Public Expenditure
Scotland
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a statement of his Department’s expenditure in each of the last 36 months; and what steps he is taking to avoid an annual underspend.
David Mundell (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scotland; Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Conservative)
The Scotland Office out-turn for the last 36 months is shown in the following table.
| £ million | |
| 2009-10 | 4.690 |
| 2010-11 | 4.854 |
| 2011-12(1) | 4.430 |
| (1) Unaudited figure. | |
The Scotland Office keeps expenditure under constant review to ensure that the most efficient use is made of public resources.