The administration costs for St John''s Hospital at Howden, the Western General Hospital (WGH) and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) since 1997 have been: St John''s (£000) WGH (£000) RIE (£000) New RIE (£000) 1996-97 5,505 4,729 6,874 - 1997-98 5,843 6,339 7,105 - 1998-99 7,179 8,289 9,587 - 1999-2000 6,414 6,661 10,118 - 2000-01 6,809 7,435 10,987 - 2001-02 6,465 6,413 9,038 2,270 2002-03 7,419 12,267 19,610 4,780 2003-04 8,353 10,496 - 17,405 2004-05 10,152 11,123 - 21,229 2005-06 9,267 11,470 - 20,358 2006-07 8,314 11,285 - 21,821 In 2002-03 NHS Lothian faced double administration running costs (such as decommissioning costs), that have been estimated at £15 million as the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh were both operational.