HC Deb 10 July 2003 vol 408 c952W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the administrative costs were of the Scotland Office as a percentage of total spending since 1999. [103809]

Mrs. McGuire

The information is provided in the following table:

Net admin costs (£000) Total SO net resource (£000) Column 1 as a pecentage of column 2
1999–20001 3,743 13,409,565 0.03
2000–01 6,563 14,103,787 0.05
2001–02 6,598 14,996.479 0.04
2002–03(estimated) 6,807 17,992,739 0.04
11 July 1999 to 31 March 2000: the Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999.

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