Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 December 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 December 2007. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Monday, 14 January 2008 on behalf of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Social Exclusion Task Force: Finance

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the budget of the Social Exclusion Task Force was in (a) each of the last five years and (b) each year of the 2007 comprehensive spending review period.

Answer: The Social Exclusion Task Force was created in 2006.Details of its budget for 2006-07 can be found in the Cabinet Office resource accounts, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.Details of its budget for 2007-08 will not be finalised until the spring supplementary report is published in February 2008.The Social Exclusion Task Force's budget for each year of the 2007 comprehensive spending review period has not yet been agreed. It will be a portion of the overall Cabinet Office budget.

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