Administration Costs (Hansard, 7 February 2002)

HC Deb 07 February 2002 vol 379 c1120W 1120W

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will make a statement on the administration costs to her Department in(a) 2000–01 and (b)2001–02. [24772]

§ Mrs. Liddell
The running costs provision of the Scotland Office was unchanged between 2000–01 and 2001–02. The Department took additional provision of £334,000 in 2001–02 to meet the cost of electoral publicity associated with the 2001 General Election. The provision for the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland rose from £170,000 in 2000–01 to £300,000 in 2001–02 as the Commission began work on the 5^th review of parliamentary constituencies.