Derek Brownlee

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29578 by Johann Lamont on 23 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Details of actual substantive costings available centrally are set out in the following table in the same categories as the Financial Memorandum to the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004. The annual costs relate to 2005-06 to 2007-08.</p> <table borde…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29579 by Robert Brown on 30 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Adam Ingram: The actual annual costs incurred directly by the Scottish Government are 2003-04=£453,000; 2004-05=£680,000; 2005-06=£843,000 (this included £150,000 for the purchase and set up of a records management system); 2006-07=£541,000, and 2007-08=£402,000.</p>

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29586 by Johann Lamont on 21 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The only financial obligation arising as a result of the Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (the Act) is in terms of Section 18 of the Act which provides for an obligation on the owner of property to insure the property for the reinstatement value of that owner''s…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29587 by Robert Brown on 17 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Keith Brown: Details of actual substantive costings available centrally are set out in the following table in the same categories as the Financial Memorandum to the School Education (Ministerial Powers and Independent Schools) (Scotland) Bill. The annual costs relate to …

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29590 by Rhona Brankin on 17 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Stewart Stevenson: The main objectives of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 were to strengthen the economic regulation of the Scottish Water industry - including setting up the Water Industry Commission for Scotland - providing for competition in the non-household ret…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29591 by Johann Lamont on 21 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: There was no initial set up costs with the introduction of Fire (Scotland) Act 2005. The Financial Memorandum that accompanied the bill is available on the Scottish Parliament''s website. Much of the work relating to the projected annual costs are longer term…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29593 by Robert Brown on 17 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Michael Russell: The actual known costs of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 in each year since the 2005 act came into force are set out in the following table:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td valign=top > <p >&nbsp;</b></…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29596 by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 December 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: Details of actual substantive costings available centrally are set out in the following table in the same categories as the Financial Memorandum to the Charities and Trustee Investment Bill. The annual costs relate to 2006-07 and 2007-08:</p> <table border=…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29599 by Lewis Macdonald on 20 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Shona Robison: Details of the actual costs available centrally are set out in the following table in the same categories as the Financial Memorandum to the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill.</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr >…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29600 by Cathy Jamieson on 20 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Details of actual substantive costings available centrally are set out in the following table in the same categories as the Financial Memorandum to the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Bill. The annual costs relate to 2007-08 - the last full financial …

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29601 by Ross Finnie on 23 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Richard Lochhead: The information requested relating to the actual costs of Strategic Environmental Assessment is not held centrally.</p>

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29603 by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Alex Neil: The provisions in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 are not yet all in force. Of those that are in force, most have been in force for less than a year and so annual costs are not yet available.</p> <p >The total of the actual set-up costs for the Scottish Gov…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29604 by Johann Lamont on 21 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: The Financial Memorandum to the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 anticipated costs for the Scottish Legal Aid Board and the Scottish Court Service only. Data on actual costs is not held centrally.</p>

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29606 by Lewis Macdonald on 20 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Financial Memorandum to the Human Tissue (Scotland) Bill identified the following additional costs arising from the bill:</p> <p >£50,000 a year as a cost to the Scottish Government for charges which the Human Tissue Authority might make for its work in…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29609 by Robert Brown on 17 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Keith Brown: Details of set-up and annual costs available centrally are set out in the following table in the same categories as the Financial Memorandum to the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Bill. The annual costs relate to 2007-08 “ the last full financial year…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29611 by Cathy Jamieson on 23 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Details of actual substantive costings available centrally are set out in the following table in the same categories as the Financial Memorandum to the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill. The figures relate to expenditure by the Scottis…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29612 by Ross Finnie on 23 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · Richard Lochhead: The Scottish Government does not hold details of any expenditure by local authorities or others as an immediate consequence of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.</p> <p >No secondary legislation has been brought into force which would place a…

18 Feb 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-29615 by George Lyon on 17 November 2006, whether actual costings are now available and, if so, what these are.

