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Cabinet Office

Volume 456: debated on Tuesday 6 February 2007

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Mr. Hayes

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if she will break down by main budget heading the budget lines (a) Supporting the Prime Minister, (b) Supporting the Cabinet, (c) Strengthening the Civil Service, (d) the Office of Public Sector Information, (e) ERM project and (f) Independent Offices identified in the Cabinet Office annual report; and what the budget was for each category in 2005-06. (109561)

Hilary Armstrong

Expenditure incurred in 2005-06, broken down by main budget headings and shown by the groupings requested, can be found in the following table:

£ million

Pay

Non-pay

Income

Supporting the Prime Minister1

23

29

3

Supporting the Cabinet1

37

107

44

Strengthening the Civil Service

13

22

15

Office of Public Sector Information

1

2

1

ERM project2

0

0

0

Independent Offices

1

1

0

1 Figures differ slightly from the 2005-06 estimated outturn figures shown in the Cabinet Office annual report due to late accounting adjustments. 2 Total expenditure for the ERM project in 2005-06 was less than £0.5 million.