- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 29 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what incentives were offered to Motorola, and of what value, when it purchased the former Hyundai plant near Dunfermline in April 2000.
Answer
As was indicated when the project was announced, an appropriate package of financial assistance was offered to Motorola with regard to implementing its proposed project at Dunfermline.As the assistance is drawn down, in line with the implementation of the project, the amounts paid will be reported in accordance with the usual procedures of Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Executive.As with all such packages of assistance, actual drawdown of grant is dependent on the company meeting milestones based on investment expenditure and number of jobs created or safeguarded. In addition, all grant payments are subject to appropriate clawback conditions.Under the terms of the financial assistance being offered for the project, Motorola is required to inform Scottish Enterprise of progress with, and any major changes to, the proposed project.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 29 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13867 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 14 March 2001, which year's Research Assessment Exercise-based grant and external research income figures were used to calculate higher education institutions' allocations from the Scottish Science Research Investment Fund.
Answer
The detail of the allocations from the Scottish Science Research Investment Fund is a matter for the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC). However, I understand that the year of the SHEFC Research Assessment Exercise-based grant used by SHEFC in calculating the Science Research Investment Fund was the current grant year 2000-01. The external research income figures used were an average of figures for 1997-98 and 1998-99, which provide the latest data available.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 28 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when the First Minister will reply to the letter of 30 January 2001 from the South Lanarkshire Tenants' Federation.
Answer
A reply to South Lanarkshire Tenants' Federation was issued on 14 March 2001.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 27 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13091 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 9 March 2001, how much planned inward investment and how many projects involving inward investment were attracted to (a) Kilmarnock and Loudoun and (b) Hamilton North and Bellshill in 1999-2000.
Answer
The information requested is contained in the table below:
| Constituency | Number | Total Investment | New/Safeguarded Planned Jobs |
| Kilmarnock and Loudon | 2 | £6,851,000 | 885 |
| Hamilton North and Bellshill | 3 | £6,017,000 | 206 |
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 23 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6438 by Henry McLeish on 12 May 2000, whether it will provide an updated breakdown, by unit of delivery, of people who have moved into unsubsidised employment since the New Deal was introduced.
Answer
Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government, which takes the lead on funding and delivery of New Deal. In Scotland, it does this in partnership with the Scottish Executive and contributing organisations.The Unit of Delivery table details the number of young people who have moved into unsubsidised employment (both sustained and unsustained) since it was introduced (figures to end-November 2000).
| Unit of Delivery | Entered Unsubsidised Employment |
| Tayside | 2,380 |
| Ayrshire | 2,600 |
| Borders | 446 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 715 |
| Dunbarton | 1,196 |
| Edinburgh, East & Midlothian | 2,078 |
| Fife | 2,092 |
| Forth Valley | 1,557 |
| Glasgow | 4,400 |
| Grampian | 1,135 |
| Moray, Strathspey & Badenoch | 322 |
| Lanarkshire | 4,064 |
| Renfrewshire | 1,746 |
| West Lothian | 836 |
| Argyll & The Islands | 306 |
| Caithness and Sutherland | 159 |
| Inverness & Nairn | 279 |
| Lochaber | 63 |
| Western Isles | 119 |
| Unit of Delivery | Entered Unsubsidised Employment |
| Orkney | 46 |
| Ross & Cromarty | 226 |
| Shetland | 43 |
| Skye & Lochalsh | 53 |
| TOTAL | 26,861 |
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 23 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have moved into unsubsidised employment directly from the Gateway stage since the scheme's inception, broken down by unit of delivery.
Answer
Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government, which takes the lead on funding and delivery of the New Deal. In Scotland it does this in partnership with the Scottish Executive and contributing Scottish organisations.The table details the number of 18-24 New Deal clients who have moved into unsubsidised employment directly from the Gateway stage since the programme began, broken down by Unit of Delivery.
Unit of Delivery | Entered Unsubsidised Employment |
| Tayside | 1,162 |
| Ayrshire | 1,311 |
| Borders | 220 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 346 |
| Dunbarton | 672 |
| Edinburgh, East & Midlothian | 1,155 |
| Fife | 1,061 |
| Forth Valley | 867 |
| Glasgow | 2,148 |
| Grampian | 691 |
| Moray, Strathspey & Badenoch | 168 |
| Lanarkshire | 2,195 |
| Renfrewshire | 856 |
| West Lothian | 447 |
| Argyll & The Islands | 167 |
| Caithness and Sutherland | 87 |
| Inverness & Nairn | 142 |
| Lochaber | 48 |
| Western Isles | 52 |
Unit of Delivery | Entered Unsubsidised Employment |
| Orkney | 27 |
| Ross & Cromarty | 128 |
| Shetland | 24 |
| Skye & Lochalsh | 39 |
| Total | 14,013 |
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 23 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have entered the New Deal for Young People since its inception and how many, having completed the programme, have gone back to claiming benefits.
Answer
Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government, which takes the lead on funding and delivery of the New Deal. In Scotland, it does this in partnership with the Scottish Executive and contributing Scottish organisations.There have been 65,011 starts on New Deal for Young People since the launch of the programme.6,349 clients leaving the New Deal for Young People from Follow Through have returned to claiming benefits (data to end-December 2000).
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 23 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have participated in the New Deal for Young People more than once since its inception, broken down by unit of delivery.
Answer
Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government, which takes the lead on funding and delivery of the New Deal. In Scotland it does this in partnership with the Scottish Executive and contributing Scottish organisations.The table details the number of people who have participated in the New Deal for Young People more than once since its inception, broken down by unit of delivery.
Unit of Delivery | |
| Tayside | 887 |
| Ayrshire | 889 |
| Borders | 141 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 238 |
| Dunbarton | 371 |
| Edinburgh, East & Midlothian | 512 |
| Fife | 716 |
| Forth Valley | 475 |
| Glasgow | 1,594 |
| Grampian | 252 |
| Moray, Strathspey & Badenoch | 55 |
| Lanarkshire | 1,166 |
| Renfrewshire | 426 |
| West Lothian | 201 |
| Argyll & The Islands | 53 |
| Caithness and Sutherland | 50 |
| Inverness & Nairn | 63 |
| Lochaber | 12 |
| Western Isles | 28 |
| Unit of Delivery | |
| Orkney | 12 |
| Ross & Cromarty | 52 |
| Shetland | 13 |
| Skye & Lochalsh | 7 |
| TOTAL | 8,213 |
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 23 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive by how much it will increase investment in health and education services in real terms in each of the next three years.
Answer
The record real terms increases in expenditure in health and education over the next three years are set out in the Executive's draft budget document Making a difference for Scotland.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 23 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the working group on a replacement for poindings and warrant sales will be able to make recommendations regarding the system of diligence as a whole, including issues such as a comprehensive system of debt counselling.
Answer
The remit and details of the work of the working group are available on the Scottish Executive website. The full address can be obtained from the Parliament's Reference Centre. The Deputy First Minister announced on 8 June 2000 that, in addition to the work on poinding and warrant sale, the Executive would review the law of diligence as a whole; and made clear that representations would be welcome from anyone. In any event, any proposals for reform will be the subject of consultation. It is, of course, open to the working group to make known any concerns which it may have as a result of its deliberations but which lie beyond its own remit.
