- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 29 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government who the members are of the board of Caledonian Assets Maritime Ltd (CMAL), also broken down by the date (a) of their appointment and (b) that their appointment is scheduled to cease.
Answer
I refer the member to the Appointed for Scotland website. I attach the link to the appropriate page that provides appointment details of the Caledonian Assets Maritime Ltd Board.
http://www.appointed-for-scotland.org/about-public-bodies/directory-of-public-bodies-appointments/caledonian-maritime-assets-ltd/
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding what proportion of people who register as self-employed each year do not start their own businesses.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-14943 on 8 March 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S5W-14942 by Keith Brown on 8 March 2018, what the figure was for 2017.
Answer
The 2017 business births figure is not currently published. The 2017 figure will be published in the Office for National Statistics 'Business demography: 2017' publication, which is scheduled for release on the 21st of November 2018.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will publish Businesses in Scotland 2018.
Answer
Businesses in Scotland 2018 will be published on 7 November 2018.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14941 by Keith Brown on 8 March 2018, whether the figures for October 2017 to September 2018 are available and, if (a) so, whether it will publish them and (b) not, by what date they will be published.
Answer
The figures for October 2017 to September 2018 will be included in the Office for National Statistics 'Regional Labour Market Statistics in the UK January 2019' publication, which is due for release on the 22nd of January 2019.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many public sector construction projects in each of the last five years have used locally-sourced stone, and how much this represented as a percentage of the overall cost of each project.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how much each sector in Scotland is contributing to the UK Apprenticeship Levy.
Answer
The Scottish Government is not responsible for collecting the Apprenticeship Levy, which is a UK Government measure.
The Scottish Government requested access to data relevant to Scotland from HMRC some time ago. This was only provided in late September 2018 and analysis of it is currently being undertaken.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it will complete the review of the Employability Fund.
Answer
In “Delivering for Today, Investing for Tomorrow”, the 2018-19 Programme for Government, we committed to set out the conclusions of the review of Scottish Government employability investment by the end of 2018, with a view to strengthening relationships with local and regional partners and developing a new delivery model that builds on the principles underpinning Fair Start Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it expects to receive in Barnett consequentials from the UK Apprenticeship Levy in each of the next three years.
Answer
On 14 November 2016 the UK Government announced the Scottish Government's three year settlement from the Barnett consequentials of the Apprenticeship Levy: 2017-2018 - £221 million; 2018-2019 - £230 million; and 2019-2020 - £239 million.
Beyond 2019-20 discussions with UK Government are yet to commence on Scotland’s Barnett consequentials for future years.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has received in Barnett consequentials from the UK Apprenticeship Levy (a) in 2017-18 and (b) since April 2018, and how this has been allocated.
Answer
As announced by UK Government Treasury on 14 November 2016 the Scottish Government's settlement from the Barnett consequentials of the Apprenticeship Levy is (a) 2017-2018 - £221 million; and (b) 2018-2019 - £230 million.
As the public sector is liable to pay the levy, the overall net effect is a reduction in public sector spending power in Scotland. A similar impact has been experienced in the other devolved nations.
All of the monies nationally allocated to the Block Grant as a consequence of the UK Government’s Apprenticeship Levy has been invested in skills, training and employability services.