§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of allocations of money over £10,000 made under the New Futures Fund in the financial year 1997–98; if he will list 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. [65800]
§ Mr. Dewar[holding answer 18 January 1999]: The operational management of the New Futures Fund (NFF) is the responsibility of Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and I will ask their Chairmen to write to the hon. Member. The funding for the NFF is provided from within the financial allocations made to SE and HIE and as such will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament.