- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was to Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise of the rebranding of (a) Business Shops as The Small Business Gateway in 2001 and (b) The Small Business Gateway as The Business Gateway in 2003.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for Scottish Enterprise. The Business Gateway does not extend to the Highlands andIslands Enterprise area. Access to the range of business development servicesin the Highlands and Islands is through the Local Enterprise Companies who act asa single access point.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies closed their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices in Scotland as a result of cessation of business in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3675. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies listed in the FTSE 500 established their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices in Scotland as a result of commencing trading in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3675. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies listed in the FTSE 500 closed their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices in Scotland as a result of cessation of business in each year since 1997.
Answer
I have asked Claire Clancy,the Chief Executive of Companies House, to respond. Her response is as follows:
Companies House does notrecord which public limited companies (PLCs) are included in the FTSE 500.Companies can be removed from the register for a variety of reasons and cessationof business is not a category that Companies House can provide figures for.
Companies House does notkeep records of PLCs relocating headquarters as it is not a requirement of theCompanies Act. However, PLCs cannot relocate their registered offices from Scotland toEngland/Wales or vice versa as there is no provision within the Companies Actwhich allows this to be done.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies listed in the FTSE 500 relocated their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices to Scotland from other parts of the United Kingdom in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3675. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies have established their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices in Scotland as a result of commencing trading in each year since 1997.
Answer
I have asked Claire Clancythe Chief Executive of Companies House to respond. Her response is as follows:
Companies House does notkeep information on the number of public limited companies (PLCs) withheadquarters in Scotland. However the number of PLCs having their registered officesin Scotland as a result of commencing trading in each year since1997 is as follows:
| 1997 | 18 |
| 1998 | 16 |
| 1999 | 23 |
| 2000 | 21 |
| 2001 | 29 |
| 2002 | 21 |
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies have relocated their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices from Scotland to other parts of the United Kingdom in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3675 on 14 November 2003. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies listed in the FTSE 500 relocated their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices from Scotland to other parts of the United Kingdom in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3675. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies have relocated their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices to Scotland from other parts of the United Kingdom in each year since 1997.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3675. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers have made visits outwith Scotland since May 2003; to which destinations; for how long, and at what cost.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not hold records of ministerial visits within the United Kingdom.A record of ministerial visits outwith the United Kingdom is published annually;details for the financial year 2002-03 were set out in the answer given toquestion S2W-2904 on 25 September 2003.
All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
