To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-23092, S1W-23093, S1W-23094, S1W-23095 and S1W-23096 by Mr Andy Kerr on 13 March 2002, why the Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services stated on 23 January 2002 that it already receives benefits from Her Majesty's Treasury because the rate of increase in council tax in Scotland is slower than the rate of increase in council tax in England and Wales and that it benefits directly "as a consequence of that money flowing north of the border from south of the border" (Official...