The Scotland Office and the Office of the Advocate-General use the Scottish Executive's postal facilities for the majority of outgoing mail and reimburse them for usage. The Offices are unable to accurately split the costs by individual provider. Separately, the Offices use Royal Mail for the transportation of ministerial papers.
The total costs for postage and the transportation of ministerial papers for the last five years was follows:
£ 2001-02 10,068 2002-03 12,874 2003-04 34,316 2004-05 22,561 2005-06 18,314