Chamber and committees

We do not believe that this legislation disallows student representatives being co-opted to council committees and therefore we have no plans to amend it.

The costs of publishing, printing and distributing the document A Policy on Architecture for Scotland are shown in the table:

Private	£
Document design1 & web publishing	5,422
Printing	2,968
Postage2	1,030

Notes:1. includes £2,158 commission of photographic content2. estimated cost.

The total cost of the Preliminary Report on the Equality Strategy was approximately £7,500. 1,500 copies were produced.

The Scottish Executive provides no financial or administrative assistance to Nuclear Free Local Authorities.

The total cost of publishing and printing the English version of the Scottish Parliament Annual Report 2000 to 2001 was £30,862. The distribution costs were £2,450. The number of reports published was 2,500. Reports were distributed widely and, for example, were sent to organisations, representatives from which had appeared before committees as witnesses, to Scottish MPs and to international contacts.We will continue to review and assess the most cost-effective way of producing an annual report which fulfils its role of helping to inform the Scottish people of the Parliament's work.

The cost for the design and printing of 150,000 copies of the Victim Information Leaflet was £17,028. This includes preparation for publishing it on the internet. There were no additional costs associated in the launch of the leaflet.As at 18 October, 138,310 copies of the leaflet had been distributed to MSPs, hospitals, local authorities, universities, colleges, police forces, Victim Support Scotland offices and other voluntary agencies. The cost for that distribution was £4,104.Prior to the publishing and launch of the Victim Information Leaflet, research was carried out with members of the public who had been victims of crime. This cost £11,818.

Section 13 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 provides for the display of a large-print version of the ballot paper and provision of a template to assist blind and partially sighted voters. These provisions currently apply to parliamentary elections only and secondary legislation to extend them to local government elections will be put before Parliament later this year.

The cost of television advertising undertaken by the Scottish Executive since 1 July 1999 to date is shown in the following table.

Year	Campaign	Amount
1999	Domestic Abuse	£346,941
	Fire Prevention	£143,753
	Road Safety	£508,638
	Historic Scotland	£146,147
2000	Domestic Abuse	£359,072
	Census	£252,126
	Flu Campaign	£772,790
	Alcohol Abuse	£415,000
	Organ Donation	£22,075
	Road Safety	£949,309
	Historic Scotland	£290,000
2001	Census	£372,921
	Road Safety	£164,500
	Travel Awareness	£404,375
	Environment	£640,576
	Flu Campaign	£35,458
	Childrens Hearings	£33,805
	Teacher Recruitment	£78,905
Total		£5,936,391

The financial impact for individual local authorities will depend on their purchasing policies. It is hoped that the tax will encourage all those who purchase aggregates, including local authorities, to use recycled aggregates and other alternative materials. There is no justification, therefore, for additional provision to be made to local authorities.

We appointed the Chief Executive of Youthlink, Mr Simon Jaquet, as a member of the committee specifically to reflect the interests of younger people. How the committee now addresses these issues is for the committee itself to decide. The Committee will be able to take into account any relevant conclusions produced by the Scottish Advisory Committee on Alcohol Misuse in its forthcoming national Plan for Action on Alcohol Misuse.