Government Office for London: Finance

Mr. Stewart Jackson
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) administrative cost and (b) total expenditure of the Government Office for London were in 2008-09.

Ms Rosie Winterton
The 2008-09 administrative costs for Government Office for London (GOL) were:

Salary: £10,799,080

Non-pay: £972,438

Total: £11,771,518

The gross accommodation spend for GOL for 2008-09 was £4,458,591 and related tariff/minor occupier income of £358,700. The net accommodation expenditure was £4,099,891.