- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the longest time is that the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner has taken, in days, to have dealt with a complaint.
Answer
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how the performance of the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner compares to similar bodies in the rest of the UK.
Answer
The Independent Office for Police Conduct for England and Wales and the Office of Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland have different statutory responsibilities to the PIRC and the Scottish Government is not aware of any performance information produced on a directly comparable basis across these bodies.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the average number of days is that the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner takes to deal with complaints.
Answer
This is a matter for the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner. An Annual Report is laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 43(5) of the Police Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006. The latest was laid in December 2017 (SG / 2017 / 216). It is also available on PIRC’s website https://pirc.scot/media/4441/pirc-commissioners-report-final.pdf.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 7 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many apprentices were employed by Carillion in Scotland, broken down by (a) trade and (b) construction project, and how many have secured alternative employment.
Answer
The Scottish Government is working with the Construction Industry Training Board, Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and other partners to support the 128 apprentices identified as being employed by Carillion. All of these apprentices were following the General Construction Operative framework and were deployed in groundwork activities on construction sites within the Glasgow area. To date, 28 have secured employment, another 26 are about to complete their apprenticeship and the remaining 74 are being supported to complete their MA. All 74 apprentices are being case managed by Career Information Advice and Guidance staff in SDS. The wider impact of Carillion’s liquidation is both complex and continues to evolve. We are undertaking further investigations, as well as monitoring the situation and are ready to respond to the needs of the apprentices affected.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 6 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12966 by Keith Brown on 21 December 2017, what these internal processes were and on what dates they were carried out.
Answer
The Statutory processes are set out in Section 22 of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 which requires Scottish Ministers to lay a copy of the accounts and the auditor's report before the Parliament and to publish the accounts and auditor's report by no later than 31 December - in this instance 31 December 2017.
For financial year 2016-17 the letters and reports from the Auditor General for Scotland for SE and HIE were received on 11 July and 19 September respectively and their Annual Reports and Accounts were laid and published within the statutory timeline.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the level at which public sector project bank accounts are put in place should be set at £2 million, in line with the practice in Wales and Northern Ireland.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s document, “Implementing Project Bank Accounts in Construction Contracts”, states the thresholds of £4.1 million for building projects and £10 million for civil engineering projects will be reviewed in the light of prevailing practice.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing legislation to ensure that all retention sums for public sector construction works are put into a protected fund.
Answer
We are currently awaiting the output from the recent UK Government public consultation on retention payments in the construction industry and will consider the way forward once that work is complete.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing measures to ensure that all public sector procurers operate a so-called yellow/red card system to ensure that if the lead contractors do not pay their supply chain within 30 days they will be barred from bidding for public sector works for at least two years.
Answer
The Scottish Government will continue to work with all relevant stakeholders on the many aspects of construction procurement including contract management.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 2 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government which contracts Carillion has that affect (a) the government's workforce, (b) non-departmental public bodies and (c) the Registers of Scotland.
Answer
a) The Scottish Government has no contracts with Carillion, therefore the government’s workforce has not been affected.
b) The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration has one contract for Facilities Management Services that commenced 6 January 2014 and is due to expire
5 September 2018. Highlands and Islands Enterprise have two contacts for Facilities Management, one which commenced on 2 May 2016 and is sue to expire
1 May 2019 and other which commenced 22 March 2017 and is due to expire
6 March 2020. Contingency measures have been put into place to ensure continuation of service delivery and therefore there should be no effect to either Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration or Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
c) The Registers of Scotland Administration has one contract for Facilities Management Services that commenced 1 October 2013 and is due to expire
30 September 2018. Contingency measures have been put into place to ensure continuation of service delivery and therefore there should be no effect to the Registers of Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 30 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what alternative providers have been identified for the public sector bodies with facilities management contracts with Carillion; what process was used to identify these providers, and whether consideration was given to taking the services in-house in each case.
Answer
The information is provided in the following table:
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Contract Name
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Contracting Authority
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Action
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Process to identify replacement providers
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Consideration given to take services in house
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FM for An Lochran
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise
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Close partnership working with primary contractors and developing relationships with their sub-contractors and suppliers.
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Centre for Health Science Facilities Management
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise
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Close partnership working with primary contractors and developing relationships with their sub-contractors and suppliers.
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Consideration was given to the urgency of ensuring continuity of public service provision whilst taking into account the welfare of all workers on the contract. Direct engagement with sub-contractors was identified as the most effective route to deal with these concerns.
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Highlands & Islands Enterprise are considering how best to deliver our Facilities Management requirements moving forward and as part of this review we will consider whether any elements of the Facilities Management work could be taken back in house.
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Highlands & Islands Enterprise are considering how best to deliver our Facilities Management requirements moving forward and as part of this review we will consider whether any elements of the Facilities Management work could be taken back in house.
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Contract for the Provision of Facilities Management Services
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Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
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Negotiating with Carillion’s sub-contractors to continue with service provision.*
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The key concern in relation to identifying replacement providers was to secure on-going public service delivery. As Carillion sub contracted the work in this instance the existing sub-contractors were identified as the providers that would be able to continue the work with minimal service disruption.
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No – due to lack of internal resource and appropriate skillset.
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Facilities Management Framework (Crown Commercial Services)
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Registers of Scotland
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Negotiating with Carillion’s sub-contractors to continue with service provision.*
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Registers of Scotland has invoked it’s business continuity plan for facilities management services and we are looking to put short term contracts in place with existing sub-contractors. These contracts will allow Registers of Scotland to assess all options for replacement and adjustments to these services.
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The Carillion contract was due to end on 30 September 2018 and work had already begun to identify our future facilities management services requirements. These activities include considering whether we should appoint an alternative contractor or contractors and whether we may bring some services in-house.
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West of Scotland Housing Association – Planned Maintenance
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West of Scotland Housing Association
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Contract being novated to second placed contractor from original contract competition.
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It was determined that novating the contract to the second placed contractor from the original contract competition was the best route to ensure continuity of service provision to tenants whilst taking into account the welfare of all workers on the contract.
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No as no trades people are currently employed in house. It was previously considered before the procuring of the existing contract but was deemed unsuitable due to the infrastructure required.
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – Facilities Management at Langlands Care for the Elderly
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
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PFI contractors taking over the work.
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N/A
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* Please note as this is subject to commercial negotiations it would be inappropriate to name Carillion’s sub-contractor
