Scotland Office Departmental Report 2003

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 2003-04
  • Future Strategy


2. Performance

  • Meeting our 2002-03 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 2002
  • Budget 2003
  • 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

Annexes