Government Offices for the Regions: Operating Costs

Mr. Stewart Jackson
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the projected running costs of the Government Office in each region are for 2009-10.

Ms Rosie Winterton
The projected running costs of the Government Offices for the Regions in 2009-10 are as follows:

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|(£)                    |
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|GO East                |8,899,400|
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|GO East Midlands       |7,856,600|
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|GO London              |11,051,100|
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|GO North East          |8,673,300|
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|GO North West          |11,051,400|
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|GO South East          |10,139,500|
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|GO South West          |9,625,000|
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|GO West Midlands       |11,373,700|
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|GO Yorkshire and Humber|9,049,700|
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