- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 4 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total amount of non-domestic rates payable by all retail properties with a rateable value in excess of £750,000 is in 2010-11.
Answer
The combined rateable value of all non-domestic properties classified by the Scottish Assessors as shops with an individual rateable value over £750,000 is £330 million. For these properties in 2010-11, the business rates bill is estimated to be £137 million. In 2011-12, before application of the large retail property supplement, the rates bill for these properties is estimated to be £143 million. Both estimates are before the impact of appeals and reliefs.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 4 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what business poundage rate assumptions it used to calculate the non-domestic rates income for 2011-12 at £2,179.5 million.
Answer
The Scottish Government''s estimate of distributable non-domestic rate income for 2011-12 in the Draft Budget 2011-12 is £2,170.5 million. The £2,179.5 million figure published in the Draft Budget includes an additional £9 million for other Annually Managed Expenditure grants as noted in Table 14.01 in Scotland''s Spending Plans and Draft Budget 2011-12.
The Scottish Government is committed to the Scottish poundage rate not rising above the English poundage rate during the current Scottish Parliament. The calculations underpinning the Draft Budget 2011-12, published on 17 November 2010, were based on a then anticipated inflationary uplift in the poundage rate of 2.5 per cent.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 4 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of retail price index it used when calculating non-domestic rates revenue for 2011-12 as set out in Scotland’s Spending Plans and Draft Budget 2011-12.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to the Scottish poundage rate not rising above the English poundage rate during the current Scottish Parliament. The calculations underpinning the Draft Budget 2011-12, published on 17 November 2010, were based on a then anticipated inflationary uplift in the poundage rate of 2.5 per cent. The UK Government announced on 14 December 2010 that the uplift for the poundage in England would be 4.6 per cent, and this is now the rate used for the Scottish poundage. The estimated income will be subject to a number of factors including take up of reliefs, appeals and balances in the non-domestic rates income (NDRI) pool.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 4 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total rateable value and (b) number of rateable properties will be in 2011-12, broken down by (i) sector and (ii) bands of (A) more than £750,000 but not exceeding £1,000,000, (B) more than £1,000,000 but not exceeding £1,099,999, (C) more than £1,099,999 but not exceeding £1,265,000, (D) more than £1,265,000 but not exceeding £2,140,000 and (e) more than £2,140,000.
Answer
The total number of properties and combined rateable values of all properties broken down by band and sector is as follows.
| Sector | Zero Rated | £750,000 or Less | (a) £750,001 to £1,000,000 |
| No. | Total Rateable Value | No. | Total Rateable Value | No. | Total Rateable Value |
| Advertising | 0 | - | 1,985 | 8,405,189 | 0 | - |
| Care facilities | 5 | 0 | 3,158 | 102,734,470 | 0 | - |
| Communications | 11 | 0 | 364 | 13,086,805 | 1 | 909,000 |
| Cultural | 23 | 0 | 1,337 | 31,902,620 | 0 | - |
| Education and training | 8 | 0 | 3,852 | 398,946,865 | 46 | 39,159,000 |
| Garages and petrol stations | 9 | 0 | 4,518 | 69,494,075 | 0 | - |
| Health and medical | 9 | 0 | 3,067 | 105,800,015 | 7 | 6,076,000 |
| Hotels | 9 | 0 | 4,606 | 147,757,609 | 8 | 6,804,000 |
| Industrial subjects | 68 | 0 | 45,172 | 938,025,615 | 50 | 43,030,500 |
| Leisure, entertainment, caravans etc. | 41 | 0 | 19,043 | 213,651,035 | 9 | 7,688,000 |
| Offices | 16 | 0 | 37,016 | 860,018,192 | 54 | 46,461,000 |
| Other | 6,110 | 0 | 6,762 | 58,748,180 | 6 | 5,115,200 |
| Petrochemicals | 3 | 0 | 114 | 14,952,230 | 4 | 3,587,500 |
