To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) running, (b) IT, (c) legal, (d) consultancy and (e) administrative costs for the Case Resolution Directorate have been; what they are expected to be in the next three financial years; and if she will make a statement. (196104)

The costs associated with the Case Resolution Directorate from April 2007 to the end of February 2008 were as follows:

(a) running costs which encompass resource costs such as pay stood at £26.426 million;

(b) IT costs are managed centrally by Home Office IT and to isolate the Case Resolution element could be obtained only at disproportionate cost;

(c) Legal costs which are taken to mean legal fees, adverse costs and compensation stood at £0.211 million. Appeal costs are borne elsewhere in the Border and Immigration Agency.

(d) Consultancy costs stood at £0.771 million;

(e) Administrative costs (assuming to mean all non-pay costs, including training) stood at £1.451 million.

The total spend for the Case Resolution Directorate stood at £28.860 million.

The budget for the forthcoming three financial years have not yet been set.