Departmental Budget

Mr. Cohen
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the budget of his Department for 1989–90; what are the principal items on which it is spent; and how many staff are employed.

Mr. Kenneth Baker
The estimated cost of my private office in the year 1989–90 is £56,342. The principal items of expenditure are salaries for the one and a half staff employed in my office, and provision of a secure Government car service.