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Written Question · S3W-24927 · Session 3

What the cost was of producing (a) Scotland’s Future: Join the Debate: Education and Lifelong Learning, (b) Scotland’s Future: Join the Deb…

Answered Asked by Pauline McNeill Lab Lodged 17 Jun 2009

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of producing (a) Scotland’s Future: Join the Debate: Education and Lifelong Learning, (b) Scotland’s Future: Join the Debate: Finance and Sustainable Growth, (c) Scotland’s Future: Join the Debate: Health and Wellbeing, (d) Scotland’s Future: Join the Debate: Justice, (e) Scotland’s Future: Join the Debate: Rural Affairs and the Environment and (f) Scotland’s Future: Join the Debate: Scotland’s Place in the World.

The answer

Answered by Michael Russell on 25 Aug 2009 · 69 days after it was lodged, 41 days after it was due

Scotland''s Future: Join the Debate leaflets are an important contribution to informing the public debate successfully generated by the National Conversation. Over 4,500 people have attended public events, there have been over 500,000 hits on the National Conversation web pages and the voluntary sector, businesses, universities, the media, faith groups, ethnic minorities, and Scotland''s young people are all taking part.
The cost for design, printing, translation and web publication was £20,927. The cost of distribution to almost 600 libraries across Scotland was £3,452. Copies of the leaflets will be available at National Conversation events and on request.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-24927 by reference.