running costs in 2002 were of (a) her Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff, and (b) her Department. [106000]
Mrs. Liddell
The running costs of my Department's private offices in 2001–02 were £614,146, of which £325,982 related to staff costs. The figures do not take account of accommodation costs and other overheads.The running costs (administration costs) of the Department in 2001–02 were £6.6 million, of which £3.8 million was staff costs.