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.
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.