- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 26 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what expenses were paid to the First Minister and to each Minister and junior Scottish Minister in 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
Answer
Ministers are re-imbursed for expenditure incurred in the course of their official duties. Reimbursement is made in accordance with standard Civil Service procedures. These costs are set out in the following table. Other costs such as travel, both within the UK and abroad, are paid direct to suppliers by the Scottish Executive - these costs are excluded from the figures given. The figures also exclude costs reimbursed to ministers when public transport has been used instead of the Government Car Service for home to office travel.
| | July 1999 - March 2000* | April 2000 - March 2001* |
First Minister |
Henry McLeish | £3,429 | £3,177 |
Scottish Ministers |
Wendy Alexander | £1,315 | £4,336 |
Jackie Baillie | £1,234 | £965 |
Sarah Boyack | £1,094 | £1,131 |
Susan Deacon | £504 | £746 |
Ross Finnie | £6,527 | £4,465 |
Angus MacKay | £306 | £1,322 |
Tom McCabe | £239 | £354 |
Jack McConnell | £941 | £1,005 |
Jim Wallace | £363 | £679 |
Deputy Scottish Ministers |
Rhona Brankin | £1,665 | £1,874 |
Malcolm Chisholm | NIL | NIL |
Margaret Curran | NIL | £210 |
Iain Gray | £311 | £158 |
Lewis Macdonald | NIL | NIL |
Alasdair Morrison | £3,941 | £2,060 |
Peter Peacock | £1,101 | £2,601 |
Euan Robson | NIL | NIL |
Nicol Stephen | £3,134 | £201 |
Allan Wilson | NIL | £90 |
Former Holders of Scottish Ministerial Appointments |
Donald Dewar | £951 | £2,340 |
Sam Galbraith | £207 | £658 |
John Home-Robertson | £2,306 | £2,504 |
Frank McAveety | £1,313 | £900 |
Tavish Scott | NIL | NIL |
Iain Smith | £216 | £76 |
*All amounts have been rounded up or down to the nearest £1.Notes:
The costs shown include hotel accommodation charges.
Levels of reimbursement are the same as for Scottish Executive staff and are approved annually by the Inland Revenue.
Information on costs reimbursed to the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 25 September 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer when a report will be published on the current visit by representatives of the Holyrood Progress Group to Barcelona and whether that report will enable more specific cost projections and a firm date for completion of the Parliament complex to be given.
Answer
I understand that the delegation attending the meetings in Barcelona will report on their visit in the next edition of the Holyrood Progress Group's regular newsletter. These newsletters routinely include a section on both cost and programme.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 6 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether current provision for the treatment of anorexia nervosa within the NHS is uniformly accessible and appropriate to demand.
Answer
Our National Health confirmed continued support for further development of extended mental health services. Expanded guidance for agencies will be published shortly on the best local approaches to joint, seamless care and support for those with or surviving an eating disorder to help address deficiencies where they arise.This Health Plan initiative has been advanced by the Mental Health and Well Being Support Group and has involved practitioners, commissioners and users of services and their carers. The support group has already published its planned focus for the coming year which includes specific consideration and review of the agency response to the coming guidance.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 30 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take following the recent meeting between the Deputy Minister for Sport, the Arts and Culture and the Dundee Heritage Trust.
Answer
I have invited the Dundee Heritage Trust to work up a detailed forward plan in consultation with its partners, and to keep me informed of developments. In due course I will discuss the plan with the trustees in the light of the outcome of the National Audit in relation to the trust's museums.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 20 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive from which budget the #40 million for tackling cancer, announced by the Minister for Health and Community Care on 2 July 2001, has come.
Answer
The £40 million is part of the additional resources flowing to the health programme from this year's UK Budget consequentials.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 13 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what process the new Finance and Central Services department will follow in dealing with proposals by Ministers for additional budgetary resources.
Answer
The process will depend on the circumstances and, for example, whether the proposal is made in a regular spending review or as an emergency request for funding from the reserve. In all case, however, changes to spending plans presented by the Executive will be the subject of Cabinet agreement.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 9 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the performance of local authorities in funding tourism-related activities from the resources allocated to them is adequate.
Answer
The level of local authority expenditure on tourism-related activities and other services is a matter for each authority.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 3 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the funding arrangements for the Scottish Association of Citi'ens Advice Bureaux and how it will ensure that this organisation continues its work.
Answer
Consumer protection is a matter reserved to the UK Government. The Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux receives funding from the Department of Trade and Industry and enquiries about funding arrangements should be directed to that department. The Scottish Executive, however, maintains regular contact with the organisation on a range of devolved issues.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 3 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what contact it has had with the Scottish Gamekeepers' Association regarding the role that the association plays in preserving the skills of the sector.
Answer
None.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 3 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will conduct a survey of the funding requirements for each area tourist board and how it will ensure that adequate resources are made available to each one.
Answer
Decisions about the level of core funding for area tourist boards are a matter for councils and for visitscotland.
