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Cabinet Office

Answer

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to his written statement of 19 December 2002, Official Report, column 65WS, on open government, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures given on each Department by year from 1992. [91531] Mr. Alexander: The files prior to 1997 have been destroyed as part of the normal review process. The 1 April 1999 return covered a 33 month period. The most detailed breakdown of figures available centrally is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Department As at 31 March 1997 1 April 1997- 31 March 1 April 1998- 31 March 1 April 1999- 31 1998 1999 December 2001 Department for Environment, 5,907 201 13 42 Food and Rural Affairs Cabinet Office 4,198 1,409 1,859 134 Office for National 400 0 0 1 Statistics Crown Prosecution Service 1,054 0 0 0 HM Customs and Excise 964 44 0 0 Ministry of Defence 9,081 1,519 917 535 Department for Education and 3,802 0 0 0 Skills Department for Transport, 1,496 5,754 4,334 10,693 Local Government and the Regions Foreign and Commonwealth 10,597 3,551 956 3,496 Office Department of Health 890 0 383 849 Department for Work and 2,944 0 49 329 Pensions Home Office 3,162 180 88 123 Board of Inland Revenue 0 0 0 2 Lord Chancellor's Department 4,692 0 452 1,304 Court Services 2,114 1,407 0 0 Metropolitan Police 615 149 205 182 Northern Ireland (NI and 11,808 0 0 0 Departments, Northern Ireland Office and NI Court Services) Department for International 613 0 136 0 Development Scottish Executive 4,928 0 0 0 Department of Trade and 111 3 33 504 Industry HM Treasury 659 49 70 217 Wales Office, Office of the 237 0 0 746 Secretary of State for Wales Government Communications 5,824 141 852 2,266 Headquarters _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

91531; 398 c334-6W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Freedom of information Government departments Public records

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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