§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the travel costs were of civil servants in(a) his Department and (b) its predecessor Department in each year since 1997. [183891]
§ Mrs. McGuireThe Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999.
The following table shows the overall expenditure costs of civil servants in the Scot Land Office and the Office of the Advocate-General on travel and subsistence since that date.
£ 1999–2000 1179,669 2000–01 318,858 2001–02 330,496 2002–03 346,373 2003–04 2264,407 1 Part year: the Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999. 2 Financial year 2003–04 costs are provisional, pending finalisation of Annual Accounts. All official travel is undertaken in accordance with the rules contained in the Civil Service Management Code.