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Since I was appointed a minister in 1999 I have frequently met opposite numbers from the UK Government at both Cabinet and junior ministerial level to discuss issues of common interest. For example there have been regular meetings with UK Ministerial colleagues at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in advance of meetings of EU Council of Ministers to agree UK negotiating lines. It would be impractical to list the dates and subjects of all such meetings I have attended as a minister.

The Scottish Executive has not received any notification from, or had any discussions with, Her Majesty’s Government regarding any likely reduction in civil service jobs based in Aberdeen. For those civil service posts that are the responsibility of UK ministers, it will be for them and their senior management teams to make decisions about structure, size, and organisation based on their assessment of business needs. However, the Scottish Executive would expect to be advised of any potential loss of jobs in Scotland.

The EU Constitutional Treaty Protocol on the Application of the Principles of Subsidiarity and Proportionality specifically provides for the involvement of regional parliaments with legislative powers in the operation of the subsidiarity mechanism. This involvement does not extend to non-legislative regions or local authorities.

In co-operation with the UK Government and through the First Minister’s presidency of the group of EU regions with legislative powers, the Scottish Executive has successfully argued for the retention in the Treaty of important references that enhance the role of the regions with legislative powers and reinforce the principle of subsidiarity in European decision-making.

In particular, the Treaty provides in the Protocol on subsidiarity, in the case of framework laws, for any legislative proposal from the European Commission to contain a statement of its implications for the rules to be put in place by member states, including, where necessary, the regional legislation.

This information comes from the International Passenger Survey, but statistics on the number of visitors to Scotland from the European Union’s accession states in each of the last two years is not available. From the latest information that is available from the Survey, the number of visitors from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in 2002 totalled 4,369, 4,487 and 14,601 respectively. Visitors from the Czech Republic and Hungary both represented 0.3% of the total number of overseas tourists to Scotland in 2002, while visitors from Poland represented 0.9% of the total.

The G8 Summit will be held at Gleneagles from 6 to 8 July next year. The decision to hold the event in Scotland was made by the Prime Minister and is warmly welcomed by the Scottish Executive.

The summit is a tremendous opportunity for Scotland to demonstrate its excellent facilities and infrastructure and to promote itself as a world-class destination for tourism, business and study as well as an attractive place to live. This will reinforce the work being done on Scotland’s International Image and is expected to bring significant benefits not only during the summit itself but in the long term as a result of heightened media exposure and increased visitor numbers.

I chair the Ministerial Group which oversees Scotland’s involvement with the G8 Summit. We are working closely with the UK Government and public agencies, non-governmental organisations and businesses throughout Scotland to ensure that Scotland reaps maximum benefits from the summit and that as many people as possible have an opportunity to be involved with events surrounding the summit.

The Executive is also committed to ensuring that the summit is safe and secure. Scottish police forces have considerable experience of managing large scale events and are well-equipped to cope with the security operation. Tayside Police is responsible for co-ordinating security arrangements in the area and will have support from other law enforcement agencies and forces south of the border.

Figures available from the Accounts Commission are:

Authority	Household Waste Recycled (%)	Commercial and Industrial Waste Recycled (%)	Total Waste Recycled (%)
2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
Aberdeen City	3.6	5.8	8.2	9.5	5.0	4.8	4.6	5.7	7.5
Aberdeenshire	16.4	21.0	13.8	1.2	1.5	8.1	13.3	17.0	13.0
Angus	14.7	18.5	23.1	14.8	27.2	29.4	14.8	20.2	24.3
Argyll and Bute	11.5	8.9	8.9	4.7	5.0	10.5	8.9	7.7	9.1
Clackmannanshire	4.4	4.6	6.6	0.0	0.0	6.0	4.2	4.4	6.6
Dumfries and Galloway	4.0		4.1	0.0		0.0	3.5		3.6
Dundee City	7.4	24.4	24.1	4.2	14.8	17.3	6.3	21.1	21.9
East Ayrshire	2.3	2.5	3.8	14.8	15.5	14.8	3.7	4.0	5.0
East Dunbartonshire	6.0	7.8	10.5	0.0	6.4	9.7	5.3	7.6	10.4
East Lothian	6.2	6.5	12.9	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.3	5.6	11.6
East Renfrewshire	8.2	13.1	15.3	3.4	3.3	3.9	7.8	12.2	14.5
Edinburgh, City of	5.5	5.2	8.4	0.0	3.8	5.0	4.3	4.9	7.7
Eilean Siar	0.0	1.0	7.1	0.7	2.6	0.8	0.4	1.9	5.0
Falkirk	7.6	7.3	10.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	5.6	6.8
Fife	2.2	2.0	5.0	3.4	3.2	6.0	2.4	2.2	5.2
Glasgow City	3.3	4.7	6.2		5.1	6.4		4.8	6.2
Highland	2.0	2.0	4.4	2.3	1.9	1.5	2.1	1.9	3.5
Inverclyde	3.8	4.8	5.6	0.0	0.0	6.4	3.1	4.0	5.8
Midlothian	3.3	4.0	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	3.8	4.1
Moray	3.5	5.2	9.6	6.2	8.6	15.7	4.6	6.6	12.2
North Ayrshire	8.0	6.6	13.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	6.9	5.8	12.3
North Lanarkshire	1.3	5.7	13.5	0.0	14.4	15.7	1.1	7.3	13.8
Orkney Islands	16.0	20.6	16.0	0.1	6.1	6.6	13.4	16.0	13.3
Perth and Kinross	17.9	18.6	18.6	9.6	2.6	13.5	16.4	15.8	17.7
Renfrewshire	4.7	5.6	9.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	5.0	8.4
Scottish Borders	15.2	18.7	13.8	2.1	2.5	1.0	11.4	13.6	9.7
Shetland Islands	11.0	10.3	5.6	17.5	10.3	5.5	12.0	10.3	5.6
South Ayrshire	6.4	5.9	6.9	5.2	2.8	17.4	6.0	5.1	10.7
South Lanarkshire	6.6	12.1	12.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	11.1	12.4
Stirling	8.0	10.1	11.6	7.3	5.1	7.2	7.8	8.4	10.2
West Dunbartonshire	9.0	9.8	10.2	0.7	0.9	1.9	5.3	6.1	6.6
West Lothian	3.4	6.1	10.1	5.8	4.5	7.3	3.9	5.7	9.8

