Senior Departmental Posts Annabelle Ewing To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many senior departmental posts were advertised in each year since June 1999; and how many of those were advertised in the Scottish press. [120662] Ms Hewitt The following DTI senior civil service posts have been advertised since June 1999: June 1999 to March 2000—6April 2000 to March 2001—7April 2001 to March 2002—9April 2002 to March 2003—11April 2003 to June 2003—4 each financial year since the RDA's inception; and of that how much has been spent in each year in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (c) Staffordshire Moorlands and (d) Stafford. [122681] Jacqui Smith The total amount of grant received by Advantage West Midlands from the European Regional Development Funds during each financial year since 1 April 1999 was: ---------------------------------------- |Financial period | ---------------------------------------- |1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 | ---------------------------------------- |1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 | ---------------------------------------- |1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 | ---------------------------------------- |1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 | ---------------------------------------- |1 April 2003 to 30 June 2003 (to date)| ---------------------------------------- It is not possible to say how much European Regional Development grant has been spent in each year in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (c) Staffordshire Moorlands and (d) Stafford, as the majority of the projects for which Advantage West Midlands received European Regional Development Fund grant were cross-regional projects and the grant expenditure claimed in respect of those projects was not broken down by sub-region. Paul Farrelly To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the total amount of grant-in-aid utilised by Advantage West Midlands in the region under the heading applied to income and expenditure in each financial year since its inception; and of that how much has been spent in each year in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (c) Staffordshire Moorlands and (d) Stafford. [122682] Jacqui Smith Expenditure is as follows:All of these were advertised in the UK national press. But none was specifically advertised in the Scottish press.