- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost will be to it of preparing the draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
There was no additionalcost to the government in preparing the draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill. The billwas prepared by Scottish Government officials as part of their normal duties.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it anticipates making available to organisations wishing to participate in the national conversation described in Choosing Scotland's Future: A National Conversation.
Answer
The white paper invitespeople to sign up for the national conversation, and indicate how they wish to contribute.The paper also invites people to suggest how the conversation would best be structuredto ensure the greatest possible involvement of the people of Scotland. The exact form of the national conversation will dependon the responses received, but the government is determined to support a conversationthat ensures that all sectors of Scottish society have the opportunity to contribute.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans that the national conversation described in Choosing Scotland's Future: A National Conversation will end.
Answer
The government willreport to Parliament in due course.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost will be to it of conducting a referendum under the provisions of the draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill and whether it will itemise this expenditure.
Answer
The 1997 devolution referendum would cost around £6.5 million in 2007 prices. As the provisions of the draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill are similar, the cost is likely also to be similar.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost would be to it of negotiating a settlement with the Government of the United Kingdom so that Scotland becomes an independent state, as set out in Choosing Scotland’s Future: A National Conversation.
Answer
On the basis of sucha negotiation taking place after the support of the Scottish people in a referendum,the government would expect such negotiations to be friendly and speedy.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimates have been made of the cost of conducting the national conversation described in Choosing Scotland's Future: A National Conversation.
Answer
The cost of producingand translating the document is around £35,000 (including the web version, the design,printing and the summary in eight languages and a full Gaelic version). Distributionof the document cost a further £5,000, and the cost of the launch event was £8,000.The total cost of launching the national conversation to date is therefore £48,000.
The costs of carryingout the conversation will depend on how its structure develops, in light of responsesfrom the people of Scotland as to how they wish to be involved. The workis being carried out within existing resources from the government’s constitutionalpolicy and communications teams.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of (a) preparing and (b) publishing Choosing Scotland's Future: A National Conversation.
Answer
Choosing Scotland’s Future was prepared by officials as part of their normal duties,and there was no additional cost. The cost of producing and translating the documentis around £35,000 (including the web version, the design, printing and the summaryin eight languages and a full Gaelic version). Distribution of the document costa further £5,000, and the cost of the launch event was £8,000. The total cost oflaunching the national conversation to date is therefore £48,000.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive which bodies or individuals were consulted in relation to developing Schedule 1 to the draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
The draft Bill wasprepared within the Scottish Government for consultation as part of the nationalconversation.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether advice was sought from the Electoral Commission concerning the intelligibility of the proposed referendum question in the draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3327 on 12 September 2007. Allanswers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website,the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil servants will be involved in the national conversation described in Choosing Scotland’s Future: A National Conversation.
Answer
The white paper invitespeople to sign up for the national conversation, and indicate how they wish to contribute.The paper also invites people to suggest how the conversation would best be structuredto ensure the greatest possible involvement of the people of Scotland. The exact form of the national conversation will dependon the responses received, but the government is determined to support a conversationthat ensures that all sectors of Scottish society have the opportunity to contribute.
The level of civilservice support will reflect decisions made as the national conversation develops.
