Written question asked by Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 7 December 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 December 1998. It was answered by Lord Mandelson (Labour) on Thursday, 10 December 1998 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

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Dept of Trade and Industry

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list (a) by programme over £50,000 and (b) the total spending by his Department in Scotland on the identifiable spending areas detailed in Table 7.6A of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 1997-98 (Cmnd 3601); which of these programmes will fall solely or jointly under the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament; and what arrangements are in place to transfer control of funds for these projects to the Scottish Executive or Parliament; how much is spent annually by his Department on research programmes in Scotland; and what proportion of this funding will be transferred to the Scottish Parliament after devolution; what assessment he has made of the programmes which it will be ultra vires for his Department to fund or have sole responsibility for after devolution; if he will list these programmes; and if he will make a statement. - Inc ref to 318 c614-6W, 4 November 1998.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

322 c263W; 63282;63281;63283

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Devolved matters Devolution Department of Trade and Industry Expenditure Government departments Scotland Scottish Parliament Research