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Ministerial Office Running Costs - Summary

Information Released in Response to an FOI Request

Title Ministerial Office Running Costs - Summary
DescriptionA Summary of Ministerial Office running costs for the period 2003 - 2004
Publication DateFebruary 02, 2005
ChargeFree.

SUMMARY OF 2003-04 MINISTERIAL OFFICE COSTS

Ministerial Office

Category

£

First Minister

Staff

370,951

Non-staff

95,974

Dep First Minister & ELL

Staff

164,636

Non-staff

56,460

Minister for Education & Young People

Staff

119,848

Non-staff

36,471

Deputy Minister for Enterprise & Lifelong Learning

Staff

96,131

Non-staff

29,683

Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform

Staff

102,771

Non-staff

30,198

Minister for Health & Community Care

Staff

108,960

Non-staff

17,600

Minister for Parliamentary Business

Staff

173,900

Non-staff

21,407

Minister for Environment & Rural Development

Staff

87,680

Non-staff

37,113

Minister for Communities

Staff

70,076

Non-staff

24,015

Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport

Staff

85,731

Non-staff

22,097

Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture & Sport

Staff

8,980

Non-staff

2,275

Deputy Minister for Health & Community Care

Staff

39,975

Non-staff

7,683

Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development

Staff

75,939

Non-staff

8,659

Deputy Minister for Finance & Public Services

Staff

45,431

Non-staff

25,679

Deputy Minister for Justice

Staff

63,526

Non-staff

11,318

Minister for Transport

Staff

77,813

Non-staff

29,558

Deputy Minister for Education and Young People

Staff

43,603

Non-staff

20,642

Deputy Minister for Communities

Staff

54,645

Non-staff

10,756

Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business

Staff

22,055

Non-staff

486

Deputy Minister for Health 2

Staff

28,091

Non-staff

2,328

Minister for Justice

Staff

60,515

Non-staff

14,205

TOTAL

Staff

1,901,257

Non-staff

504,607

TOTAL

2,405,864

Direct cost comparisons between Ministerial private offices are not possible because of portfolio changes following

the May 2003 election. Further, numbers and gradings of staff differ between Ministerial private offices.

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