Chamber and committees

Self-directed support is the approach that Scotland takes to mainstream social care. Decisions on resource allocation for social care are a matter for Integrated Joint Boards.

Third sector organisations who represent patient views were involved in shaping the design of the funding programme. The assessment panel also included representatives from the NHS and third sector.

Carer’s Allowance is a taxable benefit and therefore Carer’s Allowance Supplement will be taxable, as the legal definition of income for tax purposes remains reserved to the UK Government. The Scottish Government does not have the power to change this as set out in the Fiscal Framework, which states at section 89: Any new benefits or discretionary payments introduced by the Scottish Government will not be deemed to be income for tax purposes, unless topping up a benefit which is deemed taxable such as Carer’s Allowance. Any changes to reserved taxation legislation require to be made by the UK Government.

We continue to work closely with the official receiver and their special managers PWC to obtain accurate numbers of jobs supported by Carillion in Scotland.

Carillion’s corporate structure and systems are making it difficult for the Official Receiver to determine a definitive number of Scottish employees.

Nonetheless, we are working with UK government to press the Official Receiver and their Special Managers PWC to gain clarity as soon as possible on the total number of jobs that might be affected.

For those working on the AWPR Aberdeen Roads Limited, the project contractor, has been able to confirm that there are 76 Carillion staff directly employed working on the project. We also understand that a further 101 staff and 90 operatives are engaged through a labour only sub-contract through a Carillion subsidiary.

We continue to work closely with the official receiver and their special managers PWC to obtain accurate numbers of jobs supported by Carillion in Scotland.

For those working on the AWPR Aberdeen Roads Limited, the project contractor, has been able to confirm that there are 76 Carillion staff directly employed working on the project. We also understand that a further 101 staff and 90 operatives are engaged through a labour only sub-contract through a Carillion subsidiary.

Network Rail has confirmed that there are 115 Carillion staff working on projects in Scotland who are directly employed. Network Rail has also confirmed that a further 50 operatives are engaged through a labour only sub-contract through a Carillion subsidiary.

The remaining, Scottish Government backed, Carillion public contracts in Scotland were sub-contracted to other companies and were managed by one employee in Scotland and others elsewhere in the UK. The Scottish Government is not aware of any public sector backed contracts funded out with the aforementioned contracts in Scotland. Carillion were also undertaking public contracts in Scotland backed by the UK government. Information regarding these contracts is held by the UK Government.

Carillion employed 128 Modern Apprentices (MAs). The following figures reflect their destinations as of 9 February 2018:

50 of those are continuing training, either completing their MA or gaining employment. 78 required support to continue their MA have either gone on to positive destinations or are currently being case managed by Career Information Advice and Guidance staff from Skills Development Scotland

The Scottish Government has been liaising with Cabinet Office, the Official Receiver and PricewaterhouseCoopers to ensure that information on support through our initiative for responding to redundancy situations, Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) is available for Scottish based employees affected by developments at Carillion.

By providing a range of support, PACE aims to minimise the time individuals affected by redundancy are out of work. The package of support is tailored and includes one to one counselling, information on rights and entitlements, financial advice, skills development and help with job search.

The liquidation of Carillion has been a massive blow to the UK construction industry. The work on the contract will continue through the 2 remaining construction partners, namely Balfour Beatty and Galliford Try. However, we are continuing to work closely with Aberdeen Roads Limited to identify and assess any impacts on delivery following Carillion’s announcement.

The intention remains to open the project roads in the coming months. This is in line with the initial timescale announced by Ministers in 2012. Notwithstanding the Carillion announcement, this target remains challenging and will depend upon many factors including favourable weather.

Scottish Government provides various types of funding support to public and private bodies across Scotland and internationally. Scoping Carillion’s involvement across all of these interests would be expensive and would be a duplication of much of the effort already underway by the Official Receiver in their efforts to liquidate Carillion. We are therefore working closely with the official receiver and their special managers PWC to obtain accurate numbers of jobs supported by Carillion in Scotland.

For those working on the AWPR Aberdeen Roads Limited, the project contractor, has been able to confirm that there are 76 Carillion staff directly employed working on the project. We also understand that a further 101 staff and 90 operatives are engaged through a labour only sub-contract through a Carillion subsidiary.

Network Rail has confirmed that there are 115 Carillion staff working on projects in Scotland who are directly employed. Network Rail has also confirmed that a further 50 operatives are engaged through a labour only sub-contract through a Carillion subsidiary.

During the meeting Ministers sought urgent updates from all attendees regarding all actions and contingencies already in train before the meeting. The following additional actions were agreed:

- Skills Development Scotland to meet with Training Initiatives Generating Effective Results Scotland (T.I.G.E.R.S) on 17 January to discuss the situation and to provide feedback of this meeting to Ministers.

- It was confirmed that business organisations had been contacted with members being surveyed to allow the impact to assessed. The results of this survey were to be fed back to the Scottish Government.

- To contact the Federation of Housing Associations to seek any information they hold regarding affected contract works.

- All meeting attendees to maintain close contact with Scottish government

- All attendees to relay any relevant information and keep in close contact with Scottish Government officials and The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work’s office.