Private Office Costs

Mr. Flight
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what have been the running costs of Ministers' private offices in his Department in each year since 1997. [123112]

Ms Rosie Winterton
Parliamentary demands on private offices have risen since 1997. The information requested is shown in the table.-----------
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|1997–98  |
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|1998–99  |
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|1999–2000|
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|2000–01  |
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|2001–02  |
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|2002–03  |
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