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Cabinet Office

Answer

Mr. Laws: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people work in (a) the Regulatory Impact Unit, (b) the Office of Public Services Reform and (c) the Charter Mark and Beacon Unit; what the cost of each was in (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2002-03 and (iii) 2003-04 (planned); and if he will make a statement. [99979] Mr. Alexander: There are 62 staff working within the Regulatory Impact Unit. The cost to run this unit during 2001-02 was £2.5 million and for 2002-03 the estimated expenditure is £2.9 million. The Office of Public Services Reform and the Charter Mark and Beacon Unit merged on 1 September 2002. The following figures reflect the units before the merger. There are 28 staff working in the Office of Public Services Reform. The cost to run this unit during 2001-02 was £1.9 million and for 2002-03 the estimated expenditure is £2.8 million. There are 15 people working in the Charter Mark and Beacon Unit. Costs for 2001-02 totalled £3.1 million. For 2002-03 the estimated expenditure is £2.3 million. All staffing figures are as at 3 February 2003 and rounded to full time equivalents. Budgets for 2003-04 have yet to be set.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

99979; 401 c251W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Costs Finance Staff Cabinet Office Office of Public Services Reform Regulatory Impact Unit

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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