- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 13 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail in descending order the top 50 recipients of Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme subsidy under the new scheme and the equivalent figures for the last year of the old scheme.
Answer
As the member may not appreciate, the producers receiving subsidy payments cannot be named due to EC restrictions on the release of data and further restrictions under the Data Protection Act 1998. Nevertheless, I have set out in the following table the amounts involved.
No | Less-Favoured Areas Support Scheme 2001 | Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances 2000 | No | Less-Favoured Areas Support Scheme 2001 | Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances 2000 |
1 | £ 97,780.80 | £ 107,855.83 | 26 | £ 52,418.46 | £ 51,356.88 |
2 | £ 97,070.25 | £ 86,504.20 | 27 | £ 52,104.03 | £ 49,685.03 |
3 | £ 77,853.78 | £ 85,837.71 | 28 | £ 51,392.50 | £ 48,410.83 |
4 | £ 77,253.94 | £ 80,368.11 | 29 | £ 50,932.14 | £ 48,284.82 |
5 | £ 75,658.10 | £ 77,717.84 | 30 | £ 49,563.60 | £ 47,996.36 |
6 | £ 72,331.30 | £ 75,222.48 | 31 | £ 49,516.60 | £ 47,185.12 |
7 | £ 67,700.23 | £ 70,169.38 | 32 | £ 49,504.93 | £ 46,949.90 |
8 | £ 65,640.30 | £ 68,754.00 | 33 | £ 48,972.74 | £ 46,721.66 |
9 | £ 63,273.03 | £ 67,788.29 | 34 | £ 48,675.99 | £ 46,258.90 |
10 | £ 63,152.44 | £ 67,457.20 | 35 | £ 48,661.34 | £ 46,235.70 |
11 | £ 61,878.60 | £ 66,411.92 | 36 | £ 48,424.41 | £ 45,709.90 |
12 | £ 60,711.48 | £ 66,023.44 | 37 | £ 47,280.17 | £ 45,144.53 |
13 | £ 59,770.73 | £ 64,189.96 | 38 | £ 47,033.93 | £ 45,123.60 |
14 | £ 59,421.10 | £ 62,340.08 | 39 | £ 46,713.25 | £ 44,166.54 |
15 | £ 57,791.77 | £ 62,094.69 | 40 | £ 46,445.93 | £ 43,934.11 |
16 | £ 57,770.96 | £ 61,606.97 | 41 | £ 46,221.19 | £ 43,598.51 |
17 | £ 56,888.93 | £ 61,276.74 | 42 | £ 45,871.30 | £ 43,568.22 |
18 | £ 56,426.91 | £ 59,685.41 | 43 | £ 45,572.58 | £ 42,874.40 |
19 | £ 56,106.07 | £ 58,429.18 | 44 | £ 45,399.96 | £ 42,051.37 |
20 | £ 55,915.05 | £ 57,893.37 | 45 | £ 45,097.91 | £ 42,009.95 |
21 | £ 55,885.22 | £ 55,018.44 | 46 | £ 44,716.53 | £ 41,460.71 |
22 | £ 55,446.27 | £ 55,005.48 | 47 | £ 44,578.95 | £ 41,391.85 |
23 | £ 55,149.07 | £ 54,037.41 | 48 | £ 43,897.39 | £ 40,964.81 |
24 | £ 54,927.54 | £ 53,804.90 | 49 | £ 43,456.34 | £ 40,660.90 |
25 | £ 52,586.26 | £ 53,025.22 | 50 | £ 43,319.76 | £ 40,471.78 |
| | Totals | = | £ 2,800,162.06 | £ 2,800,734.63 |
I would remind the member, however, that the two schemes operate on different principles and therefore the top 50 payees will not be the same under the two schemes.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 13 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, pupils aged 16 and over left school within three months of the beginning of the school year over the last five years, and how many, and what percentage, left schools which had adopted Higher Still within three months of the beginning of the school year since August 1999.
Answer
The Executive does not hold figures on the number of pupils who leave school within three months of the beginning of the school year. Figures on the number who leave at the end of the first term are available and are given in the table.
| | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
Number of first term leavers | 10,262 | 10,744 | 9,514 | 10,350 | 11,318 |
September, S4, S5, S6 total | 136,378 | 133,307 | 130,383 | 131,463 | 133,731 |
Percentage that left | 7.5% | 8.1% | 7.3% | 7.9% | 8.5% |
All senior secondary schools were required to introduce National Qualifications from August 1999, although the extent to which the new courses were taught varied.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 13 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much, and from what source, including grants from the European Union, Her Majesty's Government, the National Lottery, each further education college received in public funding in each of the past three years and will receive in the current year; what the total annual income from all sources was for each college, and how many students attended each college.
