- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish Enterprise full-time equivalent staff are employed in the Fife area and whether the Executive will ensure that these levels do not fall following restructuring of the enterprise networks.
Answer
There are currently43 full-time equivalent staff based at Scottish Enterprise Fife, not including locallybased Careers Scotland staff. Allocation of staff resources is an operational matterfor Scottish Enterprise.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, how community partnerships in Fife will be able to have input to operations at local, regional or Scotland-wide level under the new Scottish Enterprise structure.
Answer
As the CabinetSecretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth made clear in his statement, theproposed regional structure will enable existing partnerships andcollaborations with the enterprise networks to continue, broaden and develop further.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, what powers and assets will be transferred from Scottish Enterprise Fife to Fife Council.
Answer
Localregeneration activity and management of the Business Gateway contract willbecome the responsibility of the local authority. This will mean somereallocation of funds from Scottish Enterprise to local authorities but thedetail of this will be decided when the exact nature of the activity to betransferred is finalised, subject to the results of the forthcoming SpendingReview announcement.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what grants are administered through Scottish Enterprise Fife and, of these, which are (a) under review, (b) to end, (c) to continue to be administered by Scottish Enterprise staff based in Fife without review, (d) to continue without review but administered by Scottish Enterprise staff not based in Fife, (e) to continue without review but administered by non-Scottish Enterprise staff based in Fife and (f) to continue without review but administered by non-Scottish Enterprise staff not based in Fife.
Answer
Scottish Enterprise Fife administers a range of grants for businesses, whichare offered throughout the Scottish Enterprise network. These cover:
Strategy development
Market development
Innovation
Workforce development
Business improvement
Investment, and
Start-Up.
The administrationand delivery of these products is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, what the financial costs and savings will be of co-locating Scottish Enterprise staff with local authority staff in (a) Fife and (b) Scotland.
Answer
Co-location ofstaff will be an operational matter for discussion between Scottish Enterpriseand relevant local authorities which will be encouraged by the ScottishGovernment. It is thereforenot possible to quantify costs or savings at present.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been invested in Fife for enterprise and local economic development in each of the last five years.
Answer
The funding allocationsfor Scottish Enterprise Fife in each of the last five years, ending 31 March, expressedin £000, are as follows:
2007 - 18,172
2006 - 22,569
2005 - 22,235
2004 - 22,225
2003 - 18,885.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, how it will ensure that aligning VisitScotland with the six new regional enterprise bodies will not lead to a reduction in focus on Fife’s tourist industry.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for VisitScotland. The aim of re-aligning VisitScotland areas to match thoseof the new enterprise network regions is to increase the effectiveness of partnershipworking with the enterprise network alongside tourism businesses with the potentialto grow, and thus to release resources to deliver more locally. VisitScotland willcontinue to promote Scotland and areas such as Fife – as a must-visit, must-return destinations.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement on enterprise networks by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 26 September 2007, what status and function the Fife Economic Forum will have under the new Scottish Enterprise structure.
Answer
The formal requirementfor Local Economic Forum structures matching Local Enterprise Company boundarieswill cease at the end of this financial year with the winding up of the localenterprise companies. However, Iam aware that in areas such as Fife there may be excellent examples of effectivelocal collaboration between local offices of the enterprise networks, local authorities,the business community and others. Where such strong local partnerships exist, thesewill be able to continue to operate within the regional model.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many VisitScotland full-time equivalent staff are employed in the Fife area and whether the Executive will ensure that these levels do not fall following restructuring of VisitScotland.
Answer
VisitScotland has18.63 full-time equivalent staff in the Fifearea.
The future allocationof staff is an operational matter for VisitScotland, who will ensure that appropriateresources are provided to continue to promote Scotland and its constituent parts – as quality must visit, must-return destinations.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many VisitScotland and Scottish Enterprise staff will be relocated to the Fife region.
Answer
This will be an operationalmatter for VisitScotland and Scottish Enterprise.
