§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the numbers employed by Locate in Scotland since its inception, the salary bill in each financial year, the cost of severance arrangements with any employees leaving or being dismissed, and the total of any other expenses, excluding the provision of property and accommodation.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe number of staff employed exclusively on the activities of Locate in Scotland, together with the total salary bill and the cost of severance arrangements for each financial year since inception is as follows:
1 April 1981 to 31 March 1982 1 April 1982 to 31 March 1983 1 April 1983 to 30 November 1983 Number of staff (at end of period) 31 34 34 Salary Bill £429,331 £563,602 £410,362 Severance Costs £23,264 25,996 £9,069 As Locate in Scotland draws to a considerable degree on the services of other directorates in the Scottish Development Agency, particularly in marketing, information on other expenses could be extracted only at disproportionate cost.
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§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each year since its inception the costs of (a) renting property, (b) purchasing property, (c) providing accommodation and (d) any income from disposals of property or accommodation acquired by Locate in Scotland.
§ Mr. Allan StewartCosts relating to accommodation incurred by Locate in Scotland in each financial year since its inception are as follows:
1 April 1981 to 31 March 1982 1 April 1982 to 31 March 1983 1 April 1983 to 30 November 1983 Renting property £78,077 £74,240 £73,725 Purchasing property Nil £125,000 £135,830 Providing accomodation £28,471 £62,639 £45,577 No property has been disposed of by Locate in Scotland.