- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many commissions it has established in each year since 1999 and what funding was allocated for their establishment.
Answer
The information requested is set out in the table:
| Year Established | Year Abolished (where applicable) | Name of Commission | Funding Allocated in First Financial Year of Establishment |
| 1999 | n/a | Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission | £650,000 |
| 1999 | n/a | Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland | £437,000 |
| 2000 | 2001 | Scottish Charity Review Commission | £38,000 |
| 2000 | n/a | Sustainable Development Commission | Initial funding provided by DEFRA |
| 2001 | n/a | The Standards Commission for Scotland | £233,000 |
| 2002 | n/a | Scottish Commission on the Regulation of Care | £15.480 million |
| 2003 | n/a | Scottish Information Commissioner* | £700,000 |
| 2003 | n/a | The Sentencing Commission for Scotland | £30,000 |
| 2004 | n/a | Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland* | £450,000 |
| 2004 | To be wound up May 2005 | Cultural Commission | £487,000 |
Note: *Responsibility for these bodies rests with the Scottish Parliament.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the funding allocated to the police in each year since 1999 has been earmarked for enhancing the police’s response to the threat of global terrorism and, if so, what that level of funding has been.
Answer
Special Branch activity is the main component of the Scottish Police Service’s response to terrorism. Special Branches are funded mainly from within police Grant Aided Expenditure ,which rose by over 31% between 1999-2000 and 2004‑05 and is planned to rise by a further 17% by 2007-08. Information on the costs of Special Branches is not held centrally.
Particularly since 9/11, the Executive has also provided increased levels of 100% funding for a number of specific activities linked to or complementary to Special Branch working. These include force Counter-Terrorist Security Advisers, units responsible for co-ordinating the response to threats to national security and other covert activities. Given the sensitivity of these activities, it is the Executive’s policy not to comment on the levels of funding made available.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, with reference to page 21 of Building a Better Scotland Spending Proposals 2005-2008, it will publish Table 3.01 in real terms, using 2004-05 as the base year.
Answer
The information requested is set out in table 1.02 on pages 10 and 11 in the Justice chapter of the Draft Budget 2005-06 which was published on 15 October.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many High Court trial adjournments there have been in each year since 1999, expressed also as a percentage of all High Court trials.
Answer
Central collection of this information has only started from 2004-05.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #5-#6 million allocated for allowing sheriff courts to deal with increasing numbers of cases and supporting innovative drug and youth courts will be for supporting innovative drug and youth courts.
Answer
Final decisions have yet to be taken on the detailed allocation of resources.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any specific funding will be allocated to the police for enhancing its response to the increased threat from global terrorism.
Answer
Yes. Funding is provided in a number of ways but, given the sensitivity of the activities involved, it is the Executive’s policy not to comment on the levelsof such funding made available.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive from which portfolio any funding for the Efficient Government initiative will come.
Answer
An Efficient Government Fund totalling £60 million in financial years 2004-05 and 2005-06 has been established to support the Efficient Government initiative. This funding will be made available from the Finance and Public Services portfolio.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #56 and #109 million allocated in 2006-07 and 2007-08 for pay and pension increases and allowing additional recruitment to offset a peak in officer retirements, referred to in Building a Better Scotland Spending Proposals 2005-2008 will be provided for additional recruitment to offset a peak in officer retirements.
Answer
Additional amounts were included in Building a Better Scotland: Spending Proposals 2005-2008 to enable police forces to fund additional recruitment and also as part of the levelling-up of Grant Aided Expenditure across forces following a recent review of the allocation methodology for police grant aided expenditure. The overall amounts were £4.5 million in 2006‑07 and £14.5 million in 2007-08. The amounts specifically for additional recruitment were £1.5 million and £4.5 million respectively but, as a substantial part of the balance will also go towards additional recruitment, the larger figures provide a better measure of the total provided for additional recruitment to offset the peak in officer retirements.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 2 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of any concerns among Scottish-based telecommunications companies about Project ATLAS, steps will be taken to consult fully with the industry and ensure their support before embarking on a second procurement exercise for the business park network.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to S2W-11211 on 2 November 2004. All answers 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: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 2 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-10766 by Mr Andy Kerr on 1 October 2004, whether it will provide a breakdown of all transfers and loans by grade and specify whether such transfers and loans were to or from a UK department located within or outwith Scotland.
Answer
The following tables show the breakdown of loans by grade and whether the loans were to (Table (a)) or from (Table (b)) a UK department located within Scotland or elsewhere. Tables (c) and (d) show information on the grade of staff who have transferred inwards or outwards respectively from the Scottish Executive. Information on the location of departments to which staff have transferred is not held centrally.
Number of Civil Servants who have Moved Between the Scottish Executive and other Government Departments since January 1999 to August 2004
Table (a) Inward Loans
| | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Total number of staff | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Within Scotland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Within Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Within Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Within Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| B1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Within Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| A4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Within Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Table (b) Outward Loans
| | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Total Number of Staff | 57* | 25 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 13 |
| Senior Civil Service | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Within Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Within Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Within Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Within Scotland | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| B3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Within Scotland | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| B2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Within Scotland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Elsewhere | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| B1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Within Scotland | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Within Scotland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Within Scotland | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Elsewhere | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
*This figure includes Executive staff seconded to the Scottish Parliament when it was first established.
Table (c) Inward Transfers
| | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Total Number of Staff | 89 | 45 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 16 |
| Senior Civil Service | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| B3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| B2 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 0 |
| B1 | 33 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 37 | 8 |
| A3 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| A2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| A1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Table (d) Outward Transfers
| | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Total Number of Staff | 32 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 53 | 64 |
| Senior Civil Service | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| B3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| B2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 14 |
| B1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| A4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| A3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 20 |
| A2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| A1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
