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Written question asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 February 2010. It was answered by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 4 March 2010 on behalf of the House of Commons Commission.

Regional Committees

Question
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the cost has been of the operation of each (a) regional grand committee and (b) regional select committee since its inception.
Answer

The information requested is as follows:(a) An estimate of the costs for regional grand committees to the end of February 2010 is given in the following table. Costs include hire of accommodation, sound recording, police support, and travel and subsistence for staff. No additional staffing costs were incurred as no extra staff were engaged to work for regional grand committees.

Cost of regional grand committees (£)
East of England 1,647
East Midlands 2,858
North East 4,238
North West 3,956
South East 4,196
South West 6,850
West Midlands 2,392
Yorkshire and Humber 749
Total 26,886

(b) An estimate of the costs of regional select committees is given in the following table. Costs include staffing, hire of accommodation, transcription of evidence, printing, specialist advisers' and witnesses' expenses, and travel and subsistence for staff. Expenditure on staffing cannot be broken down by region as these committees were supported from a pool of staff in the Department of Chamber and Committee Services.

Cost of regional select committees up to end of February 2010 (£)
East of England 22
East Midlands 16,787
London 6
North East 24,053
North West 13,904
South East 13,125
South West 26,752
West Midlands 23,175
Yorkshire and Humber 3,640
Staffing costs for all regions 311,400
Total 432,865

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c1342-3W; 319655
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Regional select committees
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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