- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many rates revaluation appeals since 1 April 2010 have been concluded and how many have been successful.
Answer
Businesses have until 30 September to lodge an appeal against the rateable value determined by the assessor at the 2010 revaluation and final numbers of appeals will not be known until after that date.
As at 30 June 2010, 9,744 appeals had been lodged and 95 had been settled. As a result of successful appeals the rateable values of those properties were reduced by £0.8 million.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses successfully appealed their business rate revaluation in each year since 2005-06.
Answer
Information on the number of successful appeals is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses have appealed their business rate revaluation since 1 April 2010.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35877 on 7 October 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many small businesses in each local authority area received rates relief of (a) 100%, (b) 50% and (c) 25% under the small business bonus scheme in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
Answer
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many small businesses in each local authority area were eligible for rates relief of (a) 100%, (b) 50% and (c) 25% under the small business bonus scheme in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10.
Answer
An estimate of the number of properties eligible for Small Business Bonus Scheme (SBBS) in each local authority area for 2009-10 is shown in the following table. Equivalent data for 2008-09 is not held centrally.
The Scheme has been widely promoted and it is estimated that 85% of eligible small properties now benefit from relief. The Scottish Government is aware that a number of businesses eligible for SBBS have not yet applied for the scheme and efforts will continue to encourage take-up among that group.
Estimated Number of Properties Eligible for Relief
| Aberdeen City | 3,536 |
| Aberdeenshire | 6,855 |
| Angus | 3,298 |
| Argyll and Bute | 5,755 |
| Clackmannanshire | 848 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 6,368 |
| Dundee City | 3,026 |
| East Ayrshire | 2,377 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1,350 |
| East Lothian | 2,261 |
| East Renfrewshire | 1,004 |
| Edinburgh, City Of | 8,861 |
| Eilean Siar | 1,715 |
| Falkirk | 2,568 |
| Fife | 7,759 |
| Glasgow City | 12,736 |
| Highland | 12,161 |
| Inverclyde | 1,414 |
| Midlothian | 1,640 |
| Moray | 3,337 |
| North Ayrshire | 3,228 |
| North Lanarkshire | 5,265 |
| Orkney Islands | 1,596 |
| Perth and Kinross | 5,199 |
| Renfrewshire | 3,564 |
| Scottish Borders | 5,084 |
| Shetland Islands | 1,293 |
| South Ayrshire | 2,999 |
| South Lanarkshire | 5,353 |
| Stirling | 2,896 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1,544 |
| West Lothian | 2,883 |
| Scotland | 129,773 |
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 7 October 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many small businesses in each local authority area it expects to receive rates relief of (a) 100%, (b) 50% and (c) 25% under the small business bonus scheme in 2010-11.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35882 on 7 October 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice will next meet the Scottish Police Services Authority board and what issues will be discussed.
Answer
I have no meetings arranged with the SPSA Board.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive on what authority the board of the Scottish Police Services Authority decided not to make public its recommendations on the forensic services modernisation plans.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36370 on 28 September 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether representatives of the Scottish Government were present at the last board meeting of the Scottish Police Services Authority.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not attend Scottish Police Services Authority board meetings.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Justice has had with the Scottish Police Services Authority board regarding its forensic services modernisation plans.
Answer
I have had no discussions with the Scottish Police Services Authority board regarding its forensic services modernisation plans.
