The Department has one agency, the Royal Parks Agency. The total annual costs of the press offices of the department and the Royal Parks Agency for each year from 1996-97 to 2006-07 are shown in the following table.
DCMS (£) Royal Parks Agency (£) 1996-97 236,524 37,395 1997-98 — 42,364 1998-99 — 43,559 1999-2000 — 52,157 2000-01 582,442 55,688 2001-02 657,139 57,275 2002-03 712,623 58,325 2003-04 814,244 59,395 2004-05 831,802 59,693 2005-06 861,799 60,723 2006-07 1,126,541 61,938
Costs provided for the Royal Parks Agency are an estimate based on current staffing levels.
Costs for the department for 1996-97 and 2000-01 have previously been provided in a written answer to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford (Mr. Burns) on 10 April 2002, Official Report, column 319W.
Information for 2007-08 cannot be included as the current year’s expenditure has not yet been audited.
Information regarding the cost of the department’s press office from 1997-98 to 1999-2000, and the total annual cost of the press offices for the department’s non-departmental public bodies from 1996-97 to 2006-07, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.