§ Ann McKechinTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 21 January, Official Report, column 246W, what his Department's priorities were for funding under the Capital Modernisation Fund in 2001; and which of those priorities the application from Citizens Advice Scotland failed to meet. [95160]
§ Mr. BoatengThe criteria for the Capital Modernisation Fund include innovation, the improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness of the service delivered to the end-user, and the need for additional funds to deliver the service above normal departmental allocations. However, as the Fund is limited and is generally considerably oversubscribed, it is necessary to judge bids not just on their own merits, but on their relative priority against other bids.
§ Ann McKechinTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 21 January, Official Report, column 246W, how many applications from Scotland were made to the Capital Modernisation Fund in 2001; and how many of those applications were successful in obtaining funds from his Department. [95161]
§ Mr. BoatengAs explained in my Answer of 21 January, the devolved administrations automatically receive a share of allocations made from the Capital Modernisation Fund for devolved matters, calculated according to the Barnett formula. There is no need for the Scottish Executive to submit bids to receive this funding.