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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 ��˿�� 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: S4W-13862

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2013
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 17 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13054 by Derek Mackay on 5 March 2013, how many of the energy sector appeals were for wind applications greater than 50 MW and how many were for single turbine or other developments of less than 50 MW.

Question reference: S4O-02005

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made toward justice for victims of historic child abuse following the first InterAction meeting.

Question reference: S4O-01969

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote the use of new fairtrade products in Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-01946

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the rates of income tax would be in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-13049

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much overseas investment in the manufacturing sector there has been in each year since 1997.

The information requested is not available.

However, the Scottish Government’s Businesses in Scotland publication does include an estimate of the number of enterprises operating in Scotland that are foreign owned, alongside estimates of Scottish employment and Scottish turnover for these enterprises.

These estimates broken down by industrial sector (including manufacturing) are available from Table 3 of the Businesses in Scotland publication, available at:

Question reference: S4W-13052

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the average wage in the manufacturing sector has been in each year since 1997.

The preferred source for earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is produced by the Office for National Statistics. The median is the recommended measure of average earnings as opposed to the mean.

Median hourly earnings excluding overtime in the manufacturing sector, Scotland, 1997 to 2012

Year	Earnings
1997	£7.04
1998	£7.49
1999	£7.71
2000	£7.97
2001	£8.32
2002	£8.65
2003	£9.05
2004	£9.12
2005	£9.53
2006	£10.06
2007	£10.42
2008	£11.10
2009	£11.03
2010	£11.14
2011	£11.38
2012	£11.91

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), Office for National Statistics.

Notes:

1. ASHE is a sample survey from the PAYE system, therefore the self-employed and others not on the system are not covered by the survey, this will have differing impacts on different sectors of the economy.

2. The estimates are based on the pay of full-time employees working in Scotland on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence.

3. There are a number of breaks in the ASHE time series which mean care should be taken when making comparisons over time: The methodology was revised in 2004, 2006 and 2011.

4. Estimates for 1997 to 2007 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2003; estimates from 2008 onwards are based on SIC 2007.

Question reference: S4W-13048

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many manufacturing jobs have been (a) lost and (b) created in (i) Ayrshire, (ii) Renfrewshire, (iii) Dunbartonshire, (iv) Lanarkshire and (v) Inverclyde in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S4W-13053

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the level of employment in manufacturing has been in the (a) Renfrewshire, (b) Inverclyde, (c) North Ayrshire, (d) East Dunbartonshire and (e) West Dunbartonshire local authority area in each year since 1997.

Table 1 shows the level of manufacturing employee jobs in the requested local authority areas, and those areas referred to in the answer to question S4W-13048 on 13 March 2012. The data are sourced from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) and the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES). The ABI commenced in 1998 and BRES commenced in 2009. The manufacturing sector is defined using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.

The data provided are not entirely consistent over time. There are two main breaks in the data. The first main break occurs between 2002 and 2003 on account of the change from SIC 1992 codes to SIC 2003 codes. The second main break occurs between 2008 and 2009 on account of the change from SIC 2003 codes to SIC 2007 codes and the change in source from ABI to BRES. These changes may give rise to discontinuities, and as such the data is not strictly comparable across the series breaks.