| Public houses | 9 | 0 | 3,984 | 116,664,525 | 0 | - |
| Public service subjects | 47 | 0 | 9,986 | 199,478,743 | 11 | 10,125,000 |
| Quarries, mines etc | 255 | 0 | 441 | 20,769,144 | 4 | 3,520,825 |
| Religious | 466 | 0 | 5,839 | 53,694,797 | 0 | - |
| Shops | 57 | 0 | 52,408 | 1,276,107,712 | 69 | 60,572,500 |
| Sporting subjects | 522 | 0 | 2,760 | 11,855,250 | 0 | - |
| Statutory undertaking | 8 | 0 | 481 | 50,585,576 | 14 | 12,220,250 |
| Total | 7,676 | 0 | 206,893 | 4,692,678,647 | 283 | 245,268,775 |
Sector | (b) £1,000,001 to £1,099,999 | (c) £1,100,000 to £1,265,000 | (d) £1,265,001 to £2,140,000 |
| No. | Total Rateable Value | No. | Total Rateable Value | No. | Total Rateable Value |
| Advertising | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Care facilities | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Communications | 0 | - | 1 | 1,109,000 | 0 | - |
| Cultural | 0 | - | 2 | 2,450,000 | 3 | 4,470,000 |
| Education and training | 3 | 3,190,000 | 2 | 2,416,000 | 13 | 19,770,000 |
| Garages and petrol stations | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Health and medical | 1 | 1,010,000 | 4 | 4,657,000 | 13 | 21,324,000 |
| Hotels | 2 | 2,055,000 | 6 | 7,043,000 | 8 | 12,645,000 |
| Industrial subjects | 10 | 10,500,000 | 17 | 19,901,000 | 33 | 53,483,500 |
| Leisure, entertainment, caravans etc. | 1 | 1,075,000 | 2 | 2,442,000 | 3 | 4,100,000 |
| Offices | 21 | 21,957,000 | 21 | 24,897,000 | 53 | 89,117,000 |
| Other | 1 | 1,077,600 | 5 | 5,899,000 | 4 | 6,667,000 |
| Petrochemicals | 1 | 1,056,000 | 2 | 2,295,000 | 8 | 12,942,000 |
| Public houses | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Public service subjects | 2 | 2,065,000 | 7 | 8,194,000 | 14 | 23,526,500 |
| Quarries, mines etc | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Religious | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Shops | 15 | 16,013,500 | 25 | 29,472,000 | 99 | 159,541,000 |
| Sporting subjects | 0 | - | 1 | 1,100,000 | 2 | 3,911,000 |
| Statutory undertaking | 0 | - | 3 | 3,517,000 | 7 | 11,483,000 |
| Total | 57 | 59,999,100 | 98 | 115,392,000 | 260 | 422,980,000 |
| Sector | (e) More than £2,140,000 | Total (Including Zero Rated) |
| No. | Total Rateable Value | No. | Total Rateable Value |
| Advertising | 0 | - | 1,985 | 8,405,189 |
| Care facilities | 0 | - | 3,163 | 102,734,470 |
| Communications | 0 | - | 377 | 15,104,805 |
| Cultural | 1 | 3,000,000 | 1,366 | 41,822,620 |
| Education and training | 10 | 37,761,000 | 3,934 | 501,242,865 |
| Garages and petrol stations | 0 | - | 4,527 | 69,494,075 |
| Health and medical | 16 | 57,885,500 | 3,117 | 196,752,515 |
| Hotels | 2 | 4,742,000 | 4,641 | 181,046,609 |
| Industrial subjects | 13 | 45,218,000 | 45,363 | 1,110,158,615 |
| Leisure, entertainment, caravans etc. | 0 | - | 19,099 | 228,956,035 |
| Offices | 29 | 90,945,000 | 37,210 | 1,133,395,192 |
| Other | 3 | 7,438,000 | 12,891 | 84,944,980 |
| Petrochemicals | 11 | 77,570,000 | 143 | 112,402,730 |
| Public houses | 0 | - | 3,993 | 116,664,525 |
| Public service subjects | 13 | 67,888,000 | 10,080 | 311,277,243 |
| Quarries, mines etc | 0 | - | 700 | 24,289,969 |
| Religious | 0 | - | 6,305 | 53,694,797 |
| Shops | 25 | 64,461,880 | 52,698 | 1,606,168,592 |
| Sporting subjects | 1 | 2,250,000 | 3,286 | 19,116,250 |
| Statutory undertaking | 20 | 635,410,000 | 533 | 713,215,826 |
| Total | 144 | 1,094,569,380 | 215,411 | 6,630,887,902 |
Notes:
1. In the tables, No. is the number of properties
2. The information given is from valuation roll data as at 1 January 2011
3. The information given is before the impact of valuation appeals. Actual rates bills will also depend on eligibility for business rates relief.
4. Zero rated properties and properties with a rateable value less than £750,000 are included for completeness
5. Sector is as defined by the Scottish Assessors.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 4 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional revenue would be raised if a new supplement of 0.1p was applied to all properties with a rateable value in excess of £1 million.
