- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when the funding for new primary schools will be announced; how many primary schools will be rebuilt, and over what timescale.
Answer
The first primary schools to benefit from the new school building programme will be announced by the end of the year. Our expectation is that the primary element of the programme will be completed by 2015.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27338 by John Swinney on 30 September 2009, whether it will restore the provision of written explanations for underspending by the Scottish Government and non-departmental public bodies when reporting end year flexibility, as has previously been the case.
Answer
The Scottish Government provide explanations of its underspends in the
Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts, which are published in September each year and are available on the Scottish Government website. Non-departmental public bodies also publish details of underspends in their relevant accounts.
We will also continue to discuss with the Finance Committee and others what information is considered useful and how we can improve our presentation of supporting information.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-27333 by John Swinney on 30 September 2009, for what reason it has not included the pre-Budget report consequentials of £5.2 million in the figure of a £496 million reduction in the planned departmental expenditure limit budget for 2010-11.
Answer
Our published Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) figure in the Draft Budget for 2010-11 includes all relevant movements in spending power as a result of consequentials and other changes advised by and agreed with HM Treasury. The figures can therefore be reconciled to those provided by Treasury.
In commenting on the 2010-11 draft budget, I made clear that the cut of approximately £500 million was the net result of decisions announced in the Chancellor''s April 2009 budget. Earlier adjustments made to 2010-11 Scottish DEL, for example in the 2008 pre-budget report, were already the subject of public announcements.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning in the Building better schools news release on 28 September 2009, when it anticipates completion of each of the 14 schools listed.
Answer
Each of the 14 secondary schools identified to receive support is different and will therefore be planned and built in a timescale which is appropriate for the school, pupils and local community.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning in the Building better schools news release on 28 September 2009, how much of its £800 million contribution has been allocated to each of the 14 schools listed and over which financial years.
Answer
Each of the first 14 secondary schools to benefit from the new school building programme is different. Precise costings will not be known until the tendering and procurement processes are complete.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 13 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the Joint Strategic Review of Public Spending has met.
Answer
The Joint Strategic Review of Public Spending has met twice and I wrote to the members of the review group in August to propose that further meetings should be held following the publication of the draft 2010-11 Budget document on 17 September 2009.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 13 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how often the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth has attended meetings of the Joint Strategic Review of Public Spending.
Answer
I have chaired both meetings of the Joint Strategic Review held to date and have written to all members to propose that further meetings should be held over the autumn.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 8 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-26887 by Alex Neil on 10 September 2009, whether the installation of 173 central heating systems by the end of August 2009 is lower than expected.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27669 on 8 October 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 8 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-26892 by Alex Neil on 10 September 2009, how many contractors are involved in the delivery of the Energy Assistance Package and where they are headquartered.
Answer
The Energy Assistance Package (EAP) is delivered through a Scottish Government partnership with 10 primary delivery partners. These are: Energy Saving Trust; managing agent for stage 4 (currently Scottish Gas); Citizens Advice Direct; Pensions Service; Scottish Gas (CERT provider); Scottish Power (CERT provider); Scottish and Southern (CERT provider); EDF (Cert Provider); Eon (CERT provider), and nPower (CERT provider).
Energy Saving Trust manage the overall EAP programme and deliver energy efficiency advice through the Energy Saving Scotland Advice Network. Stage 2 is delivered through referrals by EST to the Pensions Service and Citizens Advice Direct. EST refer stage 3 work to CERT providers and stage 4 to the managing agent. It is a matter for CERT providers and the managing agent whether they carry out work themselves or subcontract to other companies; however we understand that a number of large and small companies are used. The Scottish Government believes that all work should be tendered in a fair and transparent way that complies with EU procurement guidance and supports small businesses to be able to compete for work.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 8 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the £7.2 million balance of the £15 million for the Home Insulation Scheme will fund, in light of the Official Journal of the European Union advert inviting tenders for the Home Insulation Scheme at £7.8 million.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to the answer to question S3W-27661 on 8 October 2009 which sets out how the total grant funding for the scheme is allocated. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
A minimum of £9.1 million of government funding will be available for those Home Insulation Scheme measures which need to be the subject of a procurement exercise. That exercise will also be how the bulk of additional contributions to the scheme over and above the government''s £15 million contribution are levered.
The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) advert excludes VAT as required by OJEU procedures, which is why the figure included in the advert differs from that in the grant offer letter.
