- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 23 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers were employed per (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupil in each year for which figures are available and how many are expected to be employed in any future years for which projections are available.
Answer
Historical figures for pupil:teacher ratios are published regularly in Statistical Bulletins. The following table sets out the pupil:teacher ratio for publicly funded primary and secondary schools for selected years since 1980 together with the fraction of a teacher per pupil derived from them. Projections on a similar basis from 2000 up to 2015 are also given. These projections take into account the additional teachers planned following the recent agreement on teachers pay and conditions.
| Year (September) | Number of teachers (FTE) per primary pupil | Number of teachers (FTE) per secondary pupil | Number of pupils per primary teacher(FTE) | Number of pupils per secondary teacher (FTE) |
| 1980 | 0.049 | 0.070 | 20.3 | 14.4 |
| 1985 | 0.049 | 0.074 | 20.4 | 13.5 |
| 1990 | 0.051 | 0.082 | 19.5 | 12.2 |
| 1995 | 0.051 | 0.078 | 19.5 | 12.9 |
| 1996 | 0.051 | 0.077 | 19.6 | 13.0 |
| 1997 | 0.050 | 0.076 | 19.9 | 13.2 |
| 1998 | 0.052 | 0.077 | 19.4 | 13.0 |
| 1999 | 0.052 | 0.078 | 19.1 | 12.9 |
| 2000 | 0.053 | 0.078 | 18.9 | 12.9 |
| 2001 | 0.053 | 0.078 | 18.8 | 12.9 |
| 2002 | 0.055 | 0.078 | 18.3 | 12.8 |
| 2003 | 0.056 | 0.078 | 17.8 | 12.8 |
| 2004 | 0.058 | 0.079 | 17.3 | 12.7 |
| 2005 | 0.059 | 0.079 | 17.0 | 12.7 |
| 2006 | 0.059 | 0.079 | 16.9 | 12.7 |
| 2010 | 0.060 | 0.080 | 16.7 | 12.5 |
| 2015 | 0.060 | 0.081 | 16.7 | 12.4 |
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 23 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much cash was moved within the Scottish budget in each financial year for which figures are available (a) in total, (b) due to inter-departmental transfers, (c) due to new resources being added in, (d) due to resources being transferred out and (e) for any other reason.
Answer
In-year changes to the Scottish Budget for the years 1999-2000 and 2000-01 are set out in the Autumn, Winter and Spring Revisions for both years.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 23 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the amount of (a) employers' and (b) employees' National Insurance contributions paid from the Scottish budget was in each year for which figures are available, in total and broken down into the amount paid from the budgets of each of its core and associated departments and each of its agencies.
Answer
The table sets out the employers' and employees' National Insurance Contributions (NICs) for the core Scottish Executive, Associated Departments and Agencies.
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 (estimate) |
| | Employees NICs | Employers NICs | Total NICs | Employees NICs | Employers NICs | Total NICs |
| | £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 |
| Scottish Executive Core | £4,173 | £5,859 | £10,032 | £4,896 | £6,979 | £11,875 |
| Other Agencies and Associated Departments* | £1,483 | £1,776 | £3,259 | £1,561 | £1,934 | £3,495 |
| Scottish Court Service | £864 | £919 | £1,783 | £918 | £1,031 | £1,949 |
| Scottish Prison Service | £6,662 | £6,947 | £13,609 | £6,859 | £6,265 | £13,124 |
| Historic Scotland | £760 | £859 | £1,619 | £751 | £882 | £1,633 |
| Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service | £1,256 | £1,670 | £2,926 | £1,343 | £1,750 | £3,093 |
| Registers of Scotland | £1,366 | £1,476 | £2,842 | £1,434 | £1,587 | £3,021 |
*Comprises: National Archives of Scotland, General Register Office for Scotland, Food Standards Agency, Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, Student Awards Agency, Scottish Public Pension Agency, Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency.
Excluded from the figures are contributions made in respect of Scottish Executive staff who are on loan or secondment to other bodies, e.g. CICA, Scotland office etc, but we can let you have these if you think they should be included.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 23 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list any taxes and charges paid from resources from the Scottish budget other than value added tax and National Insurance contributions which return to Her Majesty's Treasury and whether it will estimate the amount paid from the Scottish budget in respect of each such tax or charge in each year for which figures are available, including any future years for which projections are available.
Answer
There are no significant charges or taxes other than VAT and NICs that are paid to HM Treasury directly from the Scottish Budget.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 16 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many specific amendments were made to its budget within the course of the budget in the last full year for which figures are available.
