- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what reduction there has been in the length of police training for new recruits in each of the last eight years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-08040 on 27 June 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 27 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether HM Revenue and Customs has indicated that it is likely to (a) inhibit or (b) veto decisions of the Scottish Government in respect of fiscal policy and whether any similar discussions have taken place with the (i) Bank of England or (ii) Treasury with respect to a Scotland separated from the rest of the UK using sterling.
Answer
In evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee on 30 May 2012, HMRC set out the limitations of the role they would play in the collection and administration of the two replacement taxes devolved by the Scotland Act 2012:
“If it (the Scottish Government) wants something that has a different framework or different rates, we would have to look at the details of what it wanted to do and decide whether it made sense for us to try to adapt our systems to operate that or whether we would need to say that it was so different that there would be no point in our trying to operate it.”
The Scottish Government engages in discussions with the Bank of England and UK Government on matters of importance to the Scottish economy.
Under independence fiscal policy would be the responsibility of the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the appointment of external members to the Bank of England's monetary policy committee.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-07553 on 21 June 2012. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the Deputy First Minister's comments on the BBC Scotland programme, The Big Debate - Choosing Scotland's Future, on 27 May 2012 that “there is no Scottish representation on the monetary policy committee, something that would change if Scotland was independent”.
Answer
As the First Minister set out in First Minister’s Questions on 31 May, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has nine members, including four external members appointed by the Treasury. As part of a formal monetary union we would expect to be a part of that appointments process. There is nothing unusual about that. In addition, the Treasury has a non-voting observer on the Monetary Policy Committee, to ensure effective co-ordination of monetary and fiscal policy, and we expect to have the same representation.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the (a) Bank of England and (b) UK Government regarding the representation that a Scotland separated from the rest of the UK would seek to have on the Bank of England's monetary policy committee.
Answer
As I set out in the answer to oral question S4O-01106 on 7 June 2012, the Scottish Government engages in discussions with the Bank of England on matters of importance to the Scottish economy. The Scottish Government also engages in discussions with the UK Government on matters of importance to the Scottish economy.
The Official Report can be viewed at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=7064.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the statement by a representative of HM Revenue and Customs to the Finance Committee on 30 May 2012 that it had not provided estimates of costs as it had “not yet been told what kind of tax the Government wants to introduce” (Official Report, c. 1291) was accurate.
Answer
As the official from HMRC confirmed to the Finance Committee of the Scottish Parliament, HMRC has not provided cost estimates for administering the devolved tax described in the Scottish Government’s consultation document.
HMRC has provided indicative cost estimates for administration of “like for like” replacement taxes for Stamp Duty Land Tax and Landfill Tax. These estimates are included in my note to Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 54051).
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how a Scotland separated from the rest of the UK would influence the Bank of England's monetary policy committee.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-07551 on 21 June 2012. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to Deputy First Minister's comments on the BBC Scotland programme, The Big Debate - Choosing Scotland's Future, on 27 May 2012 that “there is no Scottish representation on the monetary policy committee, something that would change if Scotland was independent”, what form this representation would take.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-07551 on 21 June 2012. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a Scotland separated from the rest of the UK would be able to appoint external members to the Bank of England's monetary policy committee.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-07551 on 21 June 2012. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 21 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how a Scotland separated from the rest of the UK would influence interests rates if they were set by the Bank of England.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-07551 on 21 June 2012. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.