HC Deb 29 April 1996 vol 276 c381W
Mr. Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will make a statement on the agreement between Scottish Natural Heritage and others to secure the non-extraction of peat from Flanders Moss, including the sums involved; [25561]

(2) if he will make a statement on the factors which underlay the decision that no compensation was payable to the owner of part of Flanders Moss and adjacent farmland, following the decision to designate the area as a site of special scientific interest and prohibit the extraction of peat in 1989. [25562]

£ million
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
1. Capital
Computer hardware and other capital 118.0 64.1 120.8 146.1 75.6
Land Buildings 12.6 12.5 26.1 31.6 14.4
2. Running costs
Computer systems, services and applications 249.0 422.4 445.2 450.3 432.8
3. Out-turn and plan
Total provision 369.4 432.5 441.6 564.5 466.7
Total Out-turn 379.6 413.7 435.9 561.8 460.2
Reduced/(Increased) expenditure (10.2) 18.8 5.7 2.7 6.5
Reduced/(Increased) expenditure Running Cost (2.5) 5.5 3.5 1.7 5.1
Capital (7.7) 13.3 2.2 1.0 1.4

1. All figures are taken from that year's ITSA annual report and accounts. For 1990–91 they are vote based and include VAT.

2. For all subsequent years items 1 and 2 are accrual based and item 3 is vote based.

3. ITSA, an executive agency of the Department of Social Security, has supplied IT services to the DSS, its agencies and to other Government Departments and agencies, including the Employment Service, the Northern Ireland Social Security Agency, the National Health Service Pensions Agency and the Department of Health. These costs are included in the figures.