SPCB Written Question · S2W-03630 · Session 2
Whether any costs were incurred in the employment of the acting Parliamentary Standards Commissioner from 1 April 2003 and, if so, what the…
The question
To ask the Presiding Officer whether any costs were incurred in the employment of the acting Parliamentary Standards Commissioner from 1 April 2003 and, if so, what they were, broken down by wages and expenses; whether the contract of the acting commissioner was extended beyond 31 March 2003 and, if so when, by what process this extension was agreed and who was involved in the decision to extend the contract.
The answer
The acting Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner received a salary of £3,907.82 andexpenses of £144.44 for work undertaken on investigating complaints against membersduring the period 1 April 2003 to the end of his contract (7 October 2003).
The acting Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, Mr William Spence QPM, was appointed bythe Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body on 31 January 2003.The Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, Dr Jim Dyer, took up hisappointment on 1 April 2003. Under the terms of Mr Spence’s appointment, theacting Standards Commissioner was to be regarded as continuing to investigate acomplaint until the Standards Committee had confirmed that no assistance orfurther assistance from the acting standards commissioner would be sought.
The acting Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, Mr William Spence QPM, was appointed bythe Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body on 31 January 2003.The Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, Dr Jim Dyer, took up hisappointment on 1 April 2003. Under the terms of Mr Spence’s appointment, theacting Standards Commissioner was to be regarded as continuing to investigate acomplaint until the Standards Committee had confirmed that no assistance orfurther assistance from the acting standards commissioner would be sought.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-03630 by reference.