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The Scottish Parliament is now dissolved ahead of the election on Thursday 7 May 2026.

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Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-11002

  • Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: 8 September 2022
  • Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Angus Robertson on 23 September 2022

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm the costs associated with the production and publication of the paper, Renewing Democracy through Independence.


Answer

The external costs associated with the production and publication of the Building a new Scotland paper, ‘Renewing democracy through independence', are set out in the following table.

Costs

Task

VAT %

VAT

Net Price

Formatting and Online Publication (including HTML Web Conversation)

20.0

589.97

2,949.85

Printed Copies

0.00

0.00

1,782.59

Summary Document

20.0

57.28

286.38

Summary Document – Language Translations

20.0

482.73

2,413.64

Summary Document – BSL Translation

20.0

137.85

689.24

Summary Document – Audio Translation

20.0

14.16

70.81

Summary Document – Easy Read Version

20.0

93.24

466.22

Total (GBP)

£1,375.23

£8,658.73

Total including VAT (GBP)

£10,033.95

Papers in the Building a New Scotland prospectus series are available at the following link: www.gov.scot/newscotland.