Chamber and committees

I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-2785 today. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

1. The figures for inward investmentinto Scotland by sector are provided in the following tables:

1998-99	Projects	Jobs	Investment (£ Million)
Chemicals/Plastics/Rubber	13	653	417.4
Electronics	16	3,665	216.1
Food and Drink	1	31	1.6
Forest Products/Paper	0	0	0
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	11	1,186	32.5
Other Activities	2	59	3.4
Services	29	4,641	73.1
Textiles	6	632	17.1
Totals	78	10,867	761.2

 

1999-2000	Projects	Jobs	Investment (£ Million)
Chemicals/Plastics/Rubber	13	2,144	142.4
Electronics	14	5,106	193.9
Food and Drink	4	604	8.3
Forest Products/Paper	0	0	0
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	15	1,514	61.6
Other Activities	8	2,357	120.7
Services	35	7,448	122.5
Textiles	2	161	0.7
Totals	91	19,334	650.1

 

2000-01	Projects	Jobs	Investment (£ Million)
Chemicals/Plastics/Rubber	11	1,322	74.1
Electronics	25	5,587	1,496.8
Food and Drink	4	447	7.9
Forest Products/Paper	4	661	33.6
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	18	1,023	29.7
Other Activities	5	66	1.8
Services	35	5,240	119.4
Textiles	0	0	0
Totals	102	14,346	1,763.3

 

2001-02	Projects	Jobs	Investment (£ Million)
Chemicals/Plastics/Rubber	5	590	37.9
Electronics	11	1,182	42.9
Food and Drink	1	109	10.0
Forest Products/Paper	2	95	2.2
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	6	474	21.3
Other Activities	7	378	16.2
Services	26	3,518	140.0
Textiles	1	40	1.7
Totals	59	6,386	272.2

 

2002-03	Projects	Jobs	Investment (£ Million)
Chemicals/Plastics/Rubber	3	447	0.6
Electronics	7	811	22.9
Food and Drink	2	82	26.5
Forest Products/Paper	0	0	0
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	17	3,189	111.5
Other Activities	2	1,419	16.0
Services	26	1,211	27.7
Textiles	0	0	0
Totals	57	7,159	205.2

 

2. The figures showing inwardinvestment into Scotland as a proportion of inward investment into the UK are givenin the table:

Year	Projects (%)	Jobs (%)
1998-99	8.3	6.2
1999-2000	9.4	10.1
2000-01	8.4	11.0
2001-02	7.6	12.6
2002-03	6.9	9.8

Note:

These figures are based on inwardinvestment as reported to invest UK by Scottish Development International and are collatedusing different criteria to those applied when reporting the Scottish inward investmentfigures.

3. Figures which compare inwardinvestment attracted to the EU with inward investment attracted to Scotland arenot available on a comparable basis.

The Scottish Executive does not forecast UK or Scottish Gross Domestic Product, productivity or employmentlevels.

To assess performance againstthe aim of improving Scotland’s skill base we have a range of indicators as publishedin Measuring Scotland’s Progress towards Smart, Successful Scotland, andin the Lifelong Learning Strategy Life Through Learning: Learning Through Lifewhich was launched in February 2003. The latter document lists the followingindicators: the proportion of 16- to 19-year-olds not in education, employment,or training; participation and retention of 16- to 19-year-olds in school or furthereducation; graduates as a proportion of the workforce; proportion of working ageadults whose highest qualification is below Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework(SCQF) 5; proportion of 18- to 29-year-olds olds whose highest qualification isbelow SCQF level 6, and proportion of people in employment undertaking training.

We are currently preparing plansto take forward the Fresh Talent initiative including improved promotion of Scotland abroadand the establishment of a one-stop advisory service for those wishing to live andwork in Scotland. Targets will be considered in due course.

The Executive’s targets in relationto enterprise are set out in Building a Better Scotland (BABS) which waspublished in September 2002. As is noted in BABS, several of these targets are derivedfrom the progress measures set out in Measuring Scotland’s Progress Towards a Smart, Successful Scotland.The latest report on progress against these measures was published on the Executive’swebsite in March 2003.

