- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses it expects will benefit from the extension of transitional relief for the hospitality sector, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The following table the estimated number of hospitality properties that are eligible for Transitional Relief in each financial year up until the next revaluation by Local Authority. The table should be interpreted as the maximum number of hospitality properties eligible for the relief in a given year. The Scottish Government does not currently hold property level data on those in receipt of Transitional Relief.
Estimated number of hospitality properties eligible for
Transitional Relief by Local Authority 2019-20 to 2021-22
| 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
Aberdeen City | 134 | 123 | 105 |
Aberdeenshire | 80 | 59 | 38 |
Angus | 23 | 16 | 9 |
Argyll & Bute | 304 | 248 | 136 |
Clackmannanshire | 26 | 16 | 13 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 51 | 34 | 21 |
Dundee City | 35 | 19 | 14 |
East Ayrshire | 17 | 7 | 4 |
East Dunbartonshire | 2 | 0 | 0 |
East Lothian | 38 | 21 | 9 |
East Renfrewshire | 11 | 5 | 4 |
Edinburgh, City of | 636 | 442 | 319 |
Eilean Siar | 18 | 15 | 9 |
Falkirk | 47 | 36 | 21 |
Fife | 93 | 53 | 26 |
Glasgow City | 199 | 136 | 101 |
Highland | 398 | 208 | 123 |
Inverclyde | 13 | 11 | 6 |
Midlothian | 17 | 8 | 4 |
Moray | 55 | 31 | 20 |
North Ayrshire | 24 | 14 | 6 |
North Lanarkshire | 10 | 6 | 4 |
Orkney Islands | 15 | 10 | 9 |
Perth & Kinross | 127 | 71 | 62 |
Renfrewshire | 32 | 23 | 15 |
Scottish Borders | 50 | 33 | 19 |
Shetland Islands | 36 | 24 | 13 |
South Ayrshire | 62 | 35 | 19 |
South Lanarkshire | 29 | 14 | 12 |
Stirling | 136 | 117 | 92 |
West Dunbartonshire | 6 | 4 | 3 |
West Lothian | 22 | 18 | 13 |
Scotland | 2,746 | 1,857 | 1,249 |
Note: These estimates have been derived by summing all hospitality properties on the valuation roll in 2019 that have experienced a percentage rise in their gross NDR Bill since March 2017 (before the revaluation) above the real-terms transitional relief cap in the relevant year. Adjustments are made to account for properties that are ineligible for Transitional Relief because they were already in receipt of 100% rates relief. Further adjustments are also made to partially account for State Aid limits on the amount of relief a businesses is eligible to receive, however, the full impact of State Aid limits cannot be modelled with the data available. Combined with factors such as ratepayer awareness of the relief means the estimates presented in the table should be treated as a maximum.
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in each local authority area will be exempt from business rates in 2019-20.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not make forecasts of the number of properties that will be exempt from non-domestic rates in future years. The table below presents the estimated number of properties exempt from non-domestic rates in 2018-19. Exempted properties include those receiving 100% rates relief, and properties with a zero rateable value. Non-domestic properties that are not listed on the Valuation Roll, such as agricultural processing facilities, are not included in the following table.
Updated information for 2019-20 will be available in autumn 2019.
Local authority | Properties |
Aberdeen City | 2,900 |
Aberdeenshire | 8,900 |
Angus | 3,800 |
Argyll & Bute | 6,000 |
Clackmannanshire | 800 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 7,200 |
Dundee City | 3,300 |
East Ayrshire | 2,800 |
East Dunbartonshire | 1,400 |
East Lothian | 2,300 |
East Renfrewshire | 1,000 |
Edinburgh, City of | 9,900 |
Eilean Siar | 1,800 |
Falkirk | 2,700 |
Fife | 8,800 |
Glasgow City | 14,800 |
Highland | 12,000 |
Inverclyde | 1,300 |
Midlothian | 1,500 |
Moray | 3,200 |
North Ayrshire | 3,400 |
North Lanarkshire | 5,300 |
Orkney Islands | 2,000 |
Perth & Kinross | 6,200 |
Renfrewshire | 3,400 |
Scottish Borders | 5,900 |
Shetland Islands | 1,600 |
South Ayrshire | 3,200 |
South Lanarkshire | 4,700 |
Stirling | 3,400 |
West Dunbartonshire | 1,600 |
West Lothian | 3,100 |
Scotland | 140,200 |
Source: Assessors' Valuation Roll, Local Authority Billing information.
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of how much the cap on the increase in the rates poundage in Scotland will save businesses, broken down by local authority.
Answer
For 2018-19 we limited the inflationary increase in the non-domestic rates (NDR) poundage to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rather than the Retail Price Index (RPI) as had previously been the case. In 2019-20 we have gone further by limiting the inflationary increase in the poundage to less than CPI (2.1% compared to 2.2%). The estimated overall saving to businesses in 2019-20 as result of this decision is £35.2 million, relative to the baseline where the Scottish Government would have uprated the poundage by RPI. The following table provides a breakdown by local authority of the estimated saving based on the latest NDR income reported by local authorities on their 2018-19 Mid-Year Estimate returns.
Local authority | £m |
Aberdeen City | 3.1 |
Aberdeenshire | 1.5 |
Angus | 0.3 |
Argyll & Bute | 0.4 |
Clackmannanshire | 0.2 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 0.6 |
Dundee City | 0.7 |
East Ayrshire | 0.4 |
East Dunbartonshire | 0.3 |
East Lothian | 0.3 |
East Renfrewshire | 0.2 |
Edinburgh, City of | 4.5 |
Eilean Siar | 0.1 |
Falkirk | 0.9 |
Fife | 1.9 |
Glasgow City | 4.4 |
Highland | 1.8 |
Inverclyde | 0.2 |
Midlothian | 0.4 |
Moray | 0.5 |
North Ayrshire | 0.5 |
North Lanarkshire | 1.3 |
Orkney Islands | 0.1 |
Perth & Kinross | 0.7 |
Renfrewshire | 1.4 |
Scottish Borders | 0.5 |
Shetland Islands | 0.3 |
South Ayrshire | 0.5 |
South Lanarkshire | 4.2 |
Stirling | 0.6 |
West Dunbartonshire | 1.1 |
West Lothian | 1.1 |
Scotland | 35.2 |
Source: Local Authority Mid-Year Estimate Income Returns.
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2019
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 7 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to increasing pay for local councillors.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 7 February 2019
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the citizens' basic income pilot schemes.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2019
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the decline in kestrel numbers in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Government shares the concern over the recent decline in kestrel numbers. The causes are not yet fully understood but are likely to involve multiple factors such as agricultural intensification, land use change, climate change, use of rodenticides, prey abundance and competition with other species.
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what it expects the impact to be on social security and older people in Glasgow of its draft spending and tax plans for 2019-20.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2018
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether children in Glasgow must demonstrate greater needs than those in other parts of Scotland in order to gain access to an Additional Support for Learning school.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2018
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2018
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking in response to the reported rise in antisemitism.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2018
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support it can give to older people who find themselves lonely and isolated.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2018