The information held by the Executive is to be found in the table.The Executive holds information only on those compulsory purchase orders submitted to the Scottish ministers as confirming authority. We do not hold information on those orders instigated by a local authority but not submitted for confirmation or on the outcome of the order following confirmation by ministers.The table shows compulsory purchase orders submitted by local authorities to the Scottish ministers (or prior to July 1999 the Secretary of State for Scotland) and those confirmed by them. The table also shows the purposes for which the orders were made.Number of Local Authority Compulsory Purchase Orders Received and Confirmed in the Last Five Years

Council	Purpose	1997		1998		1999		2000		2001
		Rec'd	Conf'd	Rec'd	Conf'd	Rec'd	Conf'd	Rec'd	Conf'd	Rec'd	Conf'd
Aberdeen	Roads	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Planning	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Angus	Roads	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Planning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Clackmannan-shire	Housing	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Dundee	Roads	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Housing	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Planning	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
	Listed Buildings	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
East Ayrshire	Planning	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
	Listed Buildings	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
East Dunbartonshire	Roads	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Planning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
East Renfrewshire	Roads	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Edinburgh	Roads	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Housing	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Planning	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	1
Falkirk	Planning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fife	Roads	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Housing	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Planning	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Glasgow	Roads	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Housing	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	1
	Listed Buildings	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Highland	Roads	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Housing	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Planning	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Inverclyde	Planning	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
North Ayrshire	Housing	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
	Planning	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	Roads	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Housing	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Planning	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	Roads	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Planning	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Renfrewshire	Roads	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Planning	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1
	Listed Buildings	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Shetland	Roads	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
South Ayrshire	Roads	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
South Lanarkshire	Roads	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Housing	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Planning	4	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Listed Buildings	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Stirling	Roads	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Housing	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Planning	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	Roads	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Planning	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	Roads	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
Totals		11	16	20	11	16	12	15	12	15	20

I last met the Chief Executive of the Scottish Fish Merchants' Federation on 18 April 2002. The Chief Executive wrote to me on 5 June 2002 requesting a further meeting and my office is in the process of setting this up.

No. The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues, including taxation matters.

The funding was spread across all eight Scottish forces. Just over half was allocated to Strathclyde Police and Lothian and Borders Police, with the balance spread amongst the other six forces.

I met Commissioner Franz Fischler on 10 June 2002 to discuss the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). I have also had informal conversations on the CFP in the margins of various Fisheries Councils.

Information on overtime budgets for each police force in each of the last three years and this year to date is not held centrally. Actual expenditure on overtime for the latest three years available is shown in the first table below. The second table shows overtime as a percentage of expenditure on pay including overtime but excluding national insurance and allowances.

Actual Expenditure on Overtime (£000)
	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01
Central	1,299	2,129	2,547
Dumfries and Galloway	879	981	1,005
Fife	1,266	1,908	1,690
Grampian	2,925	3,347	2,543
Lothian and Borders	3,199	4,788	4,295
Northern	1,221	1,945	1,877
Strathclyde	14,163	20,022	18,512
Tayside	1,508	2,346	1,986
Total	26,460	37,466	34,455

Overtime as a Percentage of Actual Expenditure on Police Pay
	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01
Central	7.1%	10.7%	12.1%
Dumfries and Galloway	8.2%	9.2%	8.9%
Fife	5.9%	8.4%	7.3%
Grampian	9.1%	10.0%	7.5%
Lothian and Borders	4.9%	7.0%	6.1%
Northern	7.1%	10.5%	9.9%
Strathclyde	7.7%	10.2%	9.3%
Tayside	5.3%	8.1%	6.6%
Total	7.0%	9.4%	8.4%

The cost to the Scottish Executive was £22,200, which was all consultancy costs. Information on costs incurred by police forces is not held centrally.

The Corporate Body was responsible for the resources used by the Parliament in supporting the visit to Aberdeen and it will wish to review how the exercise was managed and financed. I anticipate that this will be discussed by the SPCB in September of this year, thus any lessons learned will be considered at that time. Consultations on this matter will involve various officials of Aberdeen University, Aberdeen City Council and the Parliament.

Ministers participated in 51 separate engagements, including events attended by two or more ministers, in the Aberdeen area during the Parliament's visit to Aberdeen.

Scottish ministers will continue to work with oil and gas companies through PILOT to ensure the long-term sustainability of the industry, and Local Enterprise Companies will continue to work with the industry on short-term changes which impact on jobs.