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Mr. Peter Robinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the running costs of the Northern Ireland Office were in each of the past five years. [123715]
Mr. Paul Murphy
As published in the 2003 Northern Ireland Office Departmental Report, the NIO incurred the following running costs:
| Northern Ireland Office running costs | |
| £ million | |
| Amount | |
| 2002–031 | (esitmated outturn)232 |
| 2001–02 | 127 |
| 200–01 | 135 |
| 1999–2000 | 159 |
| 1998–99 | 151 |
| 1The reasons for the increase is the inclusion of non-cash costs in administration for the first time. | |