Departmental Manpower

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on staffing in each year since 1997 in (a) cash and (b) real terms. (225697)

The Department's staffing costs in cash and real terms are shown in the table, using 2007-08 as the base year.

*£000*
Financial year	Staff costs in cash terms	Staff costs in real terms
2007-08	26,040	26,040
2006-07	24,860	25,584
2005-06	22,191	23,458
2004-05	19,814	21,396
2003-04	18,657	20,703
2002-03	17,238	19,683
2001-02	17,889	21,066
2000-01	20,972	25,287
1999-2000	20,227	24,736
1998-99	18,632	23,246
1997-98	10,726	13,721

Volume 480: debated on Friday 17 October 2008