Wales office cost taxpayer £6.5m
ONE of the Government's smallest departments – the Wales Office – cost the taxpayer £6.5 million over the last year, according to its annual report.
Out of the £12.9 billion Welsh funding settlement, £6.5 million was spent on the department's offices in Cardiff and London.
Most of it went on staff and accommodation, with the rest going to the Welsh Government in Cardiff Bay.
Poignantly, the annual report's foreword was written by former Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan, who was ousted in last week's Government reshuffle.
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Mrs Gillian wrote of looking "forward to another busy year and delivering for Wales as a key country of the United Kingdom".
Instead that job will fall to Clwyd West MP David Jones, who succeeded Gillan as Secretary of State for Wales on Tuesday.
The annual report also boasts that the Wales Office delivered on all three commitments in the 2010 coalition agreement.
These were: holding a referendum on more powers for the Assembly, taking forward sustainable housing legislation and appointing the Silk Commission on fiscal powers.
Former Deputy First Minister Baroness Randerson has since completed a new expanded Wales Office team as a junior minister, as did Preseli Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb.
Comments
by odinhouse
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 4:38PM
“by Einon - - Apparently they've got a rodent problem.. . i wonder what Party they Belong to. as i think there must be a few Rodents there , but they my be independent so then they can do what they want to do. like creep around the corridors of Power....? uuumm”
by Neathboy234
Monday, September 10 2012, 10:06PM
“Oh Yes it will be very quiet about the £3 billion to be spent at Westminster. The britpack will want that to go unnoticed.”
by Einon
Monday, September 10 2012, 9:58PM
“@odinhouse
That's probably because the Welsh Assembly has a far bigger remit - with a budget of £15 billion per annum and therefore employs far more people and utilises far more buildings. But hey, let's not mention the £3 BILLION of our taxpayers money that our MPs are proposing on spending on renovating that Houses of Parliament.
Apparently they've got a rodent problem...”
by odinhouse
Monday, September 10 2012, 2:37PM
“Well it was a LOT Less than the Welsh Assembly costs us each year 100 million plus , and don't forget there are smaller WAG's around Wales ,, i wonder what the Total is for that Lot,”