Additionally,we shall further promote an enterprise culture in our schools, through Determinedto Succeed (DtS) our strategy for Enterprise in Education (E in E). We are working with local authorities(LAs) to develop E in E plans detailing how DtS will be delivered locally. We willagree targets with LAs based on local needs and against the background of our wishto make sure every pupil hasthe opportunity to learn entrepreneurial skills at school.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-2763 today. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

Table 1 shows the number andproportion of 16- to 19-year-olds not in education, training or employment (NEET)in Scotland, by gender. Figures are taken from the annual LabourForce Survey (LFS).

Table 1

NEET	Mar 96 to Feb 97	Mar 97 to Feb 98	Mar 98 to Feb 99	Mar 99 to Feb 00	Mar 00 to Feb 01	Mar 01 to Feb 02	Mar 02 to Feb 03
Total	36,000	34,000	36,000	38,000	39,000	39,000	36,000
% of age group	15%	13%	14%	15%	15%	15%	14%
Males	20,000	18,000	19,000	21,000	18,000	21,000	20,000
% of age group	16%	14%	14%	16%	14%	17%	15%
Females	16,000	16,000	17,000	17,000	20,000	18,000	16,000
% of age group	13%	12%	14%	14%	16%	14%	13%

Data split by age and local authorityfor the NEET group are not available from the Labour Force Survey, as sample sizesare not large enough. The following three tables include data from the 2001 Censusof population by age, gender and local authority area for the NEET group.

Table 2: Percentage and Numberof 16- to 19-Year-Olds not in Education, Training or Employment in 2001 shown forScotland and Local Authorities in Scotland.

	Males	Females	All
Level	%	Level	%	Level	%
Scotland	17,431	13.7%	15,960	12.8%	33,391	13.2%
Aberdeen City	537	9.8%	546	9.2%	1,083	9.5%
Aberdeenshire	526	9.1%	420	8.3%	946	8.7%
Angus	325	12.2%	334	13.6%	659	12.9%
Argyll and Bute	193	9.2%	222	12.1%	415	10.5%
Clackmannanshire	193	15.9%	209	17.9%	402	16.9%
Dumfries and Galloway	473	14.4%	475	15.4%	948	14.9%
Dundee City	608	14.8%	560	13.5%	1,168	14.2%
East Ayrshire	452	15.9%	492	17.0%	944	16.4%
East Dunbartonshire	240	8.2%	157	5.6%	397	6.9%
East Lothian	211	11.1%	287	14.8%	498	13.0%
East Renfrewshire	160	6.9%	133	6.2%	293	6.5%
Edinburgh, City of	1,085	9.7%	1,138	9.9%	2,223	9.8%
Eilean Siar	57	9.8%	45	8.8%	102	9.3%
Falkirk	640	17.6%	387	11.4%	1,027	14.6%
Fife	1,269	14.3%	1,152	13.3%	2,421	13.8%
Glasgow City	3,155	20.6%	2,819	17.6%	5,974	19.1%
Highland	582	11.7%	518	11.9%	1,100	11.8%
Inverclyde	344	15.8%	307	14.4%	651	15.1%
Midlothian	220	11.3%	231	12.1%	451	11.7%
Moray	261	12.4%	224	12.1%	485	12.2%
North Ayrshire	593	17.6%	588	17.3%	1,181	17.4%
North Lanarkshire	1,451	16.4%	1,210	14.5%	2,661	15.5%
Orkney Islands	37	8.6%	29	7.1%	66	7.9%
Perth and Kinross	297	9.0%	280	9.8%	577	9.4%
Renfrewshire	546	12.7%	506	12.4%	1,052	12.6%
Scottish Borders	244	11.6%	239	10.9%	483	11.2%
Shetland Islands	24	4.6%	53	11.3%	77	7.7%
South Ayrshire	363	14.0%	349	14.0%	712	14.0%
South Lanarkshire	1,095	13.7%	930	12.2%	2,025	12.9%
Stirling	217	9.5%	176	7.6%	393	8.5%
West Dunbartonshire	423	16.5%	377	15.3%	800	15.9%
West Lothian	610	15.8%	567	14.8%	1,177	15.3%

Source: 2001 Census of Population.

