Whether it will provide a breakdown of what the 2007-08 allocation of £18,848,000, shown under the "Other miscellaneous" category in table …

In 2007-08 the level 3 Other Miscellaneous budget will be used to fund a variety of justice – related services. These include: civil contingencies, civil and criminal law research projects, civil justice publications and public information, criminal justice joint working fund, family mediation bodies, Immigration Advisory Service, in-court advice projects, Lord Lieutenants’ expenses, the Parole Board, pilot projects under part V of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986, Prisoner Complaints Commission, publications for Sheriffs, Risk Management Authority, Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman, Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, Scottish Prisons Inspectorate, Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey, and the Sentencing Commission.
It is standard practice for the Justice Finance Team to provide the two Justice Committees with a full breakdown of the Justice Budget to level 4 to assist the Committees in their consideration of the Justice Budget. Arrangements are already in hand for this information to be forwarded to the Justice Committees for this year’s budget process. A copy of this information will be forwarded to Mr Brownlee when it issues shortly.