§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will list(a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to her Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external report commissioned by her Department in each year since 1997. [103723]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999.
In October 2000, my Department published a report by Colin Buchanan and Partners on "Comparison of Motor Taxation Costs Across Europe". The cost of the report was £5,465.