For the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, "Scotland" bears its ordinary meaning which derives from a variety of sources, some statutory, some based in common law and some based on generally accepted historical fact. Section 126(1) of the 1998 Act expressly defines "Scotland" as including so much of the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Scotland. Section 126(2) enables the boundary to be determined by subordinate legislation between waters which are or are not to be treated for the purposes of the 1998 Act as internal waters or territorial sea of the United kingdom adjacent to Scotland. The Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1126) specifies the boundary.

The Scottish Parliament Corporate Body is not responsible for, and holds no information about the construction costs of other public work projects in Scotland, and because of the unique nature of the Parliament building, it would be inadvisable to make comparisons with other recently constructed Scottish public buildings.

The information requested is given in the table.

Staff/Worker Category(1)	Original Brief (£50m)(2)	Revised Brief (£62m)(2)
Parliamentary Clerks (3)	45	64
Administrative Staff,	64	145

⁽¹⁾Clerks and other administrative staff as estimated at March 1999.⁽²⁾Excludes VAT, fees, contingencies, etc.⁽³⁾Including the clerks support staff

Each member of the Design Team has been appointed under the appropriate 'terms of appointment' issued by the professional body relevant to their individual discipline. The standard terms have been amended to take into account the particular nature of the project and the specific requirements of the Client. As at 10 June the Design Team were progressing into Stage E "Detail Design" for the building as a whole.

The information requested is given in the table.

Staff/Worker Category(1)	Original Brief (£50m)(2)	Revised Brief (£62m)(2)
Parliamentary Clerks (3)	45	64
Administrative Staff,	64	145

⁽¹⁾Clerks and other administrative staff as estimated at March 1999.⁽²⁾Excludes VAT, fees, contingencies, etc.⁽³⁾Including the clerks support staff

To date 'works package' contracts totalling just under £2.5 million have been awarded in respect of the Holyrood Project. No provisional sums have been included in those contracts.

The 3 Health Boards and 6 Trusts serving Central Scotland (Ayrshire and Arran, Forth Valley and Lanarkshire) are refining their established clinical audit systems to reflect the new Trust configurations and their strategies for clinical effectiveness and patient/client focussed care. This is a high priority for all General Managers and Chief Executives in the NHS in Scotland and is signalled clearly in Health Improvement Programmes (HIPs), copies of which can be obtained from health Board Headquarters.

The contract conditions, which are standard to the construction industry, do not impose specific obligations to pay compensation for loss of work or breach of faith. Professional appointments and other contractors could however raise court actions for breach of contract which might include claims for damages related to loss of work and any other consequential losses. Legal advice was taken on the potential for such claims and related architectural and construction industry practices.

A figure for contingency, which includes daywork allowance, is built into the total building cost estimate of £109 million and is commercially confidential. Individual works packages are each allocated a budget to cover all of the costs associated with the package, including provisional sums. These cannot be separately identified until 'invitations to tender' are issued for each works package.

 

The information requested is given in the table.

Staff/Worker Category(1)	Original Brief (£50m)(2)	Revised Brief (£62m)(2)
MSPs + MSPs' researcher/secretary(3)	258	258
Clerks, Administrative staff, Executive staff assigned to Ministers(4)	153	260
Facilities and Security(5)Management and contracted service providers	302	290

⁽¹⁾Staffing estimates for facilities management and security based on anticipated requirements (November 1998) at Holyrood. Clerks and other administrative staff as estimated at March 1999.⁽²⁾Excludes VAT, fees, contingencies, etc.⁽³⁾Allows one space per MSP for researcher/secretary.⁽⁴⁾Includes parliamentary clerks and administrative staff (excluding facilities and security management) and Executive staff assigned to Ministers who will use the building as necessary.⁽⁵⁾Includes parliamentary facilities and security management and possible contracted service providers eg mailroom, catering and day cleaners. Includes part-time staff.