To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the budget for the Serious Organised Crime Agency in 2008-09 is; and what proportion is committed to central administration. (232900)

In 2008-09, the Home Office near-cash allocation to SOCA is £404.5 million and the near-cash spend on general administration, as opposed to operational services, is £25.5 million (6.3 per cent.).