- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to extend funding for community wardens beyond spring 2006.
Answer
A further £66 million in Executive funding for action to tackle anti-social behaviour for the period to March 2008 was announced in the Spending Review 2004. The allocation of these funds will be decided and announced shortly: but where local authorities and their Community Planning partners identify warden schemes as key priorities in their antisocial behaviour strategies, the Executive will certainly consider providing financial support for them.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by John Scott on 4 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the total running costs, including rents, repairs and administration, were for the temporary accommodation of the Parliament for each year since 1999-2000.
Answer
The total running costs forthe temporary accommodation, for rents, rates, planned and reactive buildingmaintenance, cleaning and utilities, in each year since 1999-2000 are asfollows:
| 1999-2000 | £2,197,090 |
| 2000-01 | £3,114,720 |
| 2001-02 | £3,726,736 |
| 2002-03 | £3,861,682 |
| 2003-04 | £3,682,231 |
These figures includecontractors’ administration costs only, as it is not possible to determine timespent by parliamentary staff on each of the above services.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by John Scott on 4 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the estimated total running costs will be for Holyrood for each of the next five years.
Answer
Forecasts have not been submittedbeyond 2006-07 and cost histories will enable future years’ budgets to be setwith greater certainty. The estimated total running costs for Holyrood accommodation(based on existing fabric and building services), for rent, rates, planned andreactive building maintenance, cleaning, and utilities, up to 2006‑07 areas follows:
| 2004-05 | £5,465,500 |
| 2005-06 | £5,994,600 |
| 2006-07 | £6,011,700 |
The estimate for 2004-05 isa combination of interim and Holyrood accommodation costs and allows for doublerunning over the migration period.
The rates for Holyrood havenot yet been set by the assessor, and an estimated cost of £4 million has beenused for budgetary purposes, as advised to the Finance Committee on 5 October 2004.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its projected (a) income and (b) expenditure is for each of the next four years, broken down by (i) department and (ii) source of funding.
Answer
Our Spending Plans for the period out to 2007-08 are set out in
Building a Better Scotland – Enterprise, Opportunity and Fairness, published on 29 September, and copies of which are available at
www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/enterprise/babs-00.asp. More detailed information will be published in the Draft Budget 2005-06 shortly.Detailed information on income for 2004-05 is available in the supporting document to the Budget Act 2005, copies of which are available at www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/finance/sdb05-00.asp. Detailed forecasts of receipts for future years will be published in supporting documents to the relevant Budget Bills in due course.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its (a) income and (b) expenditure was in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) department and (ii) source of funding.
Answer
This information is available in the Executive’s accounts for the years concerned, copies of which are available on the Executive’s website at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/recent.aspx.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 August 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage gender breakdown was for (a) all applicants and (b) successful candidates for posts (i) in the senior civil service and (ii) at band C (formerly grade 7) in the Executive and the former Scottish Office in each year since 1 January 1994.
Answer
The table below gives the percentage gender breakdown for recruitment for (a) all applicants and (b) successful candidates for posts (i) in the senior civil service and (ii) at band C (formerly grade 7) in the Executive in each year since 1 January 1999. Information prior to this date is not held.
Band C
| Year | Applications | Successful Candidates |
| %Male | %Female | %Male | %Female |
| 1999 | 55 | 45 | 45 | 55 |
| 2000 | 63 | 37 | 41 | 59 |
| 2001 | 63 | 37 | 45 | 55 |
| 2002 | 60 | 40 | 46 | 54 |
| 2003 | 59 | 41 | 44 | 56 |
| 2004 | 57 | 43 | 67 | 33 |
SCS
| Year | Applications | Successful Candidates |
| % Male | % Female | % Male | % Female |
| 1999 | 58 | 42 | 83 | 17 |
| 2000 | 79 | 21 | 55 | 45 |
| 2001 | 76 | 24 | 29 | 71 |
| 2002 | 74 | 26 | 71 | 29 |
| 2003 | 73 | 27 | 50 | 50 |
| 2004 | 80 | 20 | 50 | 50 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 8 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets it has set for reducing employee numbers in the (a) Civil Service and (b) public sector in each year from 2004-05 to 2007-08.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is determined to secure operational efficiency in the Civil Service and public sector through ensuring that public servants are in the right job, at the right time and the right place.
Targets which seek a reduction in employee numbers would play no useful part in this.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by John Scott on 6 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the estimated annual costs are for the maintenance and upkeep of Holyrood.
Answer
The estimated cost forplanned maintenance for the first full year of operation, 2005-06, isanticipated to be £640,000. The estimated cost for reactive maintenance is£206,000. Maintenance histories will enable future years’ budgets to be setwith greater certainty than is possible at this time.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 6 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reduce business rates.
Answer
The Scottish Executive aims to announce the 2005-06 business rates poundage in early November.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 1 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the shortlist of possible locations being considered for the relocation of (a) the Scottish Arts Council, (b) NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, (c) NHS Health Scotland and (d) NHS Education for Scotland.
Answer
The Executive has not routinely published shortlists of possible locations being considered in relocation reviews. However, that practice is now being reviewed as part of our commitment to transparency.