Answer · John Swinney: Part 1 of the Local Electoral and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (the 2006 Act) deals with changes to electoral administration procedures. As stated in the Financial Memorandum, there were no associated costs falling on the Scottish Government, loc…

15 Jan 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were arrested for drug-driving offences in the south of Scotland and how many of these were (a) first-time and (b) repeat offenders in each of the last five years for which information is available, broken down by police force.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Figures for driving convictions involving drugs alone are not available.</p> <p >For data on drink/drug-driving offences I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-19813 on 28 January 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available o…

15 Jan 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were arrested for drink-driving offences in the south of Scotland and how many of these were (a) first-time and (b) repeat offenders in each of the last five years for which information is available, broken down by police force.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: Information on the number of arrests made by the police is not held centrally.</p> <p >Figures for drink driving convictions alone are not available. The following tables provide information relating to drink/drug driving convictions.</p> <p >Persons<sup>1<…

15 Jan 2009 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people most at risk in the south of Scotland received flu vaccinations in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Shona Robison: The percentage of people most at risk in Scotland who received flu vaccination in each of the last three years is set out in the following table. Information is provided broken down by all NHS board areas and for those aged 65 and over (over 65s) as well as f…

15 Jan 2009 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to respond to the challenges highlighted in the Audit Scotland report Financial overview of the NHS in Scotland 2007-08.

Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: <i > This PQ was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:</i></b></p> <p ><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0115-01.htm">http://www.scotti…

8 Jan 2009 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what measures the Scottish Government plans to take in 2009 to support the economy.

Answer · Alex Salmond: <i >This PQ was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:</i></p> <p ><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0108-01.htm">http://www.scottish.p…

1 Dec 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the Home Report advertising and communication budget is for 2008-09.

Answer · Stewart Maxwell: The Home Report publicity campaign is intended to reach people currently involved in the house buying and selling process, rather than the whole population of Scotland. It is based on consumer research and research with property professionals and comprises ad…

25 Nov 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost will be to the public sector in Scotland of the increase in employers’ national insurance contributions announced in the pre-Budget report and whether any consequential funding has been announced by the UK Government.

Answer · John Swinney: The decision by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to increase employers'' national insurance contributions by half a percentage point from 2011-12 will impact on the public sector in Scotland by increasing employment costs.</p> <p >We are unable at this sta…

25 Nov 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will receive in consequential funding as a result of announcements in the pre-Budget report, broken down by year.

Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government will receive consequential funding of £5.4 million in 2008-09, £5.7 million in 2009-10 and £0.2 million in 2010-11. In addition, we have the opportunity to bring forward up to £260 million of capital expenditure in 2008-09 and 2009-10 …

25 Nov 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the projections for local income tax revenues set out in its explanatory paper, Abolition of council tax and introduction of local income tax: revenue projections, are for each year when the changes in forecasts and policy measures introduced in the pre-Budget report are taken into a…

Answer · John Swinney: Projections of local income tax revenue as set out in the Scottish Government''s explanatory paper <i >Abolition of Council Tax and Introduction of Local Income Tax: Revenue Projections</i> are currently being revised to take into account the measures introdu…

13 Nov 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what factors explain an increase in the number of referrals to the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration in the south of Scotland and elsewhere.

Answer · Adam Ingram: The following table shows those local authority areas which saw an increase in the number of children referred between 2006-07 and 2007-08:</p> <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <thead> <tr > <td width=168 valign=top > <p align=center…

7 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, under its proposed local income tax, tax revenues from individuals who move between local authority areas would be allocated to each authority on the basis of time spent in its area.

Answer · John Swinney: As with the council tax system there will require to be a procedure in the local income tax system to account for people moving in and out of local authority areas. We will bring forward detail on this as we progress our proposals.</p>

7 Oct 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to comments made by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on 2 October 2008 (Official Report, c. 11386), what definition of residence it proposes to use for taxpayers under its proposed local income tax to ensure that “the local income tax that is collected fro…

Answer · John Swinney: Our proposals for defining residence in relation to local income tax were set out in paragraph 19 of <i >A Fairer Local Tax for Scotland</i> and relate to utilisation of the current definition of a Scottish taxpayer as set out in the Scotland Act 1998. As we …