Table 3(a): Percentage of 16-to 19-Year-Olds not in Education, Training or Employment in 2001 Shown by Genderand Single Year Age Bands for Scotland and Local Authorities In Scotland.

	% of Neet Males	% of Neet Females
16 yr olds	17 yr olds	18 yr olds	19 yr olds	16 yr olds	17 yr olds	18 yr olds	19 yr olds
Scotland	9.6%	13.1%	16.8%	15.4%	7.8%	11.8%	15.5%	16.3%
Aberdeen City	7.3%	11.3%	11.4%	9.1%	7.3%	9.2%	10.8%	8.9%
Aberdeenshire	5.1%	9.9%	11.9%	10.3%	3.8%	6.5%	12.0%	13.6%
Angus	7.4%	12.3%	16.2%	14.2%	4.8%	11.5%	18.6%	22.2%
Argyll and Bute	5.7%	10.1%	9.2%	12.5%	5.9%	8.4%	20.3%	17.4%
Clackmannanshire	7.7%	12.7%	21.5%	24.6%	9.7%	19.7%	20.5%	24.9%
Dumfries and Galloway	7.1%	11.8%	20.7%	22.3%	7.2%	13.6%	18.6%	26.3%
Dundee City	13.2%	17.4%	16.7%	12.7%	9.1%	14.3%	13.2%	16.4%
East Ayrshire	10.9%	13.7%	18.7%	20.9%	10.5%	15.6%	22.5%	20.6%
East Dunbartonshire	5.5%	8.8%	9.4%	9.6%	3.4%	3.2%	6.7%	9.6%
East Lothian	6.6%	10.3%	16.5%	13.3%	8.4%	12.8%	17.9%	23.5%
East Renfrewshire	3.8%	7.6%	8.2%	8.7%	3.7%	4.7%	7.2%	9.8%
Edinburgh, City of	9.0%	11.4%	10.5%	8.3%	7.6%	11.8%	11.2%	9.0%
Eilean Siar	7.4%	8.1%	10.8%	14.8%	4.5%	6.9%	7.1%	22.0%
Falkirk	9.9%	17.2%	20.1%	23.8%	7.2%	10.6%	12.2%	15.7%
Fife	8.7%	13.7%	20.0%	15.3%	6.5%	11.1%	18.2%	17.3%
Glasgow City	18.4%	21.8%	23.6%	18.8%	14.7%	19.0%	18.1%	18.2%
Highland	5.9%	8.3%	18.2%	18.2%	5.2%	9.0%	16.8%	20.8%
Inverclyde	8.4%	13.1%	18.3%	24.2%	8.6%	11.8%	17.6%	20.6%
Midlothian	9.3%	8.9%	14.3%	13.3%	6.0%	9.7%	16.3%	18.0%
Moray	5.5%	13.7%	17.5%	14.2%	5.4%	10.2%	15.4%	22.0%
North Ayrshire	10.7%	15.6%	22.9%	21.8%	9.6%	15.3%	21.0%	24.9%
North Lanarkshire	10.9%	14.0%	20.2%	20.5%	9.0%	13.3%	18.1%	18.3%
Orkney Islands	3.1%	5.5%	15.0%	14.7%	3.3%	2.3%	10.5%	20.3%
Perth and Kinross	7.1%	7.1%	10.4%	13.1%	4.4%	6.8%	16.1%	16.0%
Renfrewshire	9.9%	11.5%	14.8%	15.3%	7.5%	9.8%	15.8%	17.2%
Scottish Borders	6.1%	12.0%	15.8%	14.5%	4.4%	9.7%	12.4%	20.2%
Shetland Islands	0.6%	2.8%	8.9%	7.8%	5.2%	13.3%	16.0%	12.2%
South Ayrshire	10.0%	11.7%	17.9%	17.8%	9.2%	12.1%	15.8%	20.8%
South Lanarkshire	10.6%	11.9%	16.6%	16.0%	8.1%	11.3%	13.9%	15.9%
Stirling	7.1%	8.6%	11.1%	10.6%	5.0%	7.3%	9.2%	8.2%
West Dunbartonshire	10.1%	17.2%	18.7%	20.4%	10.7%	13.1%	17.6%	20.1%
West Lothian	12.3%	14.5%	18.1%	18.9%	6.5%	13.0%	21.9%	19.3%

Source: 2001 Census of Population.

