Written question asked by Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 12 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 July 2004. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 July 2004 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on administration fees by his Department in the last three years. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on administration fees by his Department in the last three years. [184144] Phil Hope: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) was created following the Machinery of Government changes on 29 May 2002. The following table shows the Office's budget and expenditure for administration costs for the financial years 2002-03 and 2003-04 and the budgets for 2004-05. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002-03 1 2002-03 2 2003-04 1 2003-04 2 2004-05 1 ODPM(C) 180,011 171,648 177,075 173,737 181,352 Government offices 110,534 109,507 135,205 133,835 115,020 Executive agencies 43,593 42,584 37,505 35,510 39,475 Total 334,138 323,739 349,785 343,082 335,847 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Budget 2 Expenditure The budget figure in 2004-05 for the Government Offices is lower than in previous years, as additional work undertaken for Other Government Departments is agreed on an annual basis and the budgets transferred in year.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 184144; 424 c200W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Administration Finance Expenditure Government departments Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Operating costs
Contains statistics: Yes
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