Table 1: Employee Jobs, Manufacturing Sector, by Local Authority Area

Year	East Ayr- shire	East Dunbar-tonshire	East Renfrew-shire	Inver-clyde	North Ayr-shire	North Lanark-shire	Renfrew-shire	South Ayr-shire	South Lanark-shire	West Dunbar-tonshire
1998	7,400	2,900	1,800	6,100	10,900	19,600	16,900	9,000	24,800	5,600
1999	7,200	3,300	1,400	8,700	10,300	20,500	15,700	8,500	23,300	5,400
2000	6,300	2,800	1,400	7,700	9,300	18,700	14,900	7,000	24,400	4,000
2001	6,200	2,900	1,800	6,900	9,700	17,500	12,700	6,100	20,400	4,100
2002	5,900	2,400	1,400	5,400	8,000	16,000	12,600	6,100	19,100	3,800
2003	5,600	2,600	1,300	3,600	7,400	15,600	11,100	5,200	18,000	3,400
2004	4,600	2,500	1,300	2,500	6,700	14,500	10,400	5,900	17,400	3,200
2005	4,300	2,700	1,000	2,100	6,400	14,300	10,600	5,900	17,800	3,100
2006	4,600	2,600	1,000	2,200	5,800	15,000	9,800	5,300	16,800	3,100
2007	5,000	2,700	900	2,000	5,600	14,800	9,800	5,600	16,800	2,700
2008	3,800	2,700	800	2,800	5,500	14,700	8,600	5,300	15,500	2,400
2009	3,200	1,800	900	2,800	4,200	12,200	8,100	4,900	13,600	2,500
2010	3,100	1,400	800	1,900	3,900	10,200	7,500	4,500	11,600	2,300
2011	3,100	1,400	1,000	1,700	4,100	11,300	7,800	4,600	12,300	2,300

Sources:

1998 to 2002 – Annual Business Inquiry, Office for National Statistics – Manufacturing defined on a SIC 1992 basis.

2003 to 2008 - Annual Business Inquiry, Office for National Statistics – Manufacturing defined on a SIC 2003 basis.

2009 to 2011 – Business Register and Employment Survey, Office for National Statistics – Manufacturing defined on a SIC 2007 basis.

Notes:

1. Data are rounded to the nearest 100.

2. Data are not consistent over time due to the change in SIC codes and the underlying source.

3. For 1998 to 2005 the data are as at December each year. For 2006 onwards the data are as at September each year.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

Question reference: S4W-13051

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether productivity in the manufacturing sector has increased or decreased in each year since 1997.

Table 1 shows Gross Value Added (GVA) per employee for the manufacturing sector in Scotland. The data are sourced from the Annual Business Survey (ABS), which provides estimates from 1998 to 2010.

The manufacturing sector is defined using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.

The data are not entirely consistent over time, mainly on account of a change in the SIC codes between 2008 and 2009. Data for manufacturing on a SIC 2003 basis are provided from 1998 to 2008, and data for manufacturing on a SIC 2007 basis are provided from 2008 to 2010.

Table 1: GVA per employee, Manufacturing Sector, Scotland

In current prices: not adjusted for inflation

Year	GVA per employee (SIC 2003 based)¹	GVA per employee (SIC 2007 based)²
1998	38,969	��
1999	36,494	��
2000	37,816	��
2001	39,036	��
2002	43,593	��
2003	46,694	��
2004	52,046	��
2005	54,144	��
2006	61,402	��
2007	60,774	��
2008	64,584	65,919
2009	��	66,848
2010	��	71,033

Source: Annual Business Survey, Office for National Statistics. Compiled by the Scottish Government

Notes:

1. Manufacturing sector defined in terms of Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2003 as Divisions 15-37.

2. Manufacturing sector defined in terms of Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2007 as Divisions 10-33.

3. Figures for 2008 on both a SIC 2003 and SIC 2007 basis have been provided for comparison.

The size of the manufacturing sector has reduced under SIC 2007 compared to SIC 2003. At the Scotland level, manufacturing employee data reduced by around 6% and manufacturing Gross Value Added by around 4% in 2008.

5. Gross Value Added (GVA) per Employee is calculated by dividing GVA (at Basic Prices) by Total Employees. The GVA data used to calculate the figures in table is in current prices i.e. it has not been adjusted for inflation.

Question reference: S4W-13055

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much investment from outside of Scotland there has been and how many jobs have been created in the (a) retail, (b) energy, (c) commercial property, (d) construction, (e) environmental waste management and (f) hotel, leisure and recreation sector in each year since 2007.

The information requested is not available.

However, the Scottish Government’s Businesses in Scotland publication does include an estimate of the number of enterprises operating in Scotland that are foreign owned and rest of the UK owned, alongside estimates of Scottish employment and Scottish turnover for these enterprises.

These estimates broken down by industrial sector are available from Table 3 of the Businesses in Scotland publication, available at: