Question reference: S6W-14078
- Date lodged: 18 January 2023
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much Transport Scotland has spent on salt in each year since 2016.
Answer
Winter service operations are delivered as a fixed monthly lump sum item from October to May which covers all the elements including depot facilities, operatives, fleet, fuel and salt procurement. Transport Scotland’s Operating Companies price the contract delivery over the entire period of the contract to include the element of risk in relation to salt usage and as such Transport Scotland do not directly procure salt for winter service operations on the trunk road network.
Contracts between the Operating Companies and the salt suppliers are subject to commercial sensitivity based on arrangements over the respective Scottish Ministers Contract Period and Transport Scotland is not subject to the value of any commercial agreements which are arrived at.
The annual sums which are paid for winter service by Scottish Ministers is as follows:
Financial Year | Winter Maintenance Sums |
2016-17 | £13,495,404 |
2017-18 | £14,548,297 |
2018-19 | £14,587,044 |
2019-20 | £14,686,765 |
2020-21 | £17,149,853 |
2021-22 | £16,188,351 |
2022-23 | £15,911,473 |