Regional Government: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the gross expenditure of each regional assembly in England outside London was in the last year for which figures are available. (183256)

Details of regional assembly gross expenditure for the year 2006-07 are set out in the following table.

Regional assembly	Gross expenditure (£)
East of England	4,350,654
East Midlands	2,561,173
North East	2,109,234
North West	3,366,000
South East England	4,316,512
South West	4,761,206
West Midlands	2,266,197
Yorkshire and Humber	3,048,000

Volume 471: debated on Friday 1 February 2008