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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S2W-04984

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 January 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what public funding has been awarded to the Institute for System Level Integration in each of the last three years.

As part of project Alba, theInstitute for System Level Integration has been supported in line with thecommitment in A Smart, Successful Scotland to move to a technologicallyinnovative, knowledge-based economy.

Funding issues in relationto the institute itself are an operational matter for the main funding partners- Scottish Enterprise, University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde,Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh University. However, in 2001 the Executivecontributed a one-off grant of £40,000 to assist the early stages of the MSc inSystem Level Integration.

Question reference: S2W-04194

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies had their registered offices in Scotland in each year since 1990.

I have asked Claire Clancy,the Chief Executive of Companies House, to respond. Her response is as follows:

The information requested isnot available. While the number of companies incorporating each year in Scotland(i.e. new public limited companies) is known, the total number of publiclimited companies in Scotland is not. Information on the total number of PLCs isknown for Great Britain but there are no separate figures for Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-04193

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies have established their registered offices in Scotland as a result of commencing trading in each year from 1990 to 1997.

I have asked Claire Clancythe Chief Executive of Companies House to respond. Her response is as follows:

The number of public limitedcompanies having established their registered offices in Scotland asa result of commencing trading in each year from 1990 to 1997 is as follows:

1990	14
1991	28
1992	13
1993	27
1994	17
1995	23
1996	23
1997	18

Question reference: S2O-00826

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to the creation of non-commercial rest areas on the A9 between Perth and Inverness.

Question reference: S2W-03895

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 19 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was to Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise of the rebranding of (a) Business Shops as The Small Business Gateway in 2001 and (b) The Small Business Gateway as The Business Gateway in 2003.

Question reference: S2W-03673

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies listed in the FTSE 500 relocated their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices to Scotland from other parts of the United Kingdom in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S2W-03672

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies listed in the FTSE 500 established their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices in Scotland as a result of commencing trading in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S2W-03674

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies listed in the FTSE 500 relocated their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices from Scotland to other parts of the United Kingdom in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S2W-03675

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies listed in the FTSE 500 closed their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices in Scotland as a result of cessation of business in each year since 1997.

I have asked Claire Clancy,the Chief Executive of Companies House, to respond. Her response is as follows:

Companies House does notrecord which public limited companies (PLCs) are included in the FTSE 500.Companies can be removed from the register for a variety of reasons and cessationof business is not a category that Companies House can provide figures for.

Companies House does notkeep records of PLCs relocating headquarters as it is not a requirement of theCompanies Act. However, PLCs cannot relocate their registered offices from Scotland toEngland/Wales or vice versa as there is no provision within the Companies Actwhich allows this to be done.

Question reference: S2W-03669

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many public limited companies have relocated their (a) headquarters or (b) registered offices to Scotland from other parts of the United Kingdom in each year since 1997.