Chamber and committees

The existence or non-existence of any disputes between the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) and their subcontractors and suppliers and any matter related to these is considered by FCBC to be commercially sensitive and confidential information. The Forth Road Crossing project continues to progress on time and within the reduced budget range of £1.4 to £1.45 billion.

The existence or non-existence of any disputes between the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) and their subcontractors and suppliers and any matter related to these is considered by FCBC to be commercially sensitive and confidential information. The Forth Replacement Crossing project continues to progress on time and within the reduced budget range of £1.4 to £1.45 billion.

The following table shows the total amount of non-domestic rates collected and predicted to be collected in each of the last 10 years for which final figures are available.

Any surpluses or deficits between the amounts predicted and collected are taken into account in the calculation of the amounts paid out to local authorities in future years local government finance settlements. This is known as the Distributable Amount (DA) and the figures for the last 10 years are shown in the final column of the table.

The existence or non-existence of any disputes between the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) and their subcontractors and suppliers and any matter related to these is considered by FCBC to be commercially sensitive and confidential information. The Forth Road Crossing project continues to progress on time and within the reduced budget range of £1.4 to £1.45 billion.

There are eight revenue funded projects which are currently in construction.

There are 32 revenue funded projects at procurement or hub development stage.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4O-03348 on 12 June 2014 which is available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=9242.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4O-03348 on 12 June 2014 which is available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=9242.

I provided substantive answers to S4W-20574 and S4W-20575 on 19 June 2014.

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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

Scottish Ministers would ensure that benefits and tax credits increase in line with inflation after independence to preserve their value in real terms and to avoid the poorest families falling further into poverty. Future Scottish Governments will be able to assess the most appropriate measure of inflation to apply in an independent Scotland in order to support these policy objectives.