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To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to establish its Older People's website and what the annual operating costs are of the site. The costs of establishing and maintaining the site are being met from within existing departmental running costs and thus have not given rise to any additional cost.
I declare an interest as a farmer.I am interested in something that Mr Thomson said about compensation in respect of the future of integrated rural development and where sites are designated.
What consideration will be given to that matter in future budgeting?The committee indicated its concerns, in its stage 1 report, about the implications of challenge funding for the long-term stability of voluntary organisations.
The failure to provide park-and-ride sites in the south of Edinburgh has meant that the northern part of Edinburgh South has become an unofficial park-and-ride site, which has caused severe congestion.
We have considered what you do in your various areas. How do you assess or audit future need? How do you evaluate what you have done and how successful it is?
It will still be important to the economy but it will be more to do with attracting talented individuals to work in our growth sectors than with encouraging companies to locate on greenfield sites.
Minister, you said that about 1,800 jobs have moved in the past five years. What is the scale of future relocation likely to be? How many organisations are likely to be relocated and how many posts are likely to be transferred in future?