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The above figures compare with a total of 616 journeys at a cost of £72,705 for ministerial travel by private hire car during the comparable period in 2006-07. However, the figures for this period were affected by a reduction in the level of ministerial travel during the pre-election period.

Eleven companies in Scotland were used to provide this service. The names of the companies are subject to commercial confidentiality.

The information in respect of staff below senior civil service level in each pay bargaining unit is shown in the following tables.

Table 1: Scottish Government Main Bargaining Unit

Notes:

1. The Scottish Government main bargaining unit covers staff below senior civil service level in the core directorates and most of its agencies.

2. Figures as at October 2008.

Table 2: Historic Scotland

Note: Figures as at August 2007.

Table 3: Scottish Prison Service

Note: Figures as at April 2009.

Table 4: Scottish Court Service

Note: Figures as at March 2009.

Table 5: Registers of Scotland

Note: Figures as at May 2009.

The gap is shown as the average female salary as a percentage of the average male salary. It is to be expected that there will be minor differences in average salaries, particularly if few staff are being compared, as seen in the tables.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is currently carrying out a pay audit and up-to-date figures are not available at this time. I will write to the member as soon as the information is available and a copy will be placed in the Scottish Parliament''s Information Centre (Bib. number 48376).

The pay of senior civil servants is a reserved issue and is determined in-line with policies originating from cabinet office and have therefore not been included in this response.

The following tables provide information on the staff in post as at 31 May 2007 compared to 28 February 2009. The Scottish Government only holds this information for those agencies to which we provide a Human Resources (HR) function. Registers of Scotland, Scottish Prisons Service, Historic Scotland, Scottish Courts Service and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service have their own HR function and hold their own HR data and therefore have not been included in the tables.

Table 1: As at 31 May 2007

Table 2: As at 28 February 2009

Notes:

*The grand total figure has been adjusted to exclude those Disclosure Scotland staff who were previously outwith the SG core (and so were not included in the May 2007 figures) and have been transferred into Directorate General (DG) Education in February 2009.

Scottish Housing Regulator is the regulatory body formed on 1 April 2008 after the dissolution of Communities Scotland. Sixty five staff from the former Communities Scotland transferred to Scottish Housing Regulator on 1 April 2008, the remaining staff from Communities Scotland were absorbed into the SG core.

Between the dates of 31 May 2007 and 28 February 2009 staff from Communities Scotland, Scottish Building Standards Agency, Scottish Agricultural Science Agency and Disclosure Scotland have been absorbed into the core Scottish Government DGs.

Three hundred and sixty five staff from Communities Scotland were absorbed into the core Scottish Government DGs and it''s agencies on 1 April 2008.

Thirty three staff from Scottish Building Standards Agency transferred to DG Economy on 1 April 2008.

One hundred and forty five staff from Scottish Agricultural Science Agency (SASA) transferred to DG Environment on 2 July 2008.

One hundred and thirty seven staff from Disclosure Scotland transferred from Strathclyde Police into DG Education on TUPE Transfer terms on 15 October 2007. There are currently 153 members of staff from Disclosure Scotland included within DG Education as at 28 February 2009.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Directorates/Services-Groups/17963/advertising-marketing/spend.

The advertising spend for the financial year 2008-09 has yet to be reconciled but will be available on the aforementioned website by the end of July 2009.

The following table shows spend with our recruitment advertising supplier, TMP, on recruitment advertising media for civil service and public appointment recruitment. Agencies may have used other recruitment advertising suppliers but that spend is not available centrally.

Due to the way the information is collected it is not possible to split the information by directorate for both years or by director general for 2007-08.

In 2007-08 recruitment advertising orders for some agencies were placed through the Scottish Government (SG) core and therefore the spend is included in the core figure.

Recruitment Advertising Spend (£)