Answer
On behalf of the Scottish Executive, the Scottish Further Education Funding Council allocates public funds to Scotland's further education colleges. Colleges may receive income from a variety of other sources including fees, commercial activity and the European Union. Details of total college income are not held centrally, although are published in the Annual Report and Accounts of each college.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 12 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made, or plans to make, of the impact of economic globalisation on the Scottish economy and whether it will publish the results of any such assessment.
Answer
Assessments of trends in the global economy are published regularly in the Executive's Scottish Economic Report. An assessment of the economic impact of the terrorist attacks was published by the Executive last month. Our policy approach was recently set out in Scotland: A Global Connections Strategy. It makes it clear that we want to see Scotland recognised as the most globally connected small nation in Europe.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 12 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each department spends in its catering budget on fair trade products, expressed also as a percentage of total expenditure for each department and of overall Executive catering expenditure.
Answer
The Executive's catering is handled by external contractors. Information on spending by those contractors on particular brands or products is not held by the Executive.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 12 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is its policy to purchase fair trade products, where appropriate.
Answer
The Executive's policy is that all procurement should be on the basis of value for money, in the interests of the taxpayer. The Executive does not routinely purchase the types of product which are available under "fair trade" schemes. Where such products are purchased, fair trade brands may be selected where they offer value for money for the taxpayer.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 12 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by each of its departments on television advertising in each of the last three years and this year to date, broken down by the television areas covered by (a) Grampian TV, (b) STV and (c) Border TV.
Answer
Spend by department on television advertising in each of the last three years is listed in the table. Breakdown by television areas is not held centrally and cannot be collected without disproportionate cost.
1998 | Scottish Office |
Department | Campaign | Spend |
Home | Domestic Abuse | £270,715 |
Home | Fire Prevention | £164,312 |
Health | Nursing Recruitment | £169,670 |
Education | Childrens Panels | £70,500 |
Historic Scotland1 | Historic Scotland | £112,868 |
Development | Road Safety | £308,862 |
Constitution Group | Scottish Parliament | £434,750 |
1999 | Scottish Office/Scottish Executive |
Department | Campaign | Spend |
Justice | Domestic Abuse | £301,978 |
Justice | Fire Prevention | £143,753 |
Development | Road Safety | £425,365 |
Constitution Group | Scotland's Parliament | £280,108 |
Historic Scotland1 | Historic Scotland | £148,649 |
2000 | Scottish Executive |
Department | Campaign | Spend |
Justice | Domestic Abuse | £315,010 |
Health | Flu Vaccination | £175,864 |
Health | Prepare for Winter | £208,833 |
Health | Alcohol Abuse | £174,487 |
Development | Road Safety | £770,910 |
Historic Scotland1 | Historic Scotland | £260,746 |
2001 to Date | Scottish Executive |
Department | Campaign | Spend |
Development | Road Safety | £395,834 |
Development | Travel Awareness | £307,188 |
Environment and Rural Affairs | Environment | £302,016 |
Health | Flu | £195,309 |
Education | Teacher Recruitment | £238,054 |
Justice | Domestic Abuse | £35,563 |
Justice | Fire Safety | £65,581 |
Note:1. Historic Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the impact that the European Commission's proposed Physical Agents Directive will have both generally and, in particular, on the farming industry; what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government and the Commission on the proposed Directive, and what response it has received.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no functions in relation to health and safety.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many job losses there were and (b) how many jobs were created in the (i) Aberdeen Central, (ii) Aberdeen North (iii) Aberdeen South, (iv) Angus, (v) Banff and Buchan, (vi) Dundee East, (vii) Dundee West, (viii) Gordon and (ix) West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituencies in each year since 1 July 1999.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times and which police boards did not take up their full entitlement to police grant in each of the past three years and at what percentage below the grant-aided expenditure provision the budget of each board was set.
Answer
The information requested is shown in the following tables (Figures given in).
Force | GAE Available £000 | Budget £000 | Difference £000 | % below GAE £000 |
1999-2000 |
Central | £32,913 | £32,318 | £595 | 1.8 |
Fife | £38,958 | £38,378 | £580 | 1.5 |
Northern | £37,190 | £35,545 | £1,645 | 4.4 |
2000-01 |
Central | £33,468 | £33,132 | £336 | 1.0 |
Fife | £41,652 | £41,036 | £616 | 1.5 |
Northern | £39,014 | £38,214 | £800 | 2.0 |
2001-02 |
Fife | £44,010 | £43,405 | £605 | 1.4 |
Note:Grant Aided Expenditure is the maximum level of expenditure supported by police grant, which covers 51% of eligible expenditure. Police authorities make up the balance.