Answer
Amendments to the 2000-01 Scottish Budget are set out in the Autumn, Winter and Spring Revisions documents.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 16 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9636 by Angus MacKay on 20 November 2000, whether it will detail the budget of each of the bodies listed in each year for which figures are available.
Answer
Non-departmental public bodies vary in their accounting procedures and many, such as Advisory NDPBs, have no budget responsibilities. Annual reports and accounts are the main vehicles by which NDPBs discharge their accountability functions to enable the Parliament, the taxpayer and customers to judge whether the NDPB is securing value-for-money in its operations. Annual reports and accounts are not held centrally. A compilation of NDPB financial information, including total gross expenditure and amount funded by Government can be found in the annual publication
Public Bodies, the latest version of which was released in December 2000. This edition of
Public Bodies is available from the Parliament's Reference Centre and this and previous editions are available from the Cabinet Office website at
www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/quango/index/pubs.htm.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 14 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average si'e is of (a) a primary one, (b) a primary two, (c) a primary three and (d) a primary four class.
Answer
The table below sets out the latest available average class size in (a) primary one, (b) primary two, (c) primary three and (d) primary four from the 1999 school census. The figures relate to single stage classes in publicly funded schools.
| Primary 1 | 24 |
| Primary 2 | 25.4 |
| Primary 3 | 26.4 |
| Primary 4 | 27.0 |
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 13 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the contingent liabilities entered into by its core and associated departments and its agencies, specifying the amount involved in each.
Answer
The annual accounts of the core Scottish Executive, its associated departments and its agencies, provide details on quantifiable contingent liabilities. At 31 March 2000, these are:
| Description | Amount £000 |
| Scottish Executive | Indemnity cover to owners of objects lent under the National Heritage Act 1980 and the National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 | 824,300 |
| Scottish Executive | Housing Act guarantees | 5,700 |
| Scottish Executive | NHS overdraft guarantees | 4,800 |
| Scottish Executive | Local Government Act - overdraft guarantees for Water Authorities | 25,000 |
| Scottish Executive | Indemnity on St Andrew's bus station title | 1,500 |
| Scottish Executive | Road Claims in respect of the M77 and M80 | 269 |
| National Archives of Scotland | Indemnity cover on various collections held on deposit by the National Archives of Scotland | 1,490 |
| Scottish Prison Service | Compensation Claims in respect of staff, prisoners and third parties | 564 |
| Scottish Courts Service | Employers liability claim | 15 |
| Scottish Courts Service | Public liability claim | 130 |
| Scottish Courts Service | Lockerbie Trial Relocation costs at Camp Zeist | 2,000 |
| Scottish Courts Service | Lockerbie Trial Dilapidation costs at Camp Zeist | 2,000 |
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 13 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the amount of value added tax paid from the Scottish budget was in each year for which figures are available, in total and broken into the amount paid by each of its core and associated departments and each of its agencies.
Answer
VAT was paid (net of recoveries) in the financial year 1999-2000 by the following:
| | Amount £000 |
| The Scottish Office/Scottish Executive (including agencies not shown separately below) | 12,633 |
| Scottish Prison Service | 5,729 |
| Scottish Courts Administration | 1,962 |
| Registers of Scotland | 625 |
| Historic Scotland | 364 |
| National Archives of Scotland | 256 |
| General Register Office for Scotland | 167 |
Information for the Crown Office is not available.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 13 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the value is of all capital assets used by its core and associated departments and its agencies which will be included in the assessment of capital charges under the new resource account budgeting system, broken down to as low a level as the information is available.
Answer
The value of fixed assets as at 31 March 2000 which would be included in the assessment of capital charges as reported in the resource accounts is as follows:
Department/Agency | Net Book Value as at 31 March 2000 (£000) |
| | Tangible | Intangible | Investments | Total |
| Core Scottish Executive | 8,550,634 | 11,117 | 4,480,957 | 13,042,708 |
| National Archives of Scotland | 7,577 | 33 | | 7,610 |
| General Register Office for Scotland | 4,810 | 82 | | 4,892 |
| Fisheries Research Services | 26,358 | | | 26,358 |
| Scottish Prison Service | 398,994 | | | 398,994 |
| Historic Scotland | 11,061 | | | 11,061 |
| Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency | 10,795 | | | 10,795 |
| Scottish Public Pensions Agency | 1,082 | | | 1,082 |
| Scottish Agricultural Science Agency | 9,813 | | | 9,813 |
| Student Awards Agency Scotland | 2,262 | | | 2,262 |
| Scottish Court Service | 298,609 | | | 298,609 |
The 1999-2000 annual accounts of the agencies have been laid before Parliament and published. The resource accounts for the core department and associated departments will be published shortly. All these accounts will provide some additional information.
