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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S2W-29605

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 21 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 Joint Inspection of Children’s Services and Inspection of Social Work Services (Scotland) Act 2006 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) costs have been to date since the Act came into force, in each category.

Question reference: S2W-29516

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 21 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 Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (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.

Question reference: S2W-29582

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 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 Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 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.

Question reference: S2W-29586

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 21 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 Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 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.

Question reference: S2W-29604

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 21 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 Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 were projected to be in the Financial Memorandum to the Bill and what the actual (1) initial set up costs were and (2) costs have been to date since the Act came into force, in each category.

Question reference: S2W-29577

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 21 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 Primary Medical Services (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.

TheStanding Orders of the Scottish Parliament require all bills on introduction tobe accompanied 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 be expectedto arise, and an indication of the margins of uncertainty in such estimates. TheFinancial Memorandum must distinguish separately such costs as would fall upon(a) the Scottish Administration, (b) local authorities and (c) other bodies, individualsand businesses. These memoranda are freely available on the Scottish Parliament’swebsite.

By way of comparable informationactual initial set up cost and annual costs for the year 2005-06 in the same categoriesas the Financial Memoranda is as follows.

Actual
Executive		Local Authorities		Other
Set Up	Annual	Set up	Annual	Set up	Annual
17 million	623.7 million	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

Question reference: S2W-29563

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 21 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 Title Conditions (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.

Question reference: S2W-29548

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 21 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 Salmon Conservation (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.

Question reference: S2W-29569

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 21 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 Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (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.

Question reference: S2W-29546

Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2006
Current Status: Answered by Johann Lamont on 21 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 Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales 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.

The Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament require all bills on introduction to be accompanied by a Financial Memorandumwhich sets out the best estimates of the administrative, compliance and other coststo which the provisions of the bill would give rise, best estimates of the timescalesover which such costs would be expected to arise, and an indication of the marginsof uncertainty in such estimates. The Financial Memorandum must distinguish separatelysuch costs as would fall upon (a) the Scottish administration, (b) local authoritiesand (c) other bodies, individuals and businesses. These memoranda are freely availableon the Scottish Parliament’s website.

The Abolition of Poindings andWarrant Sales Act 2001 was due to come into force on the 31 of December 2002, butthe Debt Arrangement and Attachment Act 2002 came into force on 30 December 2002and schedule 3, paragraph 27, repealed it.

Financial Memorandum
Executive		Local Authorities		Other
Set Up	Annual	Set Up	Annual	Set Up	Annual
0	0	0	0	0	0

Actual
Executive		Local Authorities		Other
Set Up	Annual	Set Up	Annual	Set Up	Annual
Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable