Military spending increased, while other administrative budgets were cut back.

The mailings took up less than 3 percent of the Council's administrative budget, he said.

The administrative budget increased nearly 50 percent in his era, to $1.4 billion.

The administrative budget has dropped to $671 million this year from $729 million in 1995.

It is imperative that we take the same line for the administrative budget.

I would, however, also like to mention the subject of administrative budgets.

The administrative and group budgets should have been separated a long time ago.

Just look at the Council's administrative budget for next year.

Just to make it clear: if you talk about freezing the administrative budget, that will cost 3 880 posts.

In coming years, the agency's administrative budget and its staff will be growing much more slowly than the number of beneficiaries.