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<p>The costs for 2017-18 were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong> <strong>£000s</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.
Catering and Retail Services</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.
Department of Facilities</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,863</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3.
Finance Department</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.
Human Resources Office</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5.
Parliamentary Digital Service</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14,536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6.
Library</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7. Clerks and
Procedural Services</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15,383</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The total for Clerks and Procedural Services includes the costs of the Clerk
of the Parliaments Office, Black Rod’s Office, Committee Office, Hansard, Journal
Office, Communications Office, Legislation Office, and the Lord Speaker’s Office.
Costs for the Commissioner of Standards are not separately identifiable and are within
the Clerks and Procedural Services figure.</p><p> </p><p>In 2005-06 some offices and
departments listed above did not exist, and since 2005-06 there have also been other
changes to the roles and functions of offices and departments across the Administration;
this makes providing comparison figures more difficult. The costs for 2005-06 were
as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2005-06</strong>
<strong>£000s</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1. Catering and Retail Services (was
the Refreshment Department)</p></td><td><p>1,729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. Department
of Facilities (did not exist – costs of the Attendants and Housekeepers sections)</p></td><td><p>1,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3.
Finance Department</p></td><td><p>1,272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4. Human Resources
Office</p></td><td><p>942</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5. Parliamentary Digital Service
(did not exist – costs of Computer Office, ICT and telecommunications sections)</p></td><td><p>2,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6.
Library</p></td><td><p>2,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7. Clerks and Procedural Services</p></td><td><p>11,816</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The total for Clerks and Procedural Services includes the costs of the Clerk
of the Parliaments Office, Black Rod’s Office, Doorkeepers, Committee Office, Hansard,
Journal and Information Office, Legislation Office, and the Printed Paper Office.</p><p>
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