§ Ann McKechinTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer ifhe will make a statement on his Department's assessment of the application by Citizens Advice Scotland to the Treasury's Capital Modernisation Fund in 2001 for funding of an electronic case recording system; and for what reasons the application was declined. [91458]
§ Mr. BoatengThe devolved administrations automatically receive a share of allocations made from the Capital Modernisation Fund for devolved matters, calculated according to the Barnett formula. Partial consequentials were awarded to the Scottish Executive in respect of an allocation made to the Department of Trade and Industry, on behalf of the National Citizens' Advice Bureaux in England and Wales, because the Department's responsibilities span both devolved and reserved matters.
Where it is not possible to fund a project fully because there are other higher priorities for funding, it is open to the Department and the devolved administration to consider whether they can fund the project from within the resources already allocated to them.
§ Ann McKechinTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his Department's assessment of the application by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux to the Treasury's Capital Modernisation Fund in 2001 for funding of an electronic case recording system in England and Wales; and for what reasons the application was successful. [91459]
§ Mr. BoatengThe Department of Trade and Industry was allocated £20 million in 2001 to provide electronic access from Citizens' Advice Bureaux. The application was successful because it was considered that it met the criteria for the Capital Modernisation Fund, when judged against the other applications received for funding at that time.