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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S4W-26458

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has (a) sought and (b) received advice from the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) on the proposed new private sector charity that will be part of future design-build-finance-maintain capital projects and what the dates are of all its (i) meetings and (ii) communications with OSCR.

Question reference: S4W-26460

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether the board of the Scottish Futures Trust's revised design-build-finance-maintain structure will be under private sector control.

Question reference: S4W-26453

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) construction costs and (b) repayment terms are for each capital project, broken down by (i) time period, (ii) annual revenue repayments and (iii) total revenue repayment over the project lifetime.

Question reference: S4W-26467

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether immediate hub design-build-finance-maintain projects will be signed under the existing structure and transferred to the new structure at a later date, and what the implications are of doing this.

Question reference: S4W-26462

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Futures Trust's proposed model for design-build-finance-maintain projects will have an impact on so-called soft services.

Question reference: S4W-26456

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Futures Trust's revised structure for design-build-finance-maintain projects gives a more direct and greater share of each project to the private sector and, if so, for what reason.

Question reference: S4W-26452

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government which capital projects that were expected to have a financial close in (a) March, (b) April, (c) May, (d) June and (e) July 2015 now have a revised close date due to the changes to the Eurostat designation of capital projects and what the revised dates are.

At the start of the year, it was anticipated that the following projects would reach financial close as set out in the following table:

Month	Project
January	Forfar Academy
February	Inverclyde Health Centre, Baldragon Academy
March	NHS Lothian Bundle, Newbattle High School, Anderson High School, Kelso High School, Elgin High School
April	-
May	-
June	Barrhead High School, Our Lady and St Patricks High School

Forfar Academy reached financial close in June 2015 following completion of an early construction works package and the Anderson High School is due to reach financial close shortly. Other projects have been delayed by a combination of changes to Eurostat guidance and project specific issues. It is too early to provide revised dates for reaching financial close.

Question reference: S4W-26468

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the advice that it has received from Pinsent Masons about the new design-build-finance-maintain capital projects model.

Question reference: S4W-26454

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Office for National Statistics classification that the non-profit distributing model is a public-private partnership.

Question reference: S4W-26450

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what costs have been incurred as a result of the changes to the Eurostat designation of capital projects for additional (a) advice and consultancy, (b) civil service time, (c) Scottish Futures Trust staff time and (d) project/inflation costs.