- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 13 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it provides to the Caledonian Virtual Practice Development College.
Answer
The Scottish Executiveagreed to provide a contribution to the running costs for one year (2005-06),along with NHS Education for Scotland and NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, to allow theCollege to continue functioning while an external evaluation of practice developmentmodels was carried out. The Scottish Executive contributed £40,000.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of manufacturing employment was in (a) Scotland, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Dundee, (e) Glasgow and (f) Stirling in each year since 2000.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-25993 on 8 June 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many manufacturing jobs were lost in (a) Scotland, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Dundee, (e) Glasgow and (f) Stirling in each year since 2000.
Answer
There is no information held centrally on the number of jobs lost in industries. However it is possible to lookat the net change in jobs over time. The following table shows the net change inthe number of manufacturing employee jobs in Scotland, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow and Stirling since2000. Due to changes in the data between 2002 and 2003 there is a discontinuitywith the data therefore the changes between 2002 and 2003 are not included.
Table 1 Annual Change in theLevel of Manufacturing Employee Jobs, 2000-04
| | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2003-04 |
| Scotland | -17,000 | -21,600 | -7,300 |
| Aberdeen City | +400 | -700 | +200 |
| Dundee City | 0 | -1,900 | +300 |
| Edinburgh City | -2,600 | -900 | -400 |
| Glasgow City | +300 | -2,700 | -2,100 |
| Stirling | -100 | -700 | +500 |
Source: Annual Business Inquiry(ABI).
Notes:
1. The data are rounded to thenearest 100.
2. Data for 2000–02 are basedon 1991 census wards. Data for 2003-2004 are based on 2003 CAS wards.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were employed in manufacturing industry in (a) Scotland, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Dundee, (e) Glasgow and (f) Stirling in each year since 2000, also expressed as a percentage of the workforce in each of these locations.
Answer
Table 1 shows the number of employeejobs in the manufacturing industry for Scotland, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow and Stirling in each year since 2000. Table 2 shows manufacturingjobs as a proportion of all employee jobs in these areas since 2000. These dataare sourced from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI). Due to changes in the ABI between2002 and 2003 there is a discontinuity with the data therefore figures from 2003onwards are not directly comparable with data prior to 2003.
Table 1 Number of EmployeeJobs within Manufacturing, 2000-04
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Scotland | 302,000 | 285,000 | 263,400 | 243,300 | 236,000 |
| Aberdeen City | 14,800 | 15,200 | 14,500 | 11,600 | 11,800 |
| Dundee City | 11,100 | 11,100 | 9,200 | 9,900 | 10,200 |
| Edinburgh City | 20,600 | 17,900 | 17,000 | 14,700 | 14,300 |
| Glasgow City | 30,000 | 30,300 | 27,600 | 25,800 | 23,700 |
| Stirling | 3,000 | 2,900 | 2,300 | 2,100 | 2,600 |
Source: Annual Business Inquiry(ABI).
Notes:
1. The data are rounded to thenearest 100.
2. Data for 2000–02 are basedon 1991 census wards. Data for 2003-04 are based on 2003 CAS wards.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
Table 2 ManufacturingEmployee Jobs as a Proportion of All Employee Jobs, 2000-04
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Scotland | 13.5% | 12.4% | 11.6% | 10.5% | 10.1% |
| Aberdeen City | 8.8% | 9.2% | 9.0% | 7.2% | 7.0% |
| Dundee City | 15.6% | 15.3% | 12.9% | 13.5% | 13.5% |
| Edinburgh City | 7.0% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 4.7% | 4.6% |
| Glasgow City | 8.2% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 6.0% |
| Stirling | 7.5% | 7.0% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 6.1% |
Source: Annual Business Inquiry(ABI).
Notes:
1. The data are rounded to thenearest 100.
2. Data for 2000-02 are basedon 1991 census wards. Data for 2003-04 are based on 2003 CAS wards.
3. ABI data are workplace based.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) start-up and (b) failure rates were for small businesses in (i) Glasgow, (ii) Edinburgh, (iii) Dundee, (iv) Aberdeen, (v) Stirling and (vi) Inverness in each year since 2000.
Answer
Data on the number of VAT registrationsand de-registrations are released annuallyby the Small Business Service, an agency of the Department for Trade and Industry.These figures are used to monitor the number of business start-ups and closures;they are not available by business size.
The number of business de-registrationsis not a direct measure for the number of business “failures”. Businesses can de-registerfor VAT for a number of reasons, for example de-registration could be associatedwith a merger with another firm to form a new business.
These figures do not accountfor all UK business activity as only companies with a turnover above the VAT thresholdare required to register.
The table below shows the rateof VAT registrations and de-registrations per 10,000 resident adults in selectedlocal authorities from 2000 to 2004:
| Local Authority | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Registrations | | | | | |
| Glasgow City | 35 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
| City of Edinburgh | 39 | 37 | 34 | 37 | 37 |
| Dundee City | 24 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 23 |
| Aberdeen City | 33 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 30 |
| Stirling | 36 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 39 |
| Highland* | 31 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 38 |
| De-registrations | | | | | |
| Glasgow City | 34 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 34 |
| City of Edinburgh | 32 | 32 | 33 | 37 | 34 |
| Dundee City | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 22 |
| Aberdeen City | 36 | 39 | 35 | 36 | 36 |
| Stirling | 29 | 30 | 27 | 34 | 38 |
| Highland* | 34 | 32 | 30 | 34 | 41 |
Source: Small Business Service,DTI
Note: *Data for Inverness is notavailable separately.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has about what lottery funding was received by (a) Glasgow City, (b) Renfrewshire, (c) North Lanarkshire, (d) South Lanarkshire, (e) South Ayrshire, (f) Dundee City, (g) East Dunbartonshire and (h) West Dunbartonshire councils in each of the last five years.
Answer
The distribution of NationalLottery funds is a matter for the Lottery Distribution Bodies: Scottish ArtsCouncil, Scottish Screen,
sportscotland, the Big Lottery Fund and theHeritage Lottery Fund. The information requested is not held centrally by theExecutive.
The Department for Culture,Media and Sport maintains an electronic database of National Lottery awards.Details of the total awarded to each constituency area and each local authorityarea for each lottery good cause can be obtained through the DCMS website at:
http://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/search.asp.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will fund its bridge toll impact study.
Answer
The study will be fundedfrom the Executive’s transport programme.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will abolish the tolls on the Forth and Tay road bridges should that be the recommendation of its bridge toll impact study.
Answer
We will consider theoutcomes of the study carefully before taking decisions on the way forward.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the deadline is for the submission of tenders by parties who wish to conduct its bridge toll impact study.
Answer
A deadline has not yet beenset for the submission of tenders. We expect to appoint suitable consultants bythe end of the summer.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether tolls on the Tay and Forth road bridges will be temporarily removed for any period during its bridge toll impact study.
Answer
Ministers do not propose toseek any temporary removal of the tolls.
