§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what submission he has received from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency for the 1998–99 Public Expenditure Survey; [16096]
(2) what level of grant-in-aid the Scottish Environment Protection Agency sought for 1998–99; what the grant-in-aid provision was for 1998–99 in the previous Public Expenditure Survey; and what assessment he has made of the level of grant-in-aid requested by the agency to fulfil its responsibilities. [16097]
§ Mr. ChisholmMy officials have met SEPA on several recent occasions, and funding for 1998–99 has been among the subjects discussed. My right hon. Friend will announce his detailed spending plans for 1998–99 in due course. SEPA's baseline for 1998–99 from last year's survey is £18.3 million.