- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 6 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22434 by Allan Wilson on 27 January 2006, whether it will provide an update on the level of debt (a) in total and (b) on average which people using the Debt Arrangement Scheme have had since it came into force, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
| Local Authority Area | Total Debt to 27 November 2006 | Average Debt per DPP to 27 November 2006 |
| Aberdeen City | 0 | Nil |
| Aberdeenshire | 0 | Nil |
| Angus | 0 | Nil |
| Argyll and Bute | £524,140.05 | £26,207.01 |
| Clackmannanshire | £28,481.60 | £9,493.87 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | £368,661.88 | £14,746.48 |
| Dundee City | 0 | Nil |
| East Ayrshire | 0 | Nil |
| East Dunbartonshire | £18,374.74 | £18,374.74 |
| East Lothian | £142,982.61 | £71,491.31 |
| East Renfrewshire | £268,469.95 | £26,846.99 |
| Edinburgh City | £69,673.87 | £8,709.23 |
| Falkirk | £35,131.49 | £35,131.49 |
| Fife | £66,451.20 | £13,290.24 |
| Glasgow City | £299,311.89 | £27,210.17 |
| Highland | £94,534.94 | £31,511.65 |
| Inverclyde | £3,204.00 | £3,204.00 |
| Midlothian | 0 | Nil |
| Moray | £19,736.00 | £19,736.00 |
| North Ayrshire | £137,387.06 | £34,346.77 |
| North Lanarkshire | £1,000,108.90 | £7,693.15 |
| Orkney | 0 | Nil |
| Perth and Kinross | £18,881.30 | £18,881.30 |
| Renfrewshire | £27,940.96 | £13,970.48 |
| Scottish Borders | 0 | Nil |
| Shetland | 0 | Nil |
| South Ayrshire | 0 | Nil |
| South Lanarkshire | £93,522.06 | £9,352.21 |
| Stirling | 0 | Nil |
| West Dunbartonshire | 0 | Nil |
| West Lothian | 0 | Nil |
| Western Isles | 0 | Nil |
| Scotland | £3,216,995.50 | £13,516.79 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 6 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has allocated to promote and represent Scottish interests in the United States of America in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Executive representsand promotes Scotland in the USA through the Scottish Affairs Office based in the BritishEmbassy in Washington DC. That office was established in October 2001. The budgetspend for that office since 1999 is as follows:
| Financial Year | Budget for Scottish Affairs Office |
| 1999–2000 | N/A |
| 2000–01 | N/A |
| 2001–02 | £150,000 |
| 2002–03 | £155,000 |
| 2003–04 | £195,000 |
| 2004–05 | £247,000 |
| 2005–06 | £236,000 |
| 2006–07 | £264,000 |
The Executive has also allocatedfunds separately to support Tartan Week in the USA since 2002. Those allocationsare as follows:
| Tartan Week | Budget |
| 2002 | £220,000 |
| 2003 | £30,000 |
| 2004 | £200,000 |
| 2005 | £480,000 |
| 2006 | £660,000 |
| 2007 | £500,000 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 5 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22430 by Allan Wilson on 27 January 2006, whether it will provide an up-to-date breakdown of the number of approved money advisers for the Debt Arrangement Scheme by local authority area.
Answer
| Local Authority Area | Number of DAS Approved Money Advisers on 27 November 2006 |
| Aberdeen City | 2 |
| Aberdeenshire | 1 |
| Angus | 3 |
| Argyll and Bute | 1 |
| Clackmannanshire | 3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4 |
| Dundee City | 1 |
| East Ayrshire | 3 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 2 |
| East Lothian | 0 |
| East Renfrewshire | 4 |
| Edinburgh City | 5 |
| Falkirk | 5 |
| Fife | 9 |
| Glasgow City | 5 |
| Highland | 5 |
| Inverclyde | 1 |
| Midlothian | 0 |
| Moray | 1 |
| North Ayrshire | 6 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 5 |
| Orkney | 1 |
| Perth and Kinross | 0 |
| Renfrewshire | 2 |
| Scottish Borders | 0 |
| Shetland | 0 |
| South Ayrshire Council | 2 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 7 |
| Stirling | 1 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1 |
| West Lothian | 1 |
| Western Isles | 1 |
| Scotland | 82 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 5 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22432 by Allan Wilson on 27 January 2006, whether it will provide an update on the number of people who have been placed on a debt payment programme since the Debt Arrangement Scheme was created, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
| Local Authority Area | DAS Debt Payment Programmes to 27 November 2006 |
| Aberdeen City | Nil |
| Aberdeenshire | Nil |
| Angus | Nil |
| Argyll and Bute | 20 |
| East Ayrshire | Nil |
| North Ayrshire | 4 |
| South Ayrshire | Nil |
| Clackmannanshire | 3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 25 |
| Dundee City | Nil |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1 |
| West Dunbartonshire | Nil |
| Edinburgh City | 8 |
| Falkirk | 1 |
| Fife | 5 |
| Glasgow City | 11 |
| Highland | 3 |
| Inverclyde | 1 |
| North Lanarkshire | 130 |
| South Lanarkshire | 10 |
| East Lothian | 2 |
| Midlothian | Nil |
| West Lothian | Nil |
| Moray | 1 |
| Orkney | Nil |
| Renfrewshire | 2 |
| East Renfrewshire | 10 |
| Perth and Kinross | 1 |
| Scottish Borders | Nil |
| Shetland | Nil |
| Stirling | Nil |
| Western Isles | Nil |
| Scotland | 238 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29336 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 November 2006, what the unitary cost of HM Prison Addiewell will be.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The net present value of theHM Prison Addiewell contract is estimated to be £369 million which equates to about£15 million per annum over the 25-year life of the contract. On the same basis,the annual cost, or unitary cost, for a prisoner place equates to around £21,000for each of the 700 prisoner places at HM Prison Addiewell.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations on behalf of people on low and middle incomes in Scotland to the Financial Services Authority regarding the recent announcement by First Direct that it will charge customers who deposit less than £1,500 per month into their account a £10 monthly fee to operate a current account.
Answer
No. I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-29967 on 4 December 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29336 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 November 2006, what the annual cost will be to the public sector of monitoring the HM Prison Addiewell contract.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS will finalise arrangementsprior to the prison opening around the end of 2008.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29336 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 November 2006, whether there are any provisions in the contract for HM Prison Addiewell to reduce the annual payments if the population of the prison falls below capacity.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Yes.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29336 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 November 2006, what discount rate was used in calculating the net present value costs of HM Prison Addiewell.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
3.5%.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 4 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29336 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 November 2006, what account is taken of the impact of inflation in the annual net present value costs of HM Prison Addiewell.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The contract price for HM PrisonAddiewell is revised annually based on a formula specified in the contract and linkedto the Retail Price Index (RPI). In accordance with accepted practice, the impactof RPI is not included in the net present value calculation.
