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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: S5W-14409

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many subcontractors have requested to join each project bank account, including for tier (a) 2 and (b) 3; how many requests were refused, and how many did not request to join, broken down by reason for doing so.

Question reference: S5W-14394

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12919 by Derek Mackay on 6 December 2017, how many times each year (a) the supply chain member has elected not to participate in and (b) a main contractor has excluded a supply chain member from a project bank account arrangement, broken down by reason.

Question reference: S5W-14387

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many public project subcontractors have been declined by each project bank account.

Question reference: S5W-14408

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government for how many operational cycles has each project bank account has been (a) operational and (b) not operational.

Question reference: S5W-14430

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of how its strategic supplier risk-management policy operates.

The Scottish Government has developed the Procurement Journey, a web-based collection of tools/processes to support it and the public sector community in Scotland including central government, local authorities, National Health bodies, Universities and Colleges. This includes a dedicated section on contract and supplier management. This can be found at: https://www.procurementjourney.scot/route-3/route-3-contract-supplier-management-managing-improving-performance

In addition the Scottish Government works with United Kingdom Cabinet Office to support the strategic management of key suppliers who operate across the UK.

Question reference: S5W-14261

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent under the SME Holding Fund LUPS (2015-18), and whether it will provide a breakdown of this expenditure.

The requested performance data under the of the SME Holding Fund is not yet published as it is subject to a verification process under the European Regional Development Fund Regulations.

A report for the European Commission on the implementation of the SME Holding Fund will be prepared during April, primarily for the Joint Programme Monitoring Committee (the body which provides advice to Scottish Government on the use of EU funding in Scotland).

The report will cover the period to 31 December 2017. It will cover, inter alia, total amount invested with a breakdown of funding sources (private and public), total amount invested by Delivery Agent (microfinance, debt, equity), total number of companies receiving investment support, private sector leverage, number of jobs created and give a LUPS, H&I spend breakdown.

A copy of the report will be provided to the Scottish Parliamentary Information Service and I would be happy to share it with the member at that time.

Question reference: S5W-14262

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent under the SME Holding Fund H&I (2015-18), and whether it will provide a breakdown of this expenditure.

Question reference: S5W-14428

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) private companies and (b) SMEs have supplied goods and services to each of its departments in each year since 1999, broken down by the (i) number and (ii) total value of the contracts.

The following table provides the number of suppliers and the number of SMEs who have supplied goods and services to core Scottish Government departments for Financial Years 2005-06 to 2016-17 based on data contained in the Scottish Procurement Information Hub. The Hub reports on spend by supplier and not by contract therefore cannot provide information relating to the number and total value of contracts as requested.

Financial Year	Total Number Suppliers	Number of Suppliers where Employee Size known*	Number of SME Suppliers where Employee Size known**
2005-06	2,220	1,967	1,577
2006-07	2,150	1,922	1,545
2007-08	2,075	1,861	1,503
2008-09	1,986	1,799	1,466
2009-10	2,002	1,848	1,515
2010-11	1,790	1,642	1,316
2011-12	1,740	1,552	1,249
2012-13	1,889	1,650	1,328
2013-14	1,408	1,305	1,039
2014-15	1,641	1,458	1,190
2015-16	1,292	1,165	923
2016-07	1,539	1,272	1,013

Data is provided for core Scottish Government departments only.

Data is taken from the Scottish Procurement Information Hub and is based on spend with core trade suppliers.

Core trade suppliers are suppliers with whom over £1,000 has been spent in a 12 month period, that have also been classed as a trading organisation or as a non-trade social care provider.

*Supplier size is based on number of employees where it is known.

**SMEs are defined as suppliers with less than 250 employees.

Data correct at February 2017.

Question reference: S5W-14399

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12919 by Derek Mackay on 6 December 2017, by what date it will publish the annual procurement report under the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.

The Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 requires a public body with significant procurement expenditure to prepare an annual procurement report as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each financial year.

These reports will form the basis of an annual report on procurement activity in Scotland to be published by Scottish Ministers. Financial year 2017-2018 will be the first full year subject to annual procurement reports under the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.

Public bodies need to be given sufficient time to prepare and publish their individual annual procurement reports before the Scottish Government carries out a high-level analysis of these reports in preparation for the Scottish Ministers annual report on procurement activity in Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-14188

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 20 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Creative Scotland’s decision to remove its funding, what support it can provide to the Dunedin Consort ensemble.