The Department's expenditure on civil servants' salaries for 1998-99 to 2004-05 is detailed as follows. Figures from 1999-2000 are taken from the Department's Resource Accounts, which are published annually by the Stationery Office. Total resource budgets for 2002-03 and 2003-04 included exceptional provisions to reflect accounting adjustments in respect of the Department's liabilities. Prior to 1998-99, figures were not produced on the same basis and comparable figures are not available other than at disproportionate cost.
Financial year £000 Percentage of total resource budget 1998-99 198,857 7.0 1999-2000 197,643 7.0 2000-01 211,943 4.8 2001-02 207,108 4.8 2002-03 217,359 3.0 2003-04 243,155 2.2 2004-05 232,200 4.6