§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much he has budgeted for expenditure on refurbishing(a) official residences occupied by Scottish Office Ministers and (b) Scottish Office properties. [7745]
§ Mr. Dewar[holding answer 14 July 1997]: Under current public expenditure plans, total provision for refurbishment work over the next three years is as follows:
(a) Bute house, which provides occasional accommodation for Ministers—£35,000. This budget is for replacing some of the furniture originally provided on loan by the National Trust for Scotland as these pieces will be recalled by the original owners later this year.598W(b) Scottish Office properties—£6,515,300. The figure excludes the operational assets of the Scottish Prison Service, the Scottish Court Service and Historic Scotland. Most of the expenditure in fact relates to the refurbishment of St. Andrew's House—£6 million.
§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the answer of 16 July,Official Report, column 220, if he will itemise the same expenditure plans including all changes announced since the publication of "Serving Scotland's Needs", including the itemised figures for each year from 1994–95 to 1999–2000 in cash and real terms at 1996–97 prices using the gross domestic product deflator; if he will set out the cumulative spending planned from 1997–98 to 1999–2000 under each item in real terms and the total cumulative spending, assuming that spending is maintained at 1996–97 real-term levels; and if he will indicate the difference between the two cumulative totals. [10271]
§ Mr. Dewar[holding answer 25 July 1997]: I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and arrange for a copy of the letter to be placed in the House Library.