- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 8 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many new businesses started up in each year from 2011.
Answer
Business births are measured using new business VAT/PAYE registrations, sourced from the Office for National Statistics Business Demography publications. Table 1 shows business births in each year from 2011 to 2016.
Table 1: Business Births (VAT/PAYE registrations), Scotland, 2011-2016
Year | Business Births |
2011 | 16,940 |
2012 | 17,385 |
2013 | 21,540 |
2014 | 21,235 |
2015 | 21,725 |
2016 | 22,270 |
Source: Business Demography 2016, Office for National Statistics
Note that VAT/PAYE registrations do not represent a complete picture of start-up activity as only businesses with an annual turnover above the VAT threshold or who have employees on a Pay As You Earn (PAYE) scheme are required to register.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 8 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses are co-operatives, broken down by year since 2011.
Answer
The main source for official statistics on the number of businesses in Scotland is the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR). The IDBR, maintained by the Office for National Statistics, is a database of all businesses registered for Value-Added-Tax (VAT) and/or Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE). Co-operatives cannot be specifically identified on the IDBR. However, Co-operatives UK monitor the number of co-operatives across the UK - their co-operative economy report for 2017, which states that there are 560 co-operatives in Scotland, is available on-line at: http://reports.uk.coop/economy2017/#3-across-the-country .
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 8 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people who register as self-employed do not start their own business.
Answer
The Businesses in Scotland 2017 publication provides a breakdown of enterprises into those that are registered for VAT and/or PAYE, and those that are not (so called unregistered enterprises). Unregistered enterprises are the smallest businesses that are not large enough to be VAT registered (have an annual turnover below the VAT threshold - £83,000 as at March 2017) and are not PAYE registered (i.e. do not employ others). The Businesses in Scotland 2017 publication is available on-line at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/Corporate
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 8 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people registered as self-employed in each year since 2011.
Answer
Table 1 shows the level of self-employment in Scotland in each year from October 2010–September 2011 to October 2016-September 2017 from the Annual Population Survey (APS). The October 2016-September 2017 is the most recent data available from the APS.
Table 1: Level of self-employment, Scotland, 2011-2016
Year | Self-employment (level) |
Oct 2010-Sep 2011 | 284,200 |
Oct 2011-Sep 2012 | 299,300 |
Oct 2012-Sep 2013 | 289,400 |
Oct 2013-Sep 2014 | 301,700 |
Oct 2014-Sep 2015 | 303,700 |
Oct 2015-Sep 2016 | 311,000 |
Oct 2016-Sep 2017 | 326,200 |
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce ambulance waiting times.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2018
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there is a reported backlog of complaints relating to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, and what action it is taking to resolve this.
Answer
The Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) is a Non-Ministerial Department and part of the Scottish Administration. OSCR is an independent regulator and does not form part of the Scottish Government.
In line with the framework agreement between the Scottish Government and OSCR, given that this question asks about matters that are the responsibility of OSCR and that Scottish Ministers are not accountable for OSCR’s operations,the Member is invited to refer the question to OSCR.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the average time taken is by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to deal with complaints.
Answer
The Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) is a Non-Ministerial Department and part of the Scottish Administration. OSCR is an independent regulator and does not form part of the Scottish Government.
In line with the framework agreement between the Scottish Government and OSCR, given that this question asks about matters that are the responsibility of OSCR and that Scottish Ministers are not accountable for OSCR’s operations,the Member is invited to refer the question to OSCR.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the longest time taken is by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to deal with a complaint.
Answer
The Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) is a Non-Ministerial Department and part of the Scottish Administration. OSCR is an independent regulator and does not form part of the Scottish Government.
In line with the framework agreement between the Scottish Government and OSCR, given that this question asks about matters that are the responsibility of OSCR and that Scottish Ministers are not accountable for OSCR’s operations,the Member is invited to refer the question to OSCR.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many school leavers with learning disabilities have gone on to (a) work, (b) further education, (c) higher education, (d) unemployment and (e) another destination in each of the last five years.
Answer
The initial destinations of school leavers with a recorded ‘Learning Disability’ Additional Support Need, for the last five leaver cohorts for which data are available, are detailed in the following table:
Percentage of secondary and special school leavers from publicly funded schools with a recorded 'Learning Disability' Additional Support Need by initial destination category, 2011-12 – 2015-16
| | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
Number of Leavers | 940 | 1150 | 994 | 1,116 | 1,266 |
Higher Education | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3 | 4.4 |
Further Education | 54.7 | 52.1 | 52.4 | 53.8 | 52.4 |
Training | 6.5 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 5.9 |
Employment | 9.5 | 11 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
Voluntary Work | * | 1.1 | 1 | 0.8 | * |
Activity Agreement | 3.2 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3 | * |
Unemployed Seeking | 12.4 | 8.5 | 11.1 | 6.7 | 7 |
Unemployed Not Seeking | 10 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 10.5 | * |
Unknown | * | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 | * |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 March 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been leveraged from European Investment Fund accredited fund managers as part of the Scottish Growth Scheme.
Answer
The Scottish European Growth Co-investment Fund is a partnership between Scottish Enterprise and the European Investment Fund (EIF) involving co-investment by European Venture Capital Fund Managers who are accredited by the EIF. There has been no funding leveraged to date although a number of active discussions are ongoing. Given the scale and nature of potential funding it understandably takes time for discussions between companies and potential investors to conclude.
