- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30714 by Mr Andy Kerr on 11 November 2002, how much has been spent on staff costs in its Environment and Rural Affairs Department in 2002-03 and 2003-04 to date and what percentage of the department's total budget staff costs represented in each year from 1999-2000 to 2002-03.
Answer
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 and Budgeting the programme budget figures for 2001-02and 2002-03 include non-cash resource adjustments to reflect capital chargesand are not therefore directly comparable with the programme budget figures for1999-2000 and 2000-01 which are reported on a cash basis.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the number of staff and staff costs within its Environment and Rural Affairs Department will decrease over the next three years as a result of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and, if so, by how much in each case.
Answer
It is too early to estimateto what extent staff costs within the Environment and Rural Affairs Departmentwill change as a consequence of CAP reform because we have not yet decided howthe reforms will apply in Scotland. The consultation exercise on CAP reform finished on6 January and decisions will be made shortly.
A reduction in the number ofdirect support schemes should lead to reductions in staffing and staff costs. Butthis will depend on exactly which options are chosen. In the short term thereare likely to be additional costs associated with developing the new system atthe same time as continuing to make payments under the old system.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the public investment in the Institute for System Level Integration provides an adequate return for the Scottish economy.
Answer
Public investment in theInstitute for System Level Integration is a matter for the main fundingpartners – Scottish Enterprise, University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh University.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of students studying at the Institute for System Level Integration is from (a) Scotland and (b) overseas.
Answer
Specific informationrelating to student numbers at the Institute for System Level Integration is anoperational matter for the Institute.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what public funding has been awarded to the Institute for System Level Integration in each of the last three years.
Answer
As part of project Alba, theInstitute for System Level Integration has been supported in line with thecommitment in
A Smart, Successful Scotland to move to a technologicallyinnovative, knowledge-based economy.
Funding issues in relationto the institute itself are an operational matter for the main funding partners- Scottish Enterprise, University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde,Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh University. However, in 2001 the Executivecontributed a one-off grant of £40,000 to assist the early stages of the MSc inSystem Level Integration.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies had their registered offices in Scotland in each year since 1990.
Answer
I have asked Claire Clancy,the Chief Executive of Companies House, to respond. Her response is as follows:
The information requested isnot available. While the number of companies incorporating each year in Scotland(i.e. new public limited companies) is known, the total number of publiclimited companies in Scotland is not. Information on the total number of PLCs isknown for Great Britain but there are no separate figures for Scotland.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies have established their registered offices in Scotland as a result of commencing trading in each year from 1990 to 1997.
Answer
I have asked Claire Clancythe Chief Executive of Companies House to respond. Her response is as follows:
The number of public limitedcompanies having established their registered offices in Scotland asa result of commencing trading in each year from 1990 to 1997 is as follows:
| 1990 | 14 |
| 1991 | 28 |
| 1992 | 13 |
| 1993 | 27 |
| 1994 | 17 |
| 1995 | 23 |
| 1996 | 23 |
| 1997 | 18 |
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to the creation of non-commercial rest areas on the A9 between Perth and Inverness.
Answer
TheExecutive is aware of the proposals for further rest areas on the A9 between Perth and Inverness to improve road safety. Consideration will be given to suchprovision (commercial and non-commercial) once the review of National PlanningPolicy Guideline (NPPG9) on the provision of roadside facilities on motorwaysand other trunk roads in Scotland has been completed.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was to Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise of the rebranding of (a) Business Shops as The Small Business Gateway in 2001 and (b) The Small Business Gateway as The Business Gateway in 2003.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for Scottish Enterprise. The Business Gateway does not extend to the Highlands andIslands Enterprise area. Access to the range of business development servicesin the Highlands and Islands is through the Local Enterprise Companies who act asa single access point.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies listed in the FTSE 500 relocated their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices to Scotland from other parts of the United Kingdom in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3675. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
