- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 15 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total costs were of the publication (design, photocopying, printing, Internet connection of text, distribution and costs of launch) of (a) Scottish Economic Statistics 2001 and (b) Scottish Social Statistics 2001 and how many copies of each were produced.
Answer
The total cost of publication for Scottish Social Statistics 2001 was £22,971, with a print run of 1,000 copies. The total cost of publication for Scottish Economic Statistics 2001 was £16,689, with a print run of 700 copies.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 11 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9252 by Mr Jack McConnell on 4 October 2000, whether it will publish the actuarial estimates made by local authorities regarding the impact of abolition of advance corporation tax credits.
Answer
The provision of £27 million made available to local authorities in 1999-2000 for the abolition of Advance Corporation Tax credits matched with CoSLA's estimates of the additional costs based on returns from local authorities. It is a matter for individual authorities whether they wish to publish the actuarial estimates.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 11 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9252 by Mr Jack McConnell on 4 October 2000, what financial provision will be made for local authorities for the impact of the abolition of advance corporation tax credit for pension funds in 2002-03.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-15206.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 11 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9252 by Mr Jack McConnell on 4 October 2000, what provision has been made in the financial settlement for each local authority for 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03 to offset the cost of the abolition of advance corporation tax credit for pension funds.
Answer
The sum of £38.5 million which was made available to local authorities in 2000-01 and 2001-02 for the abolition of Advance Corporation Tax credits has been retained in the local government settlement for 2002-03. Additional provision has also been made for general pay and price inflation.It is not possible to provide a breakdown by local authority, as there was no separate distribution. The provision was included in the local government finance settlement totals and distributed by the agreed client group methodology.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 9 May 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-9781 on 22 September 2000, what financial impact the abolition of advance corporation tax credits will have on the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme in 2001-02 and 2002-03.
Answer
The abolition of advance corporation tax credits will have no financial impact on the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme in 2001-02 and 2002-03.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 4 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive why it did not issue a press release announcing the launch of its consultation on the draft Local Government (Timing of Elections) (Scotand) (Bill).
Answer
Press releases are not routinely issued to draw attention to technical consultations such as this.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 3 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total costs were of the publication, including the design, photocopying, printing, Internet connection of text, distribution and cost of launch, of Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1999.
Answer
The total costs of the Annual Report of the Scottish Parliament Committees 2000 were as follows: the total for design, printing, binding and publishing was £8,600; the photography costs were £3,747; distribution cost £371, making a total of £12,718. There were no additional costs for "Internet connection of text". There was no "launch".
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 30 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce a quality mark scheme for public bodies as part of its 21st Century Government programme.
Answer
We have no plans at present to make any particular quality scheme mandatory; but we believe that the various schemes available which are aimed at raising service and quality standards (including Chartermark, Investors in People, EFQM the business excellence model, BS 5750, ISO 9000 and the Quality Scotland Awards) are all of value in pursuing our objective for 21st Century Government. We intend therefore to continue to promote their use in the public sector in Scotland.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 30 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the abolition of advance corporation tax on pension funds has had on the budgets of (a) Highlands and Island Enterprise, (b) the Accounts Commission for Scotland, (c) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, (d) the Scottish Legal Aid Board, (e) Scottish Natural Heritage and (f) the Scottish Tourist Board in each year since its introduction in July 1997.
Answer
No adjustments have been made to the Executive's budgets for these organisations as a result of the abolition of payment of tax credits to pension schemes for dividends paid on or after the July 1997 budget day.It is well worth making the point that not all of the bodies identified in the PQs participate in, or manage, "real" pension funds. The Scottish Legal Aid Board and Scottish Natural Heritage meet their pension liabilities on a "pay-as-you-go" basis, and are therefore unaffected by the abolition of tax credits payable to pension funds.
- Asked by: Mr Keith Harding, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 26 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total costs were of the publication, including the design, photocopying, printing, Internet connection of text, distribution and cost of launch, of Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1999.
Answer
The total cost of this publication was £4089.19 excluding Value Added Tax.
