House of Commons Commission - Twenty-fourth Annual Report


Twenty-fourth Annual Report 2001-02


HOUSE OF COMMONS 5 YEAR SUMMARY

Table 4
HOUSE OF COMMONS 5 YEAR SUMMARY
Financial Year 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
COST SUMMARY figures in £000s
Outturn Outturn Outturn Outturn(1) Cash
Administration Vote 81,158 81,281 - -
Works Services Vote 92,392 83,302 - -
Portcullis House 55,849 44,769 - -
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173,550 164,583
Administration Estimate 161,157 134,804 141,247
Portcullis House 39,509 6,686 2,900
Members' Salaries(2) 86,175 91,799 94,678 118,850 134,122
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Total House of Commons Costs 259,725 256,382 255,835 253,654 275,369
ACTIVITY INDICATORS(3) figures as shown
Number of sitting days* 157 157 159 143
Number of hours past the moment 154 203 221 107
of interruption*
Number of House staffÝ 1,402 1,411 1,486 1,435
Number of Select Committee sittings*(4) 1,199 1,067 1,104 666
Published price of Daily Hansard (£)Ý 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
Average number of pages per day for 128 96 130 136
Hansard*
Cost per page of the Vote Bundle (£)ý 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18
Average number of pages for the Vote 268 159 254 255
Bundle*
Number of Members' individual officesÝ 589 589 640 650
Number of Members' staff paid by the 1,849 1,867 1,850 2,299
Fees OfficeÝ
*For the Financial Year ÝAt the end of the Financial Year ý Calendar Year
notes:
(1) Outturns are subject to audit by National Audit Office.
(2) While the Members' Vote is not the responsibility of the Commission it is included to provide an overall total for the cost of the House of Commons, as well as indicating the relationship with the House's Administrative Expenditure.
(3) Activity Indicators are presented to assist in the understanding of costs and to help improve the management of expenditure.
(4) Formal meetings.


 
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