Question reference: S6W-20991
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 5 September 2023
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Current status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 September 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm the costs associated with the (a) production and (b) publication of its paper, Creating a modern constitution for an independent Scotland.
Answer
The external costs associated with the production and publication of the Building a New Scotland paper, ‘Creating a modern constitution for an independent Scotland’, are set out in the following table.
Costs | |||
Task | VAT % | VAT | Net Price |
Formatting and Online Publication (including HTML Web Conversation) | 20.00 | 1,092.85 | 5,464.27 |
Printed Copies | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,141.74 |
Summary Document – including Language Translations | 20.00 | 1,039.50 | 5,197.52 |
Summary Document – BSL Translations | 20.00 | 218.12 | 1,090.59 |
Summary Document – Audio Translation | 20.00 | 14.18 | 70.92 |
Summary Document – Easy Read Version | 20.00 | 280.28 | 1,401.41 |
Total (GBP) | 2,644.94 | 15,366.45 | |
Total including VAT (GBP) | 18,011.39 | ||
I am unable to provide a figure for the total production costs of Creating a modern constitution for an independent Scotland because in line with usual practice, details of individual tasks carried out by civil servants, including the number of hours spent on them, are not routinely recorded because there is no business need to do this.