To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of those were advertised in the Scottish press. [120662]
The following DTI senior civil service posts have been advertised since June 1999:
- June 1999 to March 2000—6
- April 2000 to March 2001—7
- April 2001 to March 2002—9
- April 2002 to March 2003—11
- April 2003 to June 2003—4
The total amount of grant received by Advantage West Midlands from the European Regional Development Funds during each financial year since 1 April 1999 was:
| Financial period | Amount of grant claimed and paid (£) |
| 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 | 1,258,727 |
| 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 | 942,643 |
| 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 | 2,032,160 |
| 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 | 3,073,058 |
| 1 April 2003 to 30 June 2003 (to date) | 259,002 |
(a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (c) Staffordshire Moorlands and (d) Stafford, as the majority of the projects for which Advantage West Midlands received European Regional Development Fund grant were cross-regional projects and the grant expenditure claimed in respect of those projects was not broken down by sub-region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the total amount of grant-in-aid utilised by Advantage West Midlands in the region under the heading applied to income and expenditure in each financial year since its inception; and of that how much has been spent in each year in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (c) Staffordshire Moorlands and (d) Stafford. [122682]
Expenditure is as follows:All of these were advertised in the UK national press. But none was specifically advertised in the Scottish press.