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Business Co-ordination Unit
Mr. Flight: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many events in the last month the Business Co-ordination Unit has arranged for Ministers to attend. [140137]
Yvette Cooper: In the last month the Business Co-ordination Unit (BCU) has arranged attendance by Ministers at 13 events. In addition, proposals for a further eight visits are being considered by Ministers.
Mr. Flight: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the running costs were of the Business Co-ordination Unit in the last financial year. [140138]
Yvette Cooper: The running costs of the Business Co-ordination Unit (ECU) in the last financial year totalled £111,000.
The BCU's work includes promoting ministerial interaction with the business community, local government, the voluntary and community sectors, national bodies and regional interests and non-departmental public bodies.
Mr. Flight: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff are employed by the Business Co-ordination Unit. [140139]
Yvette Cooper: The Business Co-ordination Unit (BCU) employs three staff.
Mr. Flight: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the postal costs were to the Business Co-ordination Unit of sending leaflets advertising Ministers' availability to attend business functions. [140155]
Yvette Cooper: The Business Co-ordination Unit's (BCU) postal costs for sending leaflets advertising Ministers' availability to attend business functions to the end of the last financial year totalled about £50. However, leaflets have also been handed out at exhibitions and other business-related events.
Consultancy Contracts
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many consultancies were commissioned by his Department in the last two years for which figures are available; and what the cost of those contracts was. [130903]
Yvette Cooper: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was established on 29 May 2002. The information requested is not held centrally, and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
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Council Tax
Matthew Green: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total collected council tax was in each financial year since 1996–97. [138149]
Mr. Raynsford [pursuant to his reply, 13 November 2003, Official Report, c. 454W]: The information requested is tabled as follows. The figures shown are the amounts of council tax collected during each financial year, irrespective of the year to which they related.
| £ million | |
|---|---|
| 1996–97 | 8,799 |
| 1997–98 | 9,570 |
| 1998–99 | 10,579 |
| 1999–2000 | 11,457 |
| 2000–01 | 12,242 |
| 2001–02 | 13,208 |
| 2002–03 | 14,511 |
Departmental Budget
Norman Lamb: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the (a) purpose, (b) annual budget since inception, (c) projected budget for the next two years and (d) current work programme of his Department's (i) Homelessness Directorate, (ii) Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, (iii) Planning Directorate, (iv) Regional Co-ordination Unit, (v) Social Exclusion Unit, (vi) Housing Directorate and (vii) Local and Regional Government Research Directorate; how many staff are employed by each body; where these staff are located; and if he will make a statement. [139782]
Yvette Cooper: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Departmental Costs
Mr. Paterson: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the costs of running his Office between May 2002 and May 2003; and what forecast he has made for the year from May 2003. [139064]
Yvette Cooper: I refer the hon. Member to the "Public Expenditure 2002–03 Provisional Outturn White Paper" (HM Treasury, July 2003) (Cm 5884) which shows outturn of £336.831 million against an administration costs limit of £350.724 million for 2002–03. The "Central Government Supply Estimates 2003–04—Main Supply Estimates" (HM Treasury, 6 May 2003) (HC 648) show an administration costs limit for 2003–04 of £367.110 million, which includes non-cash charges not previously covered by the administration costs limit and which would account for more than half of the increase over the 2002–03 figure.
Departmental Expenditure
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been spent on public transport by (a) his ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his
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Department, (c) non-departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department since May 2002. [138108]
Yvette Cooper: Spending on public transport since May 2002 is as follows:
- (a) £8,473.
- (b) £30,688.
- (c), (d) and (e) For the Office's non-departmental bodies, executive agencies and Government Offices the information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Yvette Cooper: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much (a) his ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his Department, (c) non-departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department have spent on (i) hiring and (ii) purchasing (A) indoor plants, (B) outdoor plants and (C) horticultural and garden products since May 2002. [138110]
Yvette Cooper: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much (a) his ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his Department, (c) non-departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department have spent on alcohol for official entertainment since May 2002. [138111]
Yvette Cooper: Spending on alcohol for official entertainment since May 2002 is as follows:
- (a) £1,132
- (b) £1,168
- (c), (d) and (e) The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Yvette Cooper: The information requested is not held centrally, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much (a) his ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his Department, (c) non-departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department have spent on attending conferences since May 2002; and if he will list each conference. [138113]
Yvette Cooper: This information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much (a) his ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his Department, (c) non-departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department have spent on (i) food, (ii) beverages and (iii) entertainment (A) at functions where only employees of these bodies were present and (B) for visitors since May 2002. [138114]
Yvette Cooper: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been spent on refurbishment by (a) his Ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his Department, (c) non-departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department since May 2002. [138115]
Yvette Cooper: Since May 2002, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has spent £1.6 million on the refurbishment of Eland House. It is not possible to separate out the costsfor Ministerial offices, so the figures cover costs for all the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's offices.
