Information Technology Mr. Flight To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department's (a) total managed expenditure (b) total spending on information technology and (c) spending on information technology as a proportion of its total managed expenditure was in each financial year since 1978–98. [107185] Mrs. McGuire The Scotland Office was established on 1 July 1999. The figures for total departmental expenditure and spending on information technology are as follows: -------------------------------- | | -------------------------------- |Total expenditure1 (£000) | -------------------------------- |IT expenditure (£000) | -------------------------------- |IT expenditure (as percentage)| --------------------------------