Annual Report of the Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General for Scotland 2004

Scotland Office and Offices of the Advocate General for Scotland

Contents

Foreword by the Secretary of State for Scotland

1. Departmental Organisation and Forward Objectives

  • Aim
  • Functions
  • Ministerial Responsibilities
  • Divisional Responsibilities
  • Legal Secretariat to the Advocate General
  • Office of the Solicitor to the Advocate General
  • Other Bodies
  • Objectives for 2publications/003-04
  • Future Strategy


2. Performance

  • Meeting our 2publications/002-03 Objectives
  • Objective 1: Public Understanding of Devolution
  • Objective 2: Implementing the Devolution Settlement
  • Objective 3: Reserved Matters
  • Objective 4: Legal Advice and Services
  • Objective 5: Friends of Scotland
  • Service Delivery Agreement and Performance Targets
  • Parliamentary and Public Activities

3. Government Expenditure in Scotland

  • Funding
  • Spending Review 2publications/002
  • Budget 2publications/003
  • Scotland Office Spending
  • Scottish Government Budget
  • Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland
  • Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA)
  • Resource Accounting and Budgeting
  • Whole of Government Accounts

4. Delivering Efficient Government

  • Efficient Use of Resources
  • Civil Service Reform
  • Ministerial Correspondence
  • Payment Performance
  • Government in the Information Age
  • Sustainable Development
  • Recruitment of Scotland Office Staff
  • Ethnic Minorities
  • Women
  • Senior Civil Service Salaries
  • Services provided by the Scottish Government

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