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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-19027

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its retail strategy, and how it will monitor the effectiveness of the strategy.

Question reference: S5W-19026

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what portion of its Flexible Workforce Development Fund has been accessed in each year by each sector.

Question reference: S5W-19050

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government which delivery partners have been appointed by Scottish Water for its 2015-21 investment programme, also broken down by (a) where they are headquartered and to (b) what extent they hire local sub-contractors.

Scottish Water has appointed a range of delivery partners to deliver its 2015-21 investment programme:

3 Alliance partners
13 Tier 1 contractors
55 Rural contractors

Further details are provided in the table.

Delivery vehicle	Contractor name	HQ	% work self-delivered	% work using local sub-contractors
Alliance partner	Amey Black & Veatch (ABV) Joint Venture	ABV HQ is in Scotland but the HQs of the individual companies are in England	51%	41%
Alliance partner	Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) Joint Venture	CWA HQ is in Scotland but the HQs of the individual companies are in England	60%	40%
Alliance partner	Efficient Service Delivery (ESD) Joint Venture	ESD HQ is in Scotland but the HQs of the individual companies are in England	2%	63%
Tier 1	Amey Group (Byzak)	England	45%	13%
Tier 1	Enisca	Northern Ireland	100%	0%
Tier 1	Farrans Construction	Northern Ireland	100%	0%
Tier 1	Farrans Construction (Trading as a division of Northstone (NI) Ltd) and Environmental Techniques JV (FET)	Scotland	80%	20%
Tier 1	Fast Flow	England	40%	59%
Tier 1 Contractor & Rural contractor	Ferrier Pumps Ltd	Scotland	60%	30%
Tier 1	Galliford Try & I D Systems UK Joint venture	Scotland	82%	18%
Tier 1 Contractor & Rural contractor	Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd (Trading as Morrison Construction)	Scotland	98%	2%
Tier 1 Contractor & Rural contractor	George Leslie Ltd	Scotland	69%	24%
Tier 1 Contractor & Rural contractor	MacKenzie Construction Ltd	Scotland	80%	20%
Tier 1	Ross-Shire Engineering Ltd	Scotland	85%	15%
Tier 1	WGM Engineering Ltd	Scotland	85%	12.5%
Tier 1 Contractor & Rural contractor	Coffey Construction Ltd	England	50%	0%
Rural contractor	PSI Limited	Scotland	90%	10%
Rural contractor	Morgan Sindall	England	60%	40%
Rural contractor	Aird Walker & Ralston Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Barr & Wray	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Clancy Docwra Ltd	Scotland	90%	10%
Rural contractor	Dustacco Engineering Ltd	Scotland	85%	10%
Rural contractor	Enisca Ltd/Cleantech Civils Ltd Joint venture	Northern Ireland	90%	0%
Rural contractor	Global Infrastructure Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	ID Systems / Robertson Construction Joint venture	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Prime Pumps Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Coe Contracts Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Frank L. Johnston (Shetland) Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Rodger (Builders) Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Angus Mackay & Sons Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Chalmers Construction Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Eric Wright Water	England	63%	37%
Rural contractor	MacAulay Askernish Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	EEG Contracts Ltd	Scotland	99%	1%
Rural contractor	A&L Mechanical Installations Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	A&W Sinclair Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	AMD Contract Services Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	AMK Plant & Tipper Hire Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Andrew Sinclair Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Argon Engineering (Airdire) Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Armitage Groundworks Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Calmax Construction Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Corrie Construction Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	D.S. Nicolson Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Davidson Land Services	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Duncan Mackay & Sons	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Garriock Bros. Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Innovative Utilities Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	JGC Engineering & Technical Services Ltd	Scotland	95%	5%
Rural contractor	John Thomson Construction Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Lanes Group PLC	England	99%	1%
Rural contractor	Luce Bay Plant Hire Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	M&N Electrical & Mechanical Services Ltd	Scotland	95%	5%
Rural contractor	MacInnes Bros Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	McFadyens Contractors (Campbeltown) Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	MM Miller Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Ness Engineering Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Nicol of Skene Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Pat Munro (Alness) Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	R.S. Merriman Ltd	Scotland	95%	5%
Rural contractor	Seivwright Brothers Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Storie (Argyll) Limited	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	TSL Contractors Limited	Scotland	93%	7%
Rural contractor	Tulloch Developments Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	UB CIVILS LTD	Scotland	100%	0%
Rural contractor	Wm Donald Ltd	Scotland	100%	0%

Question reference: S5W-19029

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much it is providing to implement its retail strategy, and whether it plans to provide additional resources to assist with this.

Question reference: S5W-19051

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how Scottish Water monitors performance on cost for individual infrastructure projects.

Question reference: S5W-19294

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 October 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to change the discount structure for Scottish Water customers and, if so, whether it will undertake a full poverty impact assessment before doing so.

I refer the member to answer to question S5W-19172 on 23 October 2018. The Scottish Government will undertake additional consultations and impact assessments before implementing any changes to customer charges.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

Question reference: S5W-19293

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 October 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when the key findings from the consultation, Shaping the future of your water and waste water services, will be presented to (a) Ministers and (b) the Parliament.

Scottish Water will present the finalised consultation report to a multi-stakeholder group (Water Industry Commission for Scotland, Scottish Government, Customer Forum, SEPA, DWQR and Citizens Advice Scotland) on 25 October and will publish the report on its website thereafter.

Scottish Water will publish their updated ‘Shaping the future of your water and waste water services’ document in 2019 alongside their Strategic Plan. This plan will ultimately be agreed with Ministers and Regulators.

Question reference: S5W-19169

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many residential customers have received single person discounts from Scottish Water in each of the last 10 years.

Question reference: S5W-19171

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when its review of Scottish Water discounts will (a) conclude and (b) be published.

Question reference: S5W-19170

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what the total value of discounts given to residential customers of Scottish Water has been in each of the last 10 years.