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Dr. Cable
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer of 9 April 2003, Official Report, column 286W, on secondments, what the staffing costs were to (a) the Wales Office and (b) the National Assembly for Wales; and if he will make a statement. [115916]
Peter Hain
The Wales Office meets the salary and associated costs of all staff seconded or loaned to it.Annex 3 on page 27 of the Departments annual report (Cm 5928) shows its expenditure on running costs since it was created in July 1999.