- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what underspend or overspend is projected for each directorate for the financial year 2007-08.
Answer
Details of the end year financial position are currently being finalised. I will announce provisional outturn for the Scottish Government when figures become available.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-12920 by Kenny MacAskill on 20 May 2008, how much dedicated funding it has allocated for counter terrorism for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.
Answer
The Scottish Government has already allocated £12 million dedicated funding to the Scottish police for counter terrorism this financial year and we are considering proposals for additional funding. This funding is in addition to funding allocated by individual chief constables for counter terrorism work from their overall budgets.
Funding for 2009-10 and 2010-11 will be considered at a later date.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive in what legal form the Scottish Futures Trust Development and Delivery organisation will be established, including details of the legislative framework under which the organisation will be covered.
Answer
The Scottish Futures Trust will be a company. The Development and Delivery arm will be a public sector classified body.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the first project to be financed under the Scottish Futures Trust to commence.
Answer
The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) company will be established this summer and will immediately become engaged with delivery and funding issues across a wide range of infrastructure sectors. The formation of at least two “community hubs”, including primary/community care facilities, will be early projects developed by SFT.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what outside advice it has commissioned in connection with Taking Forward the Scottish Futures Trust.
Answer
Taking Forward the Scottish Futures Trust (Bib. number 45605) was produced by the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) delivery team and was endorsed by the Scottish Futures Trust steering group. The delivery team included professional advice from Partnerships UK and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The SFT steering group has representatives from Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, Partnerships UK, and the Council of Economic Advisers.
The SFT work was informed by many informal discussions with industry and advisory interests, academics, and public sector practitioners, and by the 89 responses to the SFT consultation exercise. This wide ranging consultative background included views and experience from both within Scotland and abroad.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which types of public sector projects will be financed by the Scottish Futures Trust.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s document Taking Forward the Scottish Futures Trust (Bib. number 45605), which accompanied the announcement of our decision to set up the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), sets out the areas where SFT will proceed immediately to assist in effective and more efficient methods of delivery and funding of infrastructure.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what rail projects it proposes to be financed by the Scottish Futures Trust.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13264 on 3 June 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which private sector companies have expressed support for the concept of the Scottish Futures Trust.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not collated comments on the Scottish Futures Trust in accordance with this question. All the responses to the consultation exercise have been published, subject to any confidentiality requests, on the Scottish Government website at
www.scotland.gov.uk.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which types of hospital projects will be financed by the Scottish Futures Trust.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-13264 on 3 June 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what form of governance and democratic accountability is proposed in respect of the Scottish Futures Trust.
Answer
In announcing the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) we published our intentions in the document
Taking Forward the Scottish Futures Trust (Bib. number 45605). An infrastructure board for Scotland is envisaged made up of senior representatives from across the public sector. It would oversee the SFT delivering its strategic objectives and would input to the future strategic direction of SFT.
SFT will not alter the lines of statutory responsibility and accountability which apply across the public sector. SFT will itself be accountable through ministers.
