§ Mr. SandersTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the costs were in each year since 1990 of administering European Structural Fund programmes in Scotland. [43843]
§ Mr. MacdonaldThe information is set out in the table.
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Expenditure £ million Financial year The Scottish Office1 Programme Executives2 Objective 3 Sector Managers3 1990–91 0.285 nil nil 1991–92 40.409 nil nil 1992–93 40.573 0.134 nil 1993–94 40.788 0.233 nil 1994–95 41.114 0.541 0.119 1995–96 1.045 1.098 0.486 1996–97 1.005 1.449 0.493 1997–98 0.965 1.528 0.328 1 The Scottish Office: Implementing Authority responsibility and programme management for three 5b Programmes in Borders, North and West Grampian and Rural Stirling and Upland Tayside 2 Programme Executives: Responsibility for implementation of Highlands and Islands Objective 1, Eastern and Western Scotland Objective 2, and Dumfries and Galloway Objective 5b Programmes 3 Objective 3: Organisations contracted to undertake certain implementation activities for Objective 3 in Scotland (Scottish Enterprise; Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations; Further Education College Sector for Scotland; and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) 4 For these years the expenditure includes work carried out on general European issues. It is not possible to identify costs relating solely to Structural Funds activities.