Answer
It is not possible to provide an accurate estimate. While an estimated £1.7 million could be raised in 2011-12 by applying a 0.1p universal supplement to all property with a rateable value over £1 million, the actual amount would be lower once appeals and reliefs are taken into account.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 4 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the non-domestic rates income for 2011-12 will be, broken down by the amount received from businesses paying (a) the poundage rate at 43.3p, (b) the large business supplement, (c) the large retail supplement, (d) the 50% small business bonus, (e) the 25% small business bonus and (f) other discounted rates.
Answer
The information requested is given in the following table using updated income estimates except that the actual poundage rate of 42.6p for 2011-12 has been used rather than a rate of 43.3p. A poundage rate of 43.3p would double count the large business supplement of 0.7p.
Estimated Distributable Amount 2011-12 (£ Million)
| Description | |
| Non-domestic rate income at 42.6p | 2,828.4 |
| plus: Large business supplement (0.7p) | 36.9 |
| plus: Large retail supplement | 30 |
| less: total small business bonus scheme relief | -128.4 |
| less: all other reliefs | -384.2 |
| less: other adjustments² | -212.3 |
| Total estimated distributable amount³ | 2,170.5 |
Notes:
1. There are three bands of relief under the Small Business Bonus Scheme (100%, 50% and 25%) and these are given in total.
2. Other adjustments include write offs, bad debts collected, back dated reliefs, prior year adjustments and preliminary estimates of adjustments for appeals, all of which are subject to revision as more up to date information becomes available. As a result, the total amount above is also subject to revision from time to time.
3. Numbers may not add due to rounding.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 26 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the number of jobs in construction and associated trades supported by investment from retailers since 2007.
Answer
As with the UK and other developed economies, an estimate of the impact of business investment by specific sectors, such as retail, on other sectors of the economy is not carried out as part of any assessment of the economy. Business investment is however an important driver of aggregate demand in the economy and is measured on that basis.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many vehicles used, and how much revenue was raised by, the car park at the Forestry Commission visitor centre at Glentress, Peebles, in each of the last five years.
Answer
The amount of vehicles and revenue raised at the Forestry Commission visitor centre and car park at Glentress, Peebles in each of the last five years is listed in the following table.
| Year | Number of Vehicles | Revenue | Comments on Vehicle Data |
| 2005-06 | 101,000 | 49,000 | Count (1) |
| 2006-07 | 106,000 | 56,000 | Count (1) |
| 2007-08 | 113,000 | 59,000 | Count (1) |
| 2008-09 | 114,000 | 84,000 | Estimate (2) |
| 2009-10 | 120,000 | 103,000 | Estimate (2) |
Notes:
1. Data sourced from induction loop vehicle counter (figures are rounded up).
2. Counter removed from Glentress Forest access road during construction of new road junction and access as part of the new development. The estimated figures are based on an extrapolation of historic figures informed by recent monthly data from new counter on new access road during calendar year 2010.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) initial estimated cost was and (b) current forecast cost is of the development of the new Forestry Commission visitor centre at Glentress, Peebles.
Answer
Initial cost estimates were based on a small scale re-development of the existing facilities budgeted at approximately £2 million. This was based on an upgrade of the existing facilities at the Osprey Car Park. This would significantly have reduced car park capacity and caused disruption to business.
The current forecast for the new Glentress Peel Project stands at £8.5 million. This final forecast cost for the project includes the purchase of the new 12 acre site, the design and build of four new purpose built sustainable buildings (caf©, bike shop, service building with offices and meeting rooms including a woodfuel heating system, wildlife viewing with interpretation, changing, showers and toilets), additional car parking and significantly improved access from the A72. The project is within the approved budget and timetable.
- Asked by: Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visitors the Forestry Commission visitor centre at Glentress, Peebles, has had and how many of these were mountain bikers, in each of the last five years.
Answer
The amount of visitors to the Forestry Commission visitor centre at Glentress, Peebles in each of the last five years is listed in the following table.
| Financial Year | Total Visits | Mountain Biker Visits (3) | Comments on Vehicle Data |
| 2005-06 | 222,000 | 104,000 | Count (1) |
| 2006-07 | 234,000 | 110,000 | Count (1) |
| 2007-08 | 248,000 | 117,000 | Count (1) |
| 2008-09 | 266,000 | 125,000 | Estimate (2) |
| 2009-10 | 301,000 | 141,000 | Estimate (2) |
Notes:
1. Data sourced from induction loop vehicle counter with a calibration sample survey to determine vehicle occupancy (figures are rounded up).
2. Counter removed from Glentress Forest access road during construction of new road junction and access as part of the new development. The estimated figures are based on an extrapolation of historic figures informed by recent monthly data from new counter on new access road from part of calendar year 2010.
3. Estimated breakdown of purpose of visit determined by All Forests visitor survey undertaken in 2004-05.
