What payments have been, or will be, made by (a) it and (b) local authorities to returning officers for executing their statutory duties at…

Answered Asked by Bruce McFee SNP Lodged 8 Aug 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what payments have been, or will be, made by (a) it and (b) local authorities to returning officers for executing their statutory duties at the local authority and Scottish parliamentary elections held on 1 May 2003.

The answer

Answered by Tavish Scott on 1 Sep 2003 · 24 days after it was lodged, on time

The funding of Scottish parliamentaryelections is the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Scotland.The funding of local government elections is a matter for the relevant localauthority and there is no specific allocation made for the running ofelections. The Scottish Executive does not make payments to returning officers inrespect of their duties in relation to local government elections.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-01947 by reference.