HC Deb 17 December 1998 vol 322 cc706-7W
Mr. Swinney

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list(a) total expenditure and (b) expenditure by programme over £50,000 by his Department in Scotland on areas covered by each of the exceptions under heads (i) C and (ii) D in Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998. [63796]

Mr. Mandelson

[holding answer 15 December 1998]: This information is not held centrally and accurate figures on the exceptions under heads C and D could only be obtained at disproportionate cost, if at all.