To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2008, Official Report, column 183W, on operating costs, what the administrative costs of his Department’s predecessor were in each year from 1990-91 to 2006-07 in real terms using 2005-06 prices. (201305)

The administrative costs from 1990-91 to 2006-07 for the Departments which preceded the Department for Children, Schools and Families, adjusted to 2005-06 prices using the latest GDP deflators, are set out in the following table.