Administrative Costs (Hansard, 10 July 2003)

HC Deb 10 July 2003 vol 408 c952W 952W

§ Mr. Win Griffiths
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the administrative costs were of the Scotland Office as a percentage of total spending since 1999. [103809]

§ Mrs. McGuire
The information is provided in the following table:

Net admin costs (£000) Total SO net resource (£000) Column 1 as a pecentage of column 2

1999–2000¹ 3,743 13,409,565 0.03

2000–01 6,563 14,103,787 0.05

2001–02 6,598 14,996.479 0.04

2002–03(estimated) 6,807 17,992,739 0.04

¹1 July 1999 to 31 March 2000: the Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999.

	Net admin costs (£000)	Total SO net resource (£000)	Column 1 as a pecentage of column 2
1999–2000¹	3,743	13,409,565	0.03
2000–01	6,563	14,103,787	0.05
2001–02	6,598	14,996.479	0.04
2002–03(estimated)	6,807	17,992,739	0.04
¹1 July 1999 to 31 March 2000: the Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999.