To ask the Scottish Executive how much of its Environment and Rural Affairs Department's budget had no linkage to European funding in (a) the current year and (b) each of the last five years and how much is projected to have no such linkage in the next year, expressed in both percentage and monetary terms and as a percentage of the overall spending block. The following table sets out estimates of the requested proportions based on the relevant published spending plans for the years 1997-98 to 2003-04.Year(a) Total Scotland(£ million)(b)Total Environment and Rural Affairs(£ million)(c) Estimated Amount of (b) with no Linkage to European Funding(£ million) (%)(d) Amounts in (c) as a % of Amounts in (a)1997-9814,614908459 (51%)3.1%1998-9914,523804392 (49%)2.7%1999-200015,895783392 (50%)2.5%2000-0116,691834391 (47%)2.3%2001-0219,7441,188714 (60%)3.6%2002-0320,9131,207737 (61%)3.5%2003-0422,0751,252784 (63%)3.6%Spending plans from 2001-02 are in resource terms, while those for previous years are in cash terms.