- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 10 October 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer what the projected budget will be for the opening ceremony of the Parliament building.
Answer
The SPCB has appointed a working group, which includes representatives of the four main parties, to make recommendations for opening both the new session of Parliament and the Holyrood complex. A maximum budget of £400,000 has been allocated, but the actual cost will depend on decisions made on the basis of those recommendations and the full allocation will not necessarily be required.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 9 October 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer what the projected costs would be of a procession of MSPs down the Royal Mile to the new Parliament building, including costs to the City of Edinburgh Council, such as road closures and street barriers, and costs of policing and the attendance of emergency services.
Answer
Procession options have not yet been assessed by the Opening Ceremonies Steering Group. No information on costs is available at this stage.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 9 October 2002
To ask the Presiding Officer what the total budgeted costs are of employing an Opening Ceremonies Manager for the opening of the new Parliament building, including administrative support and expenses.
Answer
The Opening Ceremonies Manager will be responsible for the planned opening ceremonies for the new Parliament building and for the second parliamentary session. The post has been established on a temporary basis, for one year, at Grade 5. The current salary scale is £25,500 to £35,000. No exclusive administrative support has been identified at this stage. It is anticipated that support will be provided on an ad hoc basis. No estimate of expenses is available.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 8 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive why it has not directed that a public local inquiry be held into the planning application by Aberdeen Football Club for a new football stadium and other facilities at Kingswells, given that it did so for a smaller but similar application for East Middlefield Kingswells (P/PP/75/96/GA/18) on 11 July 2001.
Answer
This planning application is still under consideration by the Scottish ministers. The circumstances of the application at East Middlefield Farm were not identical to those of the football stadium application although I am aware that consideration of that case was extended for a second period of 28 days before a decision was reached.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 8 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive why it has postponed by 28 days its consideration of the planning application by Aberdeen Football Club for a new football stadium and other facilities at Kingswells.
Answer
An extension to the assessment period has been necessary to allow further detailed consideration of the complex planning issues associated with this case.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 16 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27994 by Mr Andy Kerr on 2 September 2002, what the split between advertising and marketing is for each heading specified in each year from 1999-2000 to 2004-05.
Answer
Advertising and marketing are not recorded separately.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 3 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish details of the (a) costs associated with ministerial parliamentary aides and (b) proportion of such costs attributed to (i) its administration budget and (ii) other sources.
Answer
No costs have been incurred. The position of ministerial parliamentary aide is unpaid. However, they may receive normal civil service travel and subsistence allowances when undertaking ministerial parliamentary aides duties. However, no such claims have been received.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 2 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of small businesses eligible for business rate relief (a) applied for and (b) received such relief since the scheme was introduced.
Answer
The rates relief scheme for small businesses will be introduced on 1 April 2003.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 2 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it (a) spent on advertising and marketing in each year since 1999 and (b) has budgeted for such spending for the current year and each of the next two years.
Answer
Spend on advertising in each year since 1999 is detailed as follows. Spending for the next two years is currently under review.
| 1999-2000 | Spend (£) |
| Child Care | 63,843 |
| Children's Panels | 121,623 |
| Domestic Violence | 566,573 |
| Electoral Registration | 25,787 |
| European Elections | 32,029 |
| Fire Prevention | 254,590 |
| Food Safety | 29,035 |
| Healthy Christmas Campaign | 89,649 |
| NHS Fraud | 100,000 |
| Prescription Charges | 4,678 |
| Road Safety | 868,800 |
| Scotland's Parliament | 547,600 |
| Teacher Recruitment | 99,680 |
| Tobacco | 10,404 |
| Total | 2,804,291 |
| 2000-01 | Spend (£) |
| Alcohol Abuse | 471,970 |
| Child Care | 132,30 |
| Children's Panels | 123,120 |
| Domestic Abuse | 507,464 |
| Drugs Enforcement Agency | 54,695 |
| Fire Safety supplements | 178,967 |
| Flu Campaign | 1,076,411 |
| Food Safety | 32,480 |
| Fostering supplement | 32,443 |
| Lead in Water | 76,977 |
| NHS Fraud | 21,942 |
| NHS Helpline | 137,531 |
| NHS Public Appointments | 54,754 |
| Organ Donors | 48,465 |
| Organ Retention | 55,697 |
| Road Safety | 1,261,955 |
| Safer Scotland | 162,825 |
| Scottish Criminal Records | 35,250 |
| Teacher Recruitment | 27,025 |
| Travel Awareness | 318,808 |
| Total | 4,811,309 |
| 2001-02 | Spend (£) |
| Census | 599,733 |
| Children's Panels | 261,853 |
| Domestic abuse | 710,042 |
| Drugs | 1,701,741 |
| Electoral Registration | 205,147 |
| Environment | 871,555 |
| Winter/Flu | 719,627 |
| NHS Helpline | 199,209 |
| Prevention of Suicide | 88,050 |
| Anti Racism | 26,085 |
| Teacher Recruitment | 386,810 |
| Travel Awareness | 592,867 |
| Child Protection on the Internet | 186,303 |
| Fire Prevention | 355,807 |
| Funding for Learners | 9,972 |
| Glasgow Housing Stock Transfer | 279,450 |
| Litter | 118,934 |
| National Debate on Education | 25,515 |
| NHS Fraud | 29,920 |
| Road Safety | 1,592,767 |
| Alcohol Abuse | 576,237 |
| Learning Together | 18,729 |
| Total | 9,555,519 |
| 2002-03 to Date | Spend (£) |
| Public Internet Access Points | 59,910 |
| Alcohol Abuse | 709,479 |
| Crime Brakers | 29,072 |
| Domestic Abuse | 120,461 |
| Drugs | 876,388 |
| Environment | 45,266 |
| Fire Prevention | 19,897 |
| Free Personal Care | 271,044 |
| Funding for Learners | 100,218 |
| Glasgow Housing Transfers | 31,450 |
| National Debate on Education | 330,137 |
| NHS Helpline | 78,793 |
| Organ Retention | 94,131 |
| Prevention of Suicide | 67,012 |
| Road Safety | 826,090 |
| Travel Awareness | 309,046 |
| Healthy Eating | 268,079 |
| Home Reading | 14,554 |
| Open Scotland | 3,941 |
| Organs Donors | 9,870 |
| Childrens Hearings | 56,683 |
| Winter/Flu | 40,379 |
| Motorway Advertising | 7,931 |
| Racism | 272,180 |
| Teaching | 7,720 |
| Total | 4,650,117 |
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on trunk road improvements in each of the last three years in each local authority area.
Answer
Information on spending on the strategic road network is not held by local authority area. Detailed information on historic spending on motorways and trunk roads is set out in the annual publication Scottish Transport Statistics. Copies of this are held in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
