The information requested on expenditure by the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) is set out in the following tables:Table 1: SEERAD Staff Costs Spend 2002-03 2003-04 (Spend to 30 November) £(000) £(000) SEERAD staff costs spend (1) £28,770 £20,509 Table 2: SEERAD Staff Costs Spend and Programme Budget 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 £(000) £(000) £(000) £(000) SEERAD staff costs spend (1) £22,622 £24,442 £26,808 £28,770 SEERAD programme budget (2)&(3) £783,000 £834,000 £1,141,000 £1,167,000 Staff costs as a % of programme budget 2.9 2.9 2.3 2.5 Notes:1.The figures for the staffcost spend in 2001-02 and 2002-03 exclude expenditure which was reimbursed fromDEFRA to meet the Scottish Executive costs of the foot and mouth outbreak.2.The 1999-2000 and 2000-01programme budget figures were published in Serving Scotland’s Needs, The Government’s Expenditure Plans 1999-2000 to 2001-02 and the 2001-02 and 2002-03 programme budget figureswere published in the 2003-04 Annual Expenditure Report.3.Following the introductionof Resource Accounting...