§ Mrs. LaitTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the implication of his Budget statement for the Scotland Office DEL. [53332]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe Scotland Office provision (non-devolved) will be determined in the spending review within the overall Scotland DEL provision to be determined in the spending review. The increases in the Scottish Executive's (devolved) budget in 2003–04 to 2007–08 as a consequence of the increases in health spending announced for England are £224 million, £858 million, £1,576 million, £2,341 million and £3,201 million.