The Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999. The Scotland Office provides support services to the Office of the Advocate-General for Scotland (OAG) and prior to 2003-04, separate records were not maintained for the two offices. The spend was as follows:
Staffing costs IT equipment Telecommunications Stationery and office supplies Utilities1 Travel 1999-20002,3 2,026,094 20,732 20,164 22,207 55,946 212,402 2000-013 3,391,412 62,033 103,492 25,270 104,687 360,085 2001-023 3,898,927 44,761 99,709 24,478 118,613 332,560 2002-033 4,368,496 94,330 90,379 25,294 123,244 322,377 2003-04 2,615,587 6,385 93,769 16,858 123,487 196,256 2004-05 2,201,361 — 80,484 11,314 133,103 163,541 2005-06 1,904,782 5,843 86,560 16,415 138,399 168,156 2006-07 1,935,725 — 76,286 17,955 156,596 182,609 2007-08 2,287,135 — 82,793 18,943 119,365 184,240 1 The information relates to buildings where Scotland Office are major occupiers. Costs relating to buildings shared with the Scottish Executive are not separately identifiable. 2 Part year. 3 Scotland Office and OAG.