- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government who will own the assets financed by the revised model for design-build-finance-maintain projects at the end of the revenue repayment period.
Answer
The procuring authority will own the assets.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has agreed its proposed changes to the model for design-build-finance-maintain projects with (a) the Office for National Statistics and (b) Eurostat.
Answer
The Office for National Statistics takes decisions independently about projects or programmes that it wishes to review. The proposed design-build-finance-maintain-model is not currently under review. Engagement with Eurostat, on any issues of classification, would be a matter for the Office for National Statistics or the UK Government, as the relevant EU member state.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government from whom it has sought advice on the proposed new private sector charity that will be part of future design-build-finance-maintain capital projects and at what cost.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-26458 on 31 July 2015. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
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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 halves the public sector share of the project from 40% to 20% and, if so, for what reason.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-26455 on 31 July 2015. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how it will finance the new Clydebank Health Centre; when the project will (a) start and (b) be completed, and how much public sector capital will be involved.
Answer
The timing of the Clydebank Health Centre has yet to be agreed. The project, with a capital cost of £19 million, is expected to be financed via the hub design-build-finance-maintain programme.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona McLeod on 7 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-25981 by Fiona McLeod on 19 June 2015, which other local authorities have negotiated payments.
Answer
Sixty six claims were intimated, including court actions raised, in respect of former residents of Kerelaw Residential School. Glasgow City Council paid out settlement in 30 of the cases which amounted to £223,826.95 including court expenses.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what consultations it has undertaken since 2011; how many responses it received for each consultation, and when it published those responses.
Answer
All consultations and published responses can be found on the Scottish Government website via the following link: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 June 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona McLeod on 19 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment by the Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs on 30 April 2014 that "the Government is still committed to scoping out a possible reparation scheme" for survivors of historical child abuse (Official Report, c.30374), what progress has been made with putting this in place.
Answer
The Scottish Government committed to scoping a survivor support service in its response to the Scottish Human Rights InterAction on 27 October 2014. The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning recently announced funding of £13.5 million over the next five years to develop this service. Survivors continue to be at the centre of our development of this service which we aim to have in place by October 2015.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 June 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona McLeod on 19 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning on 28 May 2015 (Official Report, c.46), which local authorities have made payments to survivors of historical child abuse on an ex gratia basis.
Answer
In 2009 Dumfries and Galloway awarded ex gratia payments of £20,000 each to survivors abused at Merkland school. While the Scottish Government is aware of other local authorities who negotiated payments with individual survivors, details of these payments are not available.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 June 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 19 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make interim payments to survivors of historical child abuse, similar to the system introduced in the Republic of Ireland and, if so, whether it will involve survivors in the discussion of how these should operate.
Answer
The Scottish Government has announced funding of £13.5 million to develop a dedicated support service for survivors of in care abuse. We are working with survivors to determine the detail of how this service will operate.
It will be for the Inquiry to decide how to fulfil its terms of reference and what recommendations it will make.