Table 3(b): Percentage of 16-to 19-Year-Olds not in Education, Training or Employment in 2001 Shown by SingleYear Age Bands for Scotland and Local Authorities in Scotland.

	% of Neet Total
16 yr olds	17 yr olds	18 yr olds	19 yr olds
Scotland	8.7%	12.4%	16.1%	15.9%
Aberdeen City	7.3%	10.2%	11.1%	9.0%
Aberdeenshire	4.5%	8.3%	11.9%	11.7%
Angus	6.1%	11.9%	17.3%	18.1%
Argyll and Bute	5.8%	9.3%	14.2%	14.7%
Clackmannanshire	8.7%	16.0%	21.0%	24.8%
Dumfries and Galloway	7.2%	12.7%	19.7%	24.2%
Dundee City	11.2%	15.9%	14.9%	14.6%
East Ayrshire	10.7%	14.7%	20.6%	20.8%
East Dunbartonshire	4.4%	6.1%	8.1%	9.6%
East Lothian	7.5%	11.5%	17.2%	18.6%
East Renfrewshire	3.7%	6.2%	7.7%	9.2%
Edinburgh, City of	8.3%	11.6%	10.8%	8.7%
Eilean Siar	5.9%	7.5%	9.3%	18.1%
Falkirk	8.6%	14.0%	16.3%	19.8%
Fife	7.6%	12.5%	19.1%	16.3%
Glasgow City	16.6%	20.4%	20.7%	18.5%
Highland	5.5%	8.6%	17.6%	19.5%
Inverclyde	8.5%	12.5%	18.0%	22.4%
Midlothian	7.7%	9.3%	15.3%	15.6%
Moray	5.4%	12.0%	16.5%	17.5%
North Ayrshire	10.1%	15.5%	22.0%	23.3%
North Lanarkshire	10.0%	13.6%	19.2%	19.5%
Orkney Islands	3.2%	3.8%	12.8%	17.2%
Perth and Kinross	5.7%	7.0%	13.0%	14.4%
Renfrewshire	8.7%	10.6%	15.3%	16.2%
Scottish Borders	5.2%	10.8%	14.1%	17.4%
Shetland Islands	2.8%	8.1%	11.9%	9.9%
South Ayrshire	9.6%	11.9%	16.9%	19.3%
South Lanarkshire	9.4%	11.6%	15.3%	16.0%
Stirling	6.0%	8.0%	10.1%	9.4%
West Dunbartonshire	10.4%	15.2%	18.2%	20.3%
West Lothian	9.3%	13.8%	20.0%	19.1%

Source: 2001 Census of Population.

Comparative information on localauthority and NHS board costs over the relevant period is not held centrally. Forinformation on the Care Commission’s budget I refer the member to the answer givento question S2W-2685 on 30 September 2003, which is available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

The Way Forward: Frameworkfor Economic Development in Scotland, describes the overarching structure within which moredetailed policy programmes take place rather than describing detailed measurabletargets.

The standard international methodfor comparing productivity across enterprises is to consider Gross Domestic Productper employee (a broadly equivalent measure is gross value added per employee).

The Officefor National Statistics' Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) collects data frombusinesses which brings together accounting and employment data in the same survey.This allows us to estimate gross value added per employee, a measure of productivity,and is the most consistent source availableto estimate changes in labour productivity. These data are, however, in currentprices and require to be deflated in order to compare across different years. Wehave used the UK Gross Domestic Product deflator in order to convert this seriesto constant prices. (The main sectors not covered by the ABI are agriculture and fisheries, financialservices, and some of the public sector).

ABI figuresfor Scotland, for the most recent years in whichwe have data, indicate that gross value added per employee increased in real termsby an average annual increase of 0.65 per cent over the period 1998 to 2001.

Figuresare not currently available to estimate what percentage of enterprises have experiencedan improvement in their productivity.