- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 2 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the total number of staff currently employed in local authority economic development departments for Scotland as a whole and in each local authority area.
Answer
The following extract from the most recent edition of the Local Authority Joint Staffing Watch (published jointly by the Scottish Executive and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) shows the number of full-time equivalent staff employed by Scottish local authorities at December 1998 for the provision of Planning and Economic Development services.
Planning and Economic Development Services
Local Authority | Full-time equivalent staff employed as at December 1998 |
| Aberdeen City | 170 |
| Aberdeenshire | 186 |
| Angus | 66 |
| Argyll & Bute | 68 |
| Clackmannanshire | 32 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 95 |
| Dundee City | 140 |
| East Ayrshire | 82 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 57 |
| East Lothian | 46 |
| East Renfrewshire | 39 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 199 |
| Eilean Siar | 23 |
| Falkirk | 70 |
| Fife | 333 |
| Glasgow City | 257 |
| Highland | 149 |
| Inverclyde | 59 |
| Midlothian | 92 |
| Moray | 69 |
| North Ayrshire | 60 |
| North Lanarkshire | 204 |
| Orkney Islands | 15 |
| Perth & Kinross | 61 |
| Renfrewshire | 99 |
| Scottish Borders | 84 |
| Shetland Islands | 49 |
| South Ayrshire | 81 |
| South Lanarkshire | 136 |
| Stirling | 99 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 56 |
| West Lothian | 88 |
| SCOTLAND | 3,261 |
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 July 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 2 August 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the total projected expenditure for the current financial year by local authority economic development departments in Scotland as a whole and in each local authority area.
Answer
The information relating to each local authority's budgeted net revenue expenditure is contained in the table.COMMERCIAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
| Budget Estimates |
| 1999-2000 |
| £000 |
| Aberdeen, City | 2,632 |
| Aberdeenshire | -1,939 |
| Angus | 892 |
| Argyll and Bute | 529 |
| Clackmannanshire | 91 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 403 |
| Dundee | 1,893 |
| East Ayrshire | 1,871 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 935 |
| East Lothian | 294 |
| East Renfrewshire | 278 |
| Edinburgh, City | 2,264 |
| Eilean Siar | 1,068 |
| Falkirk | -852 |
| Fife | 4,964 |
| Glasgow City | 21,056 |
| Highland | 497 |
| Inverclyde | 512 |
| Midlothian | 2,214 |
| Moray | 513 |
| North Ayrshire | 341 |
| North Lanarkshire | -802 |
| Orkney | 138 |
| Perth and Kinross | 490 |
| Renfrewshire | 862 |
| Scottish Borders | -503 |
| Shetland | 2,196 |
| South Ayrshire | 999 |
| South Lanarkshire | 5,532 |
| Stirling | -381 |
| West Dunbartonshire | -3,169 |
| West Lothian | 514 |
SCOTLAND | 46,332 |
| Notes: | |
| i) Figures are taken from local authorities' 1999 Provisional Outturn & Budget Estimate (POBE) returns to The Scottish Office. | |
| ii) All figures are net current expenditure and are also net of loan & leasing charges. | |
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 15 June 1999
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what is the breakdown of the costs of the new Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood for - the building itself; and, transport and associated infrastructure.
Answer
The current construction cost estimate for the new Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood is £62 million excluding fees and VAT. No cost estimates have yet been developed for "transport and associated infrastructure".
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 15 June 1999
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what is the current estimate of cancelling the new Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood.
Answer
It is estimated that cost penalties of around £14 million would be incurred if the Holyrood Project were to be cancelled. Some of this might be recouped if the vacant site could later be sold.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 15 June 1999
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what is the current estimate for the annual running costs of the new Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood.
Answer
Early estimates of the likely running costs of a Parliament building at Holyrood made in March 1998, produced a figure of around £10 million per annum. These estimates will be refined, as more information on building systems, rateable value and capital charge becomes available.
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 15 June 1999
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what is the current estimate for the total cost of the new Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood and how this compares to the original estimate.
Answer
The current estimate for the total cost of establishing and equipping the Parliament's accommodation at Holyrood is £109 million, which can be compared with an original estimate of £90 million.
