Departmental Plants

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on pot plants in each of the last five years.

David Cairns
The Scotland Office spent the following on pot plants:

------------------
|       |Cost (£)|
------------------
|2002-03|2,011   |
------------------
|2003-04|2,013   |
------------------
|2004-05|1,264   |
------------------
|2005-06|30      |
------------------
|2006-07|0       |
------------------


All expenditure was incurred in accordance with the principles of managing public money and the Treasury handbook on regularity and propriety.