To ask the Scottish Executive what payments have been, or will be, made by (a) it and (b) local authorities to returning officers for executing their statutory duties at the local authority and Scottish parliamentary elections held on 1 May 2003. The funding of Scottish parliamentaryelections is the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Scotland.The funding of local government elections is a matter for the relevant localauthority and there is no specific allocation made for the running ofelections.