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Mr. Flight
To 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. McGuire
The 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 |