Government Office Network: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the budget is of the (a) Government Office Network, (b) Regions and Communities Group and (c) Communities Group for (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. (277881)

The net budgets for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are as follows:

*£000*
	2009/10	2010/11
Government offices—administration	106,624	101,329
Government Offices—resource	0	0
Government Offices—capital	2,860	2,860

Regions & Communities Group—administration	2,337	—
Regions & Communities Group—resource	19,100	20,100
Regions & Communities Group—capital	70,000	70,000

Communities Group—administration	19,035	—
Communities Group—resource	325,815	296,528
Communities Group—capital	143,696	180,361

Group administration budgets for 2010-11 are subject to decision by the Department’s board as part of the Department’s internal business planning process.

CSR07 allocated budgets for the period to 2010-11. Budgets beyond 2010-11 have yet to be agreed with the Treasury.

Volume 493: debated on Wednesday 3 June 2009