§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the salary costs to the Department were for employees working in public relations and publicity in each year since 1997. [183859]
§ Mrs. McGuireThe Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999. The Office has no staff working solely on public relations or publicity. The cost of press office staff was as follows:
307W
£ 1999–2000 1,244,078 2000–01 139,705 2001–02 134,702 2002–03 299,166 2003–04 3111,202 1 Part year cost from 1 July 1999. 2 Part year cost because of vacancies. 3 Estimated.