The administration costs for the Government Offices for the Regions in 2007-08 were as follows:
GO Final outturn 2007-08 (£000) North East 11,826.45 North West 16,095.53 Yorks and Humber 13,447.21 West Midlands 15,000.75 East Midlands 10,857.39 East 11,398.50 South East 13,105.84 South West 13,763.68 London 16,198.99 Total 121,694.34
The budgets for the Government Offices for the Regions for 2008-09 are as follows:
GO Budget 2008-09 (£000) North East 9,723.87 North West 12,208.56 Yorks and Humber 9,125.90 West Midlands 10,831.40 East Midlands 8,951.99 East 9,505.75 South East 10,613.61 South West 10,645.94 London 12,002.99 Total 93,610.02
The Government office network does not undertake an annual exercise to review departmental programme expenditure that passes through the GOs since all programme budgets administered by the Government offices are the responsibility of the Secretaries of State for the relevant sponsor Departments. Departments can delegate authority to the regional directors, though all expenditure incurred is recorded in the accounts of the Department concerned.
The Government offices are audited by the Government office audit team and the National Audit Office, although programme expenditure is audited by sponsor Department audit teams.