 

The percentages are based on the tonnages of waste that are recycled or composted. Ash used for daily top cover at landfill sites is excluded. All figures for 2001-02 for Dumfries and Galloway and the commercial and industrial and total waste figures for Glasgow for 2000-01 have been excluded as the figures supplied to the Accounts Commission are considered unreliable.

In 2003, the number of visitors who came to Scotland from the Republic of Ireland totalled 48,000. These visitors represented 3.1% of the total number of tourists who visited Scotland last year from overseas.

Levels of carbon dioxide emissions in Scotland by source are reported in the publication Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1999-2001 a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 32027) and is also available on the Executive’s climate change website at www.scotland.gov.uk/climatechange.

Details are as follows:

NHS Board	1999-2000 Total Budget Increase (£000)	1999-2000 Total Budget Increase (%)	1999-2000 Per Capita Increase (£)	1999-2000 Per Capita Increase (%)
Argyll and Clyde	14,027	3.6	36	4.0
Ayrshire and Arran	15,378	4.7	43	4.9
Borders	4,494	4.6	41	4.5
Dumfries and Galloway	8,031	5.7	58	6.1
Fife	12,344	4.3	35	4.2
Forth Valley	11,657	5.0	37	4.3
Grampian	15,371	3.5	29	3.5
Greater Glasgow	42,415	4.9	52	5.5
Highland	2,686	1.4	12	1.2
Lanarkshire	22,118	4.9	37	4.6
Lothian	22,954	3.5	24	2.8
Orkney**	-846	-3.8	-46	-4.0
Shetland	766	3.2	42	4.0
Tayside	15,306	4.0	43	4.4
Western Isles	493	1.4	36	2.8
Total	187,194	4.1	37	4.1

Note: All boards received a minimum annual increase of 4.25(%) in initial unified budget. Total Budget Increases shown include funds relating to recurring and non-recurring allocations. Annual comparisons are, therefore, not necessarily comparing like with like.

** Adjustment to the method of funding the Scottish Ambulance Service and a reduction in the level of non-recurring bridging finance from 1998-99 to 1999-2000 distorts annual changes although this had no impact on the level of disposable income available to the board.

NHS Board	2000-01 Total Budget Increase (£000)	2000-01 Total Budget Increase (%)	2000-01 Per Capita Increase (£)	2000-01 Per Capita Increase (%)
Argyll and Clyde	29,208	7.3	74	7.8
Ayrshire and Arran	26,734	7.8	75	8.2
Borders	5,698	5.6	49	5.1
Dumfries and Galloway	5,777	3.9	47	4.6
Fife	22,189	7.4	60	7.1
Forth Valley	20,888	8.6	74	8.4
Grampian	32,505	7.1	65	7.5
Greater Glasgow	61,779	6.8	70	7.0
Highland	15,383	7.8	74	7.8
Lanarkshire	35,695	7.5	64	7.5
Lothian	48,377	7.1	56	6.4
Orkney	948	4.4	55	5.1
Shetland	1,854	7.5	97	8.9
Tayside	28,894	7.3	82	8.1
Western Isles	2,888	7.8	125	9.3
Total	338,817	7.2	67	7.3

Note: All boards received a minimum annual increase of 5.1(%) in initial unified budget. Total Budget Increases shown include funds relating to recurring and non-recurring allocations. Annual comparisons are, therefore, not necessarily comparing like with like.

