- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what central analysis is made of the overall impact of PFI or PPP contracts on its budget.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-7194 on 20 April 2004. All answers to written PQs are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment is carried out on prisoners at HM Prison Kilmarnock who spend long periods of time in their cells.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Normally prisoners who spendlong periods in their cells are prisoners under cellular confinement to maintaingood order and discipline, prisoners at risk of self-harm or suicide, prisonerswith mental health problems and young offenders on social care orders. Prisonersunder any of these conditions are kept in either segregation or health care.
Prisoners held in segregationare subject to multi-disciplinary case conferences, which identify and assess individualneeds for the management of difficult prisoners and their reintegration back intothe mainstream population.
Prisoners held under confinementin the health centre for mental health or self-harm issues or young prisoners onsocial Care Orders are also subject to multi disciplinary case conferences. Thefrequency of these case conferences is dependent on need.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what public sector capital projects involving private finance have been completed since 1997, detailing their start and completion dates; what the total capital investment was in these projects, and what the public expenditure required to service these projects (a) has been since 1997 to date and (b) will be over the lifetime of the PFI/PPP in each year, expressed in both cash and real terms.
Answer
Irefer the member to the answer given to question S2W-7193 on 20 April 2004. Allanswers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.The estimated annual expenditureto service these projects on a sector basis since (a) 1997 to date, is shown inthe table below in both cash and real terms for each year of the life of the projects.Detailed information for individual projects is a matter for the public sector bodiesconcerned.
Existing Deals (Operational andSigned): Estimated Service Payments on a Sector Basis (£ Million)
| | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
| Water and sewerage (cash) | 0.0 | 2.5 | 16.3 | 20.3 | 54.0 | 67.4 |
| Water and sewerage (real) | 0.0 | 2.8 | 18.0 | 22.1 | 57.3 | 69.3 |
| Further and Higher education (cash) | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 5.0 |
| Further and Higher education (real) | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| Health (cash) | 12.0 | 13.0 | 17.0 | 12.7 | 56.1 | 71.9 |
| Health (real) | 13.9 | 14.7 | 18.8 | 13.8 | 59.6 | 73.9 |
| Justice (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 13.0 |
| Justice (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 13.4 |
| National roads and transport (cash) | 1.7 | 2.5 | 21.3 | 22.1 | 20.0 | 21.9 |
| National roads and transport (real) | 2.0 | 2.8 | 23.5 | 24.1 | 21.2 | 22.5 |
| Social work (cash) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Social work (real) | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Nationalised industries (cash) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Nationalised industries (real) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Local authorities (cash) | 0.0 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 34.9 | 74.9 | 116.2 |
| Local authorities (real) | 0.0 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 38.0 | 79.5 | 119.4 |
| Total (cash) | 13.8 | 28.0 | 83.7 | 108.9 | 226.7 | 297.8 |
| Total (real) | 16.0 | 31.6 | 92.4 | 118.6 | 240.7 | 306.1 |
Notes:
1. Real prices to a base yearof 2003-04.
2. Data source March 2003 HMTreasury return.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-356 by Susan Deacon on 27 August 1999, whether it monitored these properties to determine whether the public purse received value for money for their disposal.
Answer
Responsibility for ensuring thatthe public purse receives value for money from property transactions rests withNHSScotland bodies
For every property transactiona NHSScotland Body must have a property adviser and in major or potentially complexdisposal cases must have in addition an independent valuer. It is the responsibilityof these professional advisers to confirm that the price at which the property isbeing sold represents the market value of the property having regard to its fullpotential. This is especially important when property is being sold without exposureon the open market as it ensures that in respect of these transactions value formoney is being achieved.
The role of the Scottish Executive is to monitor that transactions have been completed in accordance with proceduresdetailed in the NHS Scotland Property Transactions Handbook. This has beendone and no issues were raised by the trust’s auditors.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether PFI or PPP projects cost more or less to the public purse over their lifetime than projects funded in the traditional manner.
Answer
The public privatepartnership procurement route must show value for money against a conventional procurementroute before being selected. This involves consideration of whole life costs andbenefits, for example risk transfer, for the length of the contract. So, whilstcosts may initially seem higher, approved PPP projects present better value formoney than a conventional procurement route over the lifetime of the project.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs have been incurred by East Ayrshire Community Hospital on external consultants and advisers in each year since consideration of PFI/PPP as a funding method for the building began.
Answer
This is a matter for NHS Ayrshireand Arran. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in each parliamentary constituency in the Central Scotland region have participated in modern apprenticeship schemes, broken down by (a) gender, (b) race and (c) disability, in each year since 1999.
Answer
This is a matter forScottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. The information requested isnot held centrally.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs have been incurred by Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on external consultants and advisers in each year since consideration of PFI/PPP as a funding method for the building at Little France began.
Answer
This is a matter for NHS Lothian.The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-5824 by Cathy Jamieson on 10 February 2004, what the data held on prison visitors is used for and to which organisations outside the Scottish Prison Service data held on prison visitors is sent.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Data held on prison visitorsis not sent to any organisations outside the Scottish Prison Service. Individualvisitor information may be used by the Scottish Prison Service to ensure the validityof claims for financial assistance towards the cost of travel in relation to prisonvisits. This is carried out in conjunction with the Assisted Prison Visits Unitand is intended to reduce the risk of fraudulent claims.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1868 by Cathy Jamieson on 1 September 2003, whether the maximum limit of 5% of contract price for performance revenue deduction, as referred to in the second paragraph of Schedule F to the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a prison at Kilmarnock, has been applied for each other quarter of the operation of HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
No.
