- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the Act came into force, in each category.
Answer
The Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament require all Executive Bills on introduction to be accompaniedby a Financial Memorandum which sets out the best estimates of the administrative,compliance and other costs to which the provisions of the bill would give rise,best estimates of the timescales over which such costs would be expected to arise,and an indication of the margins of uncertainty in such estimates. The FinancialMemorandum must distinguish separately such costs as would fall upon (a) the ScottishAdministration, (b) local authorities and (c) other bodies, individuals and businesses.These memoranda are freely available on the Scottish Parliament’s website.
By wayof comparable information estimates of the actual initial set up costs and annualcosts for the year 2005-06 in the same categories as the Financial Memoranda isas follows:
| Actual |
| Executive | Local Authorities | Other |
| Set Up | Annual | Set Up | Annual | Set Up | Annual |
| Minimal | £11.411 million | Minimal | Minimal | £180,000 | £50,000 |
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the First Minister’s statement on 16 November 2006 that a reduction in corporation tax in Scotland from 30% to 12.5% would cost £1.4 billion (Official Report c. 29395), how, and from which data sources, that figure was calculated.
Answer
Government Expenditure and Revenuesin Scotland 2003-04 estimates receipts from corporation tax in Scotland at £2.4billion. The £1.4 billion figure results from dividing this by the current rateand multiplying by the proposed rate.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the First Minister’s statement on 16 November 2006 that a reduction in corporation tax in Scotland from 30% to 12.5% would cost £1.4 billion (Official Report c. 29395), what other data it holds, or is aware of, on the yield in Scotland from (a) corporation tax, (b) income tax, (c) capital gains tax, (d) stamp duty land tax, (e) inheritance tax, (f) petroleum revenue tax and (g) all other taxes.
Answer
This information can be foundin the annual Scottish Executive publication,
Government Expenditure and Revenuein Scotland (GERS). The most recent publication contains data for 2003-04 butthe next updated version with 2004-05 data is due to be published in mid December.GERS is available online at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/12/12113803/38105.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the University of St. Andrews (Postgraduate Medical Degrees) Act 2002 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the Act came into force, in each category
Answer
The Financial Memorandum tothe member’s bill is available on the Parliament's website. No costs areassociated with the act, except in relation to candidates wishing to study forthe relevant postgraduate medical degree and the course provision by the University of Andrews.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the Act came into force, in each category.
Answer
The Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament require all Executive Bills on introduction to beaccompanied by a Financial Memorandum which sets out the best estimates of theadministrative, compliance and other costs to which the provisions of the bill wouldgive rise, best estimates of the timescales over which such costs would beexpected to arise, and an indication of the margins of uncertainty in suchestimates. The Financial Memorandum must distinguish separately such costs aswould fall upon (a) the Scottish administration, (b) local authorities and (c)other bodies, individuals and businesses. These memoranda are freely availableon the Parliament’s website.
By way of comparableinformation actual initial set up costs and annual costs for the year 2005-06in the same categories as the Financial Memoranda is as follows.
| Actual |
| Executive | Local Authorities | Other |
| Set Up | Annual | Set Up | Annual | Set Up | Annual |
| £1,234,063 | £156,739 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
The following is a corrected answer (published on 6 December 2007); see below
Fiona Hyslop: The Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament require all Executive Bills on introduction to beaccompanied by a Financial Memorandum which sets out the best estimates of theadministrative, compliance and other costs to which the provisions of the billwould give rise, best estimates of the timescales over which such costs wouldbe expected to arise, and an indication of the margins of uncertainty in suchestimates. The Financial Memorandum must distinguish separately such costs aswould fall upon (a) the Scottish administration, (b) local authorities and (c)other bodies, individuals and businesses. These Memoranda are freely availableon the Scottish Parliament’s website.
By way of comparableinformation actual initial set up costs and annual costs for the year 2005-06in the same categories as the Financial Memoranda is as follows.
| Actual |
| SAAS | SLC | Total |
| Set Up | Annual | Set Up | Annual | Set Up | Annual |
| £414,063 | £156,739 | £820,000 | £31,000 | £1,234,063 | £187,739 |
Notes:
SAAS: Students AwardsAgency for Scotland, a Scottish Executive agency.
SLC: Student LoansCompany, a non-departmental public body.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the Act came into force, in each category.
Answer
The Financial Memorandum to thebill is available on the Scottish Parliament’s website. The only quantifiable costsarising from the provisions in the act are those incurred by the Scottish Executivein respect of the increased workload of the Scottish Surveillance Commissioners.By way of comparable information the annual costs for the year 2005-06 were £93,000.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum accompanying the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the Act came into force, in each category.
Answer
The Financial Memorandum tothe bill is available on the Parliament's website. The only significant costs incurred asresult of the act related to the extension of the remit of the Scottish PublicServices Ombudsman. These costs, which were funded by the Scottish Executive,amounted to £50,000 during 2005-06.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the Act came into force, in each category.
Answer
The Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament require all Executive Bills on introduction to be accompanied by a FinancialMemorandum which sets out the best estimates of the administrative, compliance andother costs to which the provisions of the bill would give rise, best estimatesof the timescales over which such costs would be expected to arise, and an indicationof the margins of uncertainty in such estimates. The Financial Memorandum must distinguishseparately such costs as would fall upon (a) the Scottish Administration, (b) localauthorities and (c) other bodies, individuals and businesses. These memoranda arefreely available on the Scottish Parliament’s website.
By way of comparable informationactual initial set up costs and annual costs for the year 2005-06 in the same categoriesas the Financial Memorandum are as follows:
| Actual |
| Executive | Local Authorities | Other |
| Set Up | Annual | Set Up | Annual | Set Up | Annual |
| £50,000 | £2,113,000 | Nil | Nil | Minimal | Minimal |
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Education and Training (Scotland) Act 2000 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the Act came into force, in each category.
Answer
The Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament require all Executive Bills on introduction to beaccompanied by a Financial Memorandum which sets out the best estimates of theadministrative, compliance and other costs to which the provisions of the billwould give rise, best estimates of the timescales over which such costs wouldbe expected to arise, and an indication of the margins of uncertainty in suchestimates. The Financial Memorandum must distinguish separately such costs aswould fall upon (a) the Scottish Administration, (b) local authorities and (c)other bodies, individuals and businesses. These memoranda are freely availableon the Scottish Parliament's website.
By way of comparableinformation the figures in the following table represent the set up costs forthe Students Awards Agency for Scotland and the Scottish University for Industry and the annual costs for both in2005-06.
| Actual |
| Executive | Local Authorities | Other |
| Set up | Annual | Set Up | Annual | Set Up | Annual |
| £3,121,000 | £2,031,000 | NIL | NIL | £2,267,000 | £3,389,000 |
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial set up and (b) annual costs to (i) the Executive, (ii) local authorities, (iii) other public sector organisations or bodies and (iv) other individuals, organisations and bodies of the Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm (Navigation and Fishing) (Scotland) Act 2003 were projected to be in the Estimate of Expense and Funding Statement accompanying the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) annual costs have been in each year since the Act came into force, in each category.
Answer
An Estimate of Expense andFunding Statement was not required to accompany the bill. The act follows a privatebill and the Executive holds no information about any related costs incurred bythe promoter of the bill since the act came into force.