 

NHS Board	2001-02 Total Budget Increase (£000)	2001-02 Total Budget Increase (%)	2001-02 Per Capita Increase (£)	2001-02 Per Capita Increase (%)
Argyll and Clyde	25,190	5.9	67	6.6
Ayrshire and Arran	19,198	5.2	66	6.7
Borders	4,443	4.2	41	4.1
Dumfries and Galloway	8,708	5.7	45	4.2
Fife	14,255	4.5	43	4.7
Forth Valley	11,762	4.4	38	4.0
Grampian	14,945	3.1	24	2.6
Greater Glasgow	62,294	6.4	117	10.8
Highland	17,837	8.4	84	8.2
Lanarkshire	40,983	8.0	89	9.7
Lothian	42,268	5.8	60	6.4
Orkney	2,123	9.5	126	11.0
Shetland	1,603	6.0	99	8.3
Tayside	33,524	7.9	77	7.0
Western Isles	4,078	10.2	195	13.3
Total	303,211	6.0	70	7.0

Note: All boards received a minimum annual increase of 5.5(%) in initial unified budget. Total Budget Increases shown include funds relating to recurring and non-recurring allocations. Annual comparisons are, therefore, not necessarily comparing like with like.

 

NHS Board	2002-03 Total Budget Increase (£000)	2002-03 Total Budget Increase (%)	2002-03 Per Capita Increase (£)	2002-03 Per Capita Increase (%)
Argyll and Clyde	22,421	4.9	59	5.4
Ayrshire and Arran	26,260	6.8	75	7.1
Borders	6,301	5.7	54	5.2
Dumfries and Galloway	10,762	6.6	77	7.0
Fife	19,501	5.8	53	5.6
Forth Valley	18,361	6.6	65	6.6
Grampian	36,112	7.2	74	7.7
Greater Glasgow	83,256	8.0	99	8.3
Highland	15,864	6.9	80	7.3
Lanarkshire	19,657	3.5	36	3.6
Lothian	3,135	0.4	4	0.4
Orkney	1,198	4.9	63	4.9
Shetland	2,735	9.7	126	9.8
Tayside	14,827	3.2	42	3.6
Western Isles	2,646	6.0	117	7.0
Total	283,036	5.3	58	5.5

Note: All boards received a minimum annual increase of 6.8(%) in initial unified budget. Total Budget Increases shown include funds relating to recurring and non-recurring allocations. Annual comparisons are, therefore, not necessarily comparing like with like.

 

NHS Board	2003-04 Total Budget Increase (£000)	2003-04 Total Budget Increase (%)	2003-04 Per Capita Increase (£)	2003-04 Per Capita Increase (%)
Argyll and Clyde	32,803	6.9	83	7.3
Ayrshire and Arran	33,080	8.0	90	8.0
Borders	9,381	8.0	78	7.1
Dumfries and Galloway	11,927	6.9	82	7.0
Fife	29,043	8.2	79	7.8
Forth Valley	18,037	6.1	63	6.0
Grampian	37,761	7.0	72	7.0
Greater Glasgow	57,965	5.2	66	5.1
Highland	19,794	8.0	89	7.5
Lanarkshire	50,008	8.7	89	8.6
Lothian	111,195	14.3	141	14.2
Orkney	1,337	5.2	62	4.7
Shetland	2,334	7.5	111	7.9
Tayside	22,156	4.7	60	4.9
Western Isles	3,750	8.1	150	8.5
Total	440,571	7.8	87	7.7

Note: All boards received a minimum annual increase of 7.4(%) in initial unified budget. Total Budget Increases shown include funds relating to recurring and non-recurring allocations. Annual comparisons are, therefore, not necessarily comparing like with like.

 

NHS Board	2004-05 Total Budget Increase (£000)	2004-05 Total Budget Increase (%)	2004-05 Per Capita Increase (£)	2004-05 Per Capita Increase (%)
Argyll and Clyde	55,048	10.8	132	10.8
Ayrshire and Arran	50,307	11.3	137	11.3
Borders	14,777	11.6	136	11.6
Dumfries and Galloway	21,849	11.8	148	11.8
Fife	44,750	11.7	127	11.7
Forth Valley	29,491	9.4	105	9.4
Grampian	32,459	5.6	62	5.6
Greater Glasgow	96,825	8.2	112	8.2
Highland	34,355	12.9	164	12.9
Lanarkshire	60,796	9.7	110	9.7
Lothian	34,168	3.9	44	3.9
Orkney	2,590	9.6	134	9.6
Shetland	854	2.6	39	2.6
Tayside	37,807	7.6	98	7.6
Western Isles	3,103	6.2	119	6.2
Total	519,179	8.5	103	8.5

Note: All boards received a minimum annual increase of 6.75(%) in initial unified budget. Total Budget Increases shown include funds relating to recurring and non-recurring allocations. Annual comparisons are, therefore, not necessarily comparing like with like.