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Departmental Responsibilities

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Prime Minister if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the recent (a) Ministerial reshuffle and (b) changes to the machinery of government; and if he will make a statement. (279843)

The numbers of salaried Ministers is governed by the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975. The cost of machinery of government changes will be met by relevant Departments within existing departmental budgets.