asked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the total annual budget of each of the regional government offices for each of the past five years. [HL4497]
Each government office for the regions has specific responsibility for an administration running cost budget and a capital budget.
Programme budgets administered by the government offices are the responsibility of the Secretaries of State for the relevant sponsor departments. The departments delegate authority to the regional directors to spend against their programmes, though all expenditure incurred is recorded in the accounts of the department concerned.
The administrative costs of each government office for the five years in question are as follows:
GO 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 North East 12,167.24 13,887.09 13,138.16 12,730.25 11,826.45 North West 16,808.94 17,777.86 17,745.45 16,933.67 16,095.53 Yorkshire &Humber 12,480.23 13,453.18 13,494.30 10,676.64 13,447.21 West Midlands 13,381.47 15,286.08 14,925.87 14,925.87 15,000.75 East Midlands 11,153.67 11,937.13 12,530.66 11,490.17 10,857.39 East 12,841.51 15,075.61 13,296.12 12,211.64 11,398.50 South East 14,099.03 14,372.51 14,624.51 13,677.13 13,105.84 South West 13,960.23 14,724.92 14,823.08 14,570.49 13,763.68 London 16,654.91 18,870.09 18,483.70 17,595.20 16,198.99