The information for executive agencies and Non Departmental Bodies is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been spent on (a) first class and (b) second class postage by (i) his ministerial office, (ii) other ministerial offices within his Department, (iii) non-departmental bodies, (iv) executive agencies and (v) his Department since May 2002. [138117]
Yvette Cooper: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's accounting system has recorded expenditure of £42,641 on postage since May 2002. Expenditure on first and second class postage, and expenditure on postage by my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister's and other ministerial offices is not separately identifiable.
For the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's non-departmental bodies and executive agencies the information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been spent on (a) purchasing commissioned and (b) hiring art work by (i) his Ministerial office, (ii) other ministerial offices within his Department, (iii) non-departmental bodies, (iv) executive agencies and (v) his Department since May 2002. [138120]
Yvette Cooper: As with previous Administrations, Government Departments are supplied Art work by the Government Art Collection (GAC) on a loan basis. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has not spent any money hiring art work or purchasing commissioned art work.
The information requested for executive agencies, Government Offices and Non Departmental Bodies is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
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Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been spent on ministerial boxes by (a) his Ministerial office and (b) other ministerial offices within his Department since May 2002. [138122]
Yvette Cooper: The Deputy Prime Minister's Ministerial office has spent £235 on ministerial boxes and other ministerial offices within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister have spent £4,888 since May 2002.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how much (a) his ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his Department, (c) non-departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department have spent on lap-top computers since May 2002; and how many lap-top computers have been (i) lost and (ii) stolen since May 2002; [138124]
- (2) how much has been spent on purchasing (a) fans and (b) air conditioning units by (i) his ministerial office, (ii) other ministerial offices within his Department, (iii) non-departmental bodies, (iv) executive agencies and (v) his Department since May 2002; [138121]
(3) how many (a) DVD players, (b) CD players, (c) televisions and (d) radios have been purchased by (i) his ministerial office, (ii) other ministerial offices within his Department, (iii) non-departmental bodies, (iv) executive agencies and (v) his Department since May 2002; and what the cost was in each case. [138136]
Yvette Cooper: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much (a) his Ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his Department, (c) non-departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department have spent on office couriers since May 2002. [138125]
Yvette Cooper: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much (a) his ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his Department, (c) non-departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department have spent on (i) water charges, (ii) electricity charges, (iii) wallpaper, (iv) print and design work, (v) still photography, (vi) video production and (vii) petrol since May 2002. [138126]
Yvette Cooper: The information requested is not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much (a) his Ministerial office, (b) other ministerial offices within his Department, (c) non-departmental bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) his Department has spent on pest prevention since May 2002. [138135]
Yvette Cooper: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Mr. Flight: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much the Department spent on (a) maintenance, (b) renovation, (c) council tax and (d) running costs of residential properties used by Ministers and officials in each year since 1997. [134687]
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Yvette Cooper: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was established in May 2002. The amount spent by the Office on maintenance, renovation, council tax and running costs of Government owned official residences assigned to Ministers in the Office by the Prime Minister were £183,000 which includes security and a notional transfer of rent from the Office to the Cabinet Office.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister also has the use of Dorneywood, which is a Trust property available for use by Ministers.
There has been no expenditure on residences for use by officials.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total expenditure was on new buildings and premises by his Department, its predecessors and its agencies in each of the last five years; what square footage of new office space was (a) purchased and (b) newly rented in each year; and if he will make a statement. [103227]
Yvette Cooper: The total cost of expenditure on new buildings and premises is not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
No new office space was purchased in the period.
The approximate cost in rental terms of acquiring new accommodation by these figures are the difference in the cost of rental in new accommodation minus of cost of accommodation given up.
- In 1998–99 a saving of £270,000.
In 1999–2000 a saving of £85,000.
In 2000–01 a cost of £725,000.
In 2001–02 costs were balanced by savings.
In 2002–03 a cost of £2,730,000.
The square footage of office space newly rented in each year was as follows:
| Sq ft | |
|---|---|
| 1998–99 | 12,890 |
| 1999–2000 | 16,092 |
| 2000–01 | 112,544 |
| 2001–02 | 31,835 |
| 2002–03 | 107,565 |
Note:
These figures do not relate to cost figures as we do not have the figures of old accommodation, which we have given up.
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