Ministerial Costs

Mr. Swayne
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cost of funding his private offices and those of his ministers in each year since 1992. [74979]

Mr. Dewar
[holding answer 11 March 1999]: The table shows costs since 1992. The amounts include staff costs of private offices and non-pay expenditure covering travel and subsistence, office services and general administration costs for both Ministers and the staff of their offices. --------------------
|Year              |
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|1992–93           |
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|1993–94           |
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|1994–95           |
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|1995–96           |
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|1996–97           |
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|1997–98           |
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|1998–99 (estimate)|
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