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Written question asked by Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 31 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 February 2006. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 February 2006 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Departmental Groups

Question
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the administration costs associated with his Department's (a) Ministerial Group, (b) Legal Directorate and (c) Tackling Disadvantage Group in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer

The following table sets out the net administration costs of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Ministerial Group, Legal Directorate and the Tackling Disadvantage Group in 2004–05. These figures exclude the relevant group's or directorate's share of corporate overheads (such as IT and accommodation costs) which are managed centrally.

£ million
2004–05
Ministerial Group 4.74
Legal Directorate 5.97
Tackling Disadvantage Group 14.12

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
48853; 442 c1244W;442 c1244W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Administration Costs Government departments Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Operating costs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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