- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 4 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the funding that would previously have been distributed by Scottish Enterprise Glasgow is less in the current financial year than in previous years.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. I will ask its Chief Executive to write to you in this regard.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 2 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue the Scottish Music Futures Fund.
Answer
The Scottish Music Futures Fund was set up in 2007 with funding of £0.5 million to support the commercial development and promotion of Scottish musical talent. It is administered by Highlands and Islands Enterprise for the whole of Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Enterprise. It was a one-off pump-priming fund and there are no current plans to extend the scheme.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 2 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, following Glasgow Fashion Week 2008, by what means Creative Scotland will support the fashion industry.
Answer
Creative Scotland will be the national development body for the arts and culture. It will work in partnership with other publicly funded organisations including Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and local authorities to support the fashion industry, reflecting the particular responsibilities of those organisations for economic development and business support.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish the Public Services Reform Bill’s Financial Memorandum incorporating the costs of setting up Creative Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Government is planning that the Public Services Reform Bill will be introduced to the Parliament in early 2009. The bill will be accompanied by the Financial Memorandum setting out the best estimates of the administrative, compliance and other costs to which the provisions of the bill would give rise, best estimates of the timescales over which such costs would be expected to arise, and an indication of the margins of uncertainty in such estimates.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 18 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether applicants for the Awards for All scheme will be affected by a shortfall of around 10% compared with funds previously on offer in Scotland.
Answer
The future of the Awards for All scheme in Scotland was assured earlier this month when the Big Lottery Fund and Sportscotland confirmed their commitment to the scheme, providing funding at about 90% of the current levels. While, Heritage Lottery Fund will no longer be a part of Awards for All, funding for small heritage grants will be provided through its dedicated Young Roots and Your Heritage programmes. Scottish Arts Council will confirm its position in December.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what proportion of its workers and those of its agencies were paid a salary of less than (a) £25,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £18,000 and (d) £16,000 in each year since 1999.
Answer
The number and percentage of permanent staff in the Scottish Government main bargaining unit and the senior civil service within each salary group, as at 30 September 2008, is shown below. The full-time equivalent salaries of part-time staff have been included in the calculation.
| | Less Than £16,000 | Less Than £18,000 | Less Than £20,000 | Less Than £25,000 |
| Year | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
| 1999 | | 52.9% | 3,612 | 60.8% | 4,022 | 67.7% | 4,772 | 80.3% |
| 2000 | | 52.8% | 3,906 | 60.8% | 4,326 | 67.4% | 5,099 | 79.4% |
| 2001 | | 47.5% | 3,550 | 52.7% | 4,121 | 61.2% | 5,191 | 77.1% |
| 2002 | | 43.0% | 3,554 | 49.7% | 3,971 | 55.5% | 5,125 | 71.7% |
| 2003 | | 36.5% | 3,293 | 43.1% | 3,690 | 48.3% | 5,151 | 67.5% |
| 2004 | | 34.1% | 2,979 | 38.3% | 3,299 | 42.5% | 4,858 | 62.5% |
| 2005 | | 33.3% | 2,851 | 37.7% | 3,141 | 41.5% | 4,696 | 62.0% |
| 2006 | | 17.8% | 2,556 | 33.4% | 2,946 | 38.4% | 4,462 | 58.2% |
| 2007 | | 15.8% | 2,490 | 31.5% | 2,952 | 37.3% | 4,407 | 55.7% |
| 2008 | | 12.1% | 2,411 | 30.2% | 3,063 | 38.4% | 4,256 | 53.3% |
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to resolve the ongoing pay dispute with its workers and the pay disputes of its agencies.
Answer
Across the Scottish administration there are a number of separate pay bargaining units. Where there are continuing disputes about pay, it has been made clear to the relevant unions that management is willing to continue to work towards settling any differences within the terms of Scottish public sector pay policy.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what proportion of its workers and those of its agencies worked part-time in each year since 1999 and what the average salary was for such workers in each of those years.
Answer
The number and percentage of permanent staff in the Scottish Government main bargaining unit and the senior civil service who worked part-time, as at 30 September 2008, along with the average salary, is shown in the following table.
| Year | Number | Percentage | Average Salary (Full-Time Equivalent) |
| 1999 | 494 | 8.32% | £16,563 |
| 2000 | 533 | 8.30% | £16,536 |
| 2001 | 617 | 9.17% | £18,282 |
| 2002 | 682 | 9.54% | £19,602 |
| 2003 | 779 | 10.21% | £20,752 |
| 2004 | 825 | 10.62% | £22,583 |
| 2005 | 815 | 10.76% | £22,963 |
| 2006 | 869 | 11.34% | £24,551 |
| 2007 | 1005 | 12.70% | £26,013 |
| 2008 | 1090 | 13.65% | £27,755 |
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact it expects the current economic uncertainty to have on low paid workers in Scotland.
Answer
It is too early to tell what impact the current economic uncertainty will have on low-paid workers in Scotland. This will depend on the length and depth of the economic slowdown, for which there is still a significant degree of uncertainty.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 31 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Glasgow Gaelic School will benefit from the recent funding announcement about Gaelic education.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to the promotion of Gaelic and recognises the vital role that Gaelic education has to play in this. The announcement made by the First Minister referred to funding that will be available in the next two financial years and at this point it is too early to provide an indication of future allocations.
