Written question asked by Oliver Heald (Conservative) on Monday, 20 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 November 2006. It was answered by Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Labour) on Thursday, 30 November 2006 on behalf of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Departmental Bodies

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the cost of the (a) social exclusion task force, (b) Better Regulation Executive and (c) Office of the Third Sector has been since their creation; and what the estimated cost of each is for 2006-07.

Answer: The Better Regulation Executive's (BRE) costs in 2005-06 were £5.4 million. The BRE was created on 14 March 2005, just before the end of the financial year. It is not possible to separately identify BRE's costs on the Department's accounting system that relate solely from 14 March 2005 to 31 March 2005.The social exclusion task force (SETF) and the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) were established during 2006-07. Therefore, neither the SETF nor the OTS incurred any costs in 2005-06.Costs for 2006-07 will be available in the Cabinet Office's 2006-07 resource accounts. These should be published shortly before the 2007 summer recess.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 102702; 453 c887W
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: Departmental responsibilities Cabinet Office Office of the Third Sector Social Exclusion Task Force Better Regulation Executive
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