Whether it plans to set an advisory cost limit on answers to parliamentary questions, what any advisory cost limit would be, what research …

Answered Asked by Murray Tosh Con Lodged 20 Sep 2000

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to set an advisory cost limit on answers to parliamentary questions, what any advisory cost limit would be, what research it has carried out into the cost of answers, how many questions it estimates have exceeded any proposed cost limit to date, and what potential savings it calculates could be achieved as a result of setting an advisory cost limit.

The answer

Answered by Tom McCabe on 4 Oct 2000 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

A major study to establish the average cost of dealing with Scottish parliamentary questions is close to completion. Once the full results of this study are available, the question of whether to establish an advisory cost limit, and if so at what level, will be considered.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-09992 by reference.