§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of all allocations of money over £10,000 made under the Innovation Fund for Child Health in the financial year 1997–98; if he will give the allocations over £10,000 already made under this programme for financial years 1998–99 and 1999–2000; if he will give(a) the amount allocated to running costs and (b) the total funds available for each of the next three financial years; and what percentage of this will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament. [65814]
§ Mr. Galbraith[holding answer 18 January 1999]: I announced details of the Innovation Fund for children's services in November 1998. No funds have been allocated from the fund for the financial years 1997–98 and 1998–99.
The total amount made available in the next three financial years is as follows:
£ million 1999–2000 2 2000–01 4 2001–02 3 No funds have been allocated to running costs.
As health related expenditure the Fund will come under the control of the Scottish Parliament.