- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 16 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all properties that the Executive rents detailing (a) their staff capacity, (b) their current capacity, (c) what functions are currently being carried out in each building and (d) the running costs of each property.
Answer
The following table shows the number of staff currently employed, the functions undertaken and the annual running costs of each of the buildings listed. Running costs represent the total amount paid out in rent and rates, maintenance, utilities, catering and cleaning etc. for the financial year 2004-05. Tiree and Kinlochleven are new additions to the estate.
The Scottish Executive does not hold the staff capacity of these buildings.
| Rented Properties | Current Capacity (SE Staff Only) | Functions | Running Costs |
| Bute House, 6 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh | 0 | First Minister’s residence | £55,345 |
| 23 Walker Street, Edinburgh | 30 | Scottish Executive sponsored projects | £72,010 |
| Southlands, 32 Reidhaven Street, Elgin | 14 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £60,337 |
| Europa Building, Glasgow | 219 | Enterprise, Transport and Life Long Learning Department, | £931,984 |
| Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow | 343 | Enterprise, Transport and Life Long Learning Department, Finance and Central Services Department | £1,940,235 |
| Unit 4A and B Elizafield, Edinburgh | 16 | Garage and workshop | £151,615 |
| 141 Leith Walk, Edinburgh | 6 | Store | £185,837 |
| Unit 6B Tower Street, Leith | 1 | Store | £44,150 |
| Pentland House, 47 Robbs Loan, Edinburgh | 650 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department, Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency | £2,270,940 |
| 130 Blochairn Road, Glasgow | 4 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £25,185 |
| Ord Croft, Lairg | 5 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £20,028 |
| Unit 4 Callender Business Park, Falkirk | 28 | SE Inquiry Reporters Unit | £96,325 |
| Strathern House, Broxden, Perth | 96 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £744,231 |
| Tiree | 9 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | N/A |
| Kinlochleven | 9 | Change and Corporate Services | N/A |
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 16 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all Executive-owned properties detailing (a) their staff capacity, (b) their current capacity, (c) what functions are currently carried out in each building, (d) the approximate cash value of each property and (e) the running costs of each property.
Answer
The following table shows the number of staff currently employed, the functions undertaken, the market value and the annual running costs of each of the buildings listed. Running costs represent the total amount paid out in rates, maintenance, utilities, catering and cleaning etc. for the financial year 2004-05.
The Scottish Executive does not hold the staff capacity of each building.
| Owned Properties | Current Capacity (SE staff only) | Functions (SE Departments only) | Cash Value At 31-03-05 | Running Costs for 2004-05 |
| St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh | 1,350 | Health Department, Justice Department, Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £20,000,000 | £1,731,177 |
| Old Governor’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh | 12 | Finance and Central Services Department, Change and Corporate Services | £950,000 | £52,214 |
| Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh | 870 | Change and Corporate Services, Environment and Rural Affairs Department Education Department Justice Department | £7,000,000 | £1,201.501 |
| Cotgreen Road, Tweedbank, Galashiels | 58 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £375,000 | £86,229 |
| Cadzow Court, Wellhall Road, Hamilton | 25 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £510,000 | £78,766 |
| Longman House, 28 Longman Road, Inverness | 69 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department Education Department Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency | £1,750,000 | £150,628 |
| Knowsley, Fairfield Road, Inverness | - | Deer Commission for Scotland | £400,000 | |
| Thainstone Court, Inverurie | 94 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £1,350,000 | £149,297 |
| Tankerness Lane, Kirkwall | 14 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £400,000 | £58,728 |
| Cameron House, Albany Street, Oban | 29 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department, Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency | £630,000 | £90,605 |
| Jeanfield House, Jeanfield Road, Perth | 0 | Property vacated and in process of being sold | £525,000 | |
| Scorrybreck, Portree | 10 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency | £175,000 | £42,604 |
| 10 Keith Street, Stornoway | 11 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £152,000 | £52,799 |
| Station Street, Stranraer | 3 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £50,000 | £26,363 |
| Strathbeg House, Clarence Street, Thurso | 18 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £200,000 | £54,118 |
| Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh | 2078 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department Education Department Development Department Enterprise, Transport and Life Long Learning Departmen Legal and Parliamentary Services | £46,360,000 | £2,649,340 |
| Balivanich, Benbecula | 12 | Environment and Rural Affairs Department | £45,000 | £41,971 |
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it applied in deciding whether to fund the increase in construction costs for the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line.
Answer
The Scottish Executive considered the request for additional funding on its merits and took into consideration all relevant factors including whether the scheme still represented value for money; whether the original objectives of the scheme would still be met; the extent to which the increases are due to factors that could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of the original funding award; the ability and contractual obligations of other parties to contribute towards the cost increases; the robustness of the revised cost estimate, and the impact of the additional costs on other projects.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what implications the increase in construction costs for the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line project has for the Waverley railway line.
Answer
The increase in construction costs for the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway will not impact on the funding available to support construction of the Borders railway.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish a report detailing the reasons for the increase in construction costs for the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is commissioning a lessons learned report from the Stirling–Alloa–Kincardine project and that report will be published in due course.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has given any consideration to the possibility of cost overruns in the construction of the Waverley Line.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has made it clear that one of the conditions for its continued support for the Borders Railway is the development and delivery of a clear and comprehensive risk management strategy by the Waverley Railway Partnership.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the likely cost of constructing the Waverley Line.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has reviewed the cost estimate prepared by the Waverley Railway Partnership. Independent assessments of the likely costs of constructing the Waverley Line have also been carried out.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated to NHS Health Scotland in each of the next three years and from which Level 3 spending category of the Draft Budget 2006-07.
Answer
NHS Health Scotland has been allocated £17.685 million to date for 2005-06. For 2006-07 and 2007-08 NHS Health Scotland has been notified of indicative increases of 3.6% in each year. The funding for NHS Health Scotland is included in the Total available for NHS and Special Health Boards spending category in table 5.03 of the Draft Budget 2006-07.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money is being allocated to the young persons concessionary travel scheme in each of the next four years.
Answer
The Partnership Agreement commits the Executive to introduce a scheme of national bus, rail and ferry concessionary travel for young people. We will announce the details, including costs, shortly.
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18357 by Tavish Scott on 5 September 2005, whether it will publish any additional parts of the A6091/A7 Route Action Plan Study beyond the Executive summary referred to in the answer.
Answer
There are no plans to publish any additional parts of the A6091/A7 Route Action Plan Study. However, the full report, which runs to several volumes and accompanying documents, can be inspected at the Scottish Executive Trunk Roads Network Management Division in Victoria Quay.
