Written question asked by Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 19 March 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 28 March 2003. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Friday, 28 March 2003 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th March, Official Report, 401 c639W, on English Nature, if she will estimate (a) the administrative cost for English Nature broken down by Government Region for financial year 2003-04 and (b) the amount spent in English Nature's Headquarters on the regions for financial year 2003-04. - Includes figure and table.

Answer: Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2003, Official Report, column 639W, on English Nature, if she will estimate (a) the administrative cost for English Nature broken down by Government Region for financial year 2003-04 and (b) the amount spent in English Nature's Headquarters on the regions for financial year 2003-04. [104699] Mr. Morley: English Nature's baseline Grant in Aid for 2003-04 will be £62.884 million. Of this, in so far as spending in the Government Regions, the following expenditure has been estimated: £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Government regional office Estimated expenditure in 2003-04 East Midlands 1,476 East of England 2,465 London 288 North East 1,054 North West 1,909 South East 2,847 West Midlands 1,450 South West 3,789 Yorkshire/Humberside 1,622 Total 16,900 National (amount spent in EN HQ on the regions) 16,579 Overall total 33,479 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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