- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 6 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-11841 by Jamie Hepburn on 6 November 2017, (a) how it calculated the share for each sector and (b) who the (i) first delivery partners and (ii) supporting contractors are, broken down by value of contract.
Answer
a) To calculate the percentage share of delivery for each sector, the following methodology was applied:
i) calculate the indicative volumes for each supplier and their partners based of their estimated proposed percentage share of delivery in each Lot as set out in the tenders;
ii) aggregate the volumes for each sector;
iii) determine the estimated percentage share for each sector based on the Scottish indicative volumes.
b) The following table provides information (as at February 2018) about the suppliers; current partners; sector and share of delivery for each Lot.
Lot | Anticipated Participant Volumes | Suppliers | Sector | % share of Delivery for Lot |
Glasgow | 7,600 | PeoplePlus – Supplier Momentum – Partner Remploy – Partner * The Lennox Partnership – Partner | Private Third Private Third | 23% 24% 35% 18% |
Lanarkshire | 5,000 | Remploy – Supplier * Enable Scotland – Partner Routes to Work South – Partner | Private Third Third | 70% 15% 15% |
Tayside | 2,900 | Remploy – Supplier * Rathbone – Partner | Private Third | 90% 10% |
Forth Valley | 2,000 | Falkirk Council – Supplier Clackmannanshire Council – Partner Forth Valley NHS – Partner Stirling Council - Partner Third Sector Providers (25) – Partners | Public Public Public Public Third | 37% 23% 14% 4% 22% |
East | 8,400 | Start Scotland – Supplier Triage – Partner Momentum – Partner | Private and Third Sector Private Third | 77% 8% 15% |
South West | 4,100 | Start Scotland – Supplier The Lennox Partnership – Partner Rathbone – Partner The Wise Group – Partner * | Private and Third Sector Third Third Third | 50% 18% 24% 8% |
North East | 2,200 | Momentum – Supplier Life Skills – Partner Enable Scotland – Partner SAMH – