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Mr. Flight
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what have been the running costs of Ministers' private offices in his Department and its predecessor in each year since 1997. [123115]
Mr. Lammy
Gross administration costs (formerly known as running costs) for the Ministers' private offices from 1997 to date are set out in the following table:
| Administration costs for Ministers' private offices | |
| £ | |
| Cost | |
| 1997–981 | 0 |
| 1998–99 | 1,055 |
| 1999–2000 | 1,257 |
| 2000–01 | 1,585 |
| 2001–02 | 1,620 |
| 2002–032 | 2,001 |
| 1 Data not readily available without incurring disproportionate cost. | |
| 2 The increase in running costs between 2001–02 and 2002–03 is a result of the Machinery of Government changes and the consequent expansion of the Ministers' private offices to accommodate the additional areas of responsibility. | |