§ Mr. FlightTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the running costs have been of Ministers' private offices in his Department in each year since 1997. [123108]
§ Mrs. McGuireThe Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999.
In the period 1 July 1999 to 31 March 2000 the costs of running the ministerial private offices were not recorded separately. The costs of running Ministerial private offices after March 2000 were:
£ 2000–01 522,721 2001–02 614,146 2002–03 (est.) 594,486