Question reference: S3W-08372
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 11 January 2008
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Current status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 28 January 2008
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how much local authorities spent on the 2007 Scottish Parliament and local government elections and whether it will provide a breakdown of the expenditure, including any fees paid to DRS Data & Research Services plc.
Answer
Information is not held centrallyon the cost to local authorities of the 2007 Scottish Parliament and local governmentelections. Information is provided by local authorities on the overall annual costsof holding elections and for the registration of electors and this information ispublished annually in Scottish Local Government Statistics. Scottish Local GovernmentStatistics 2006-07 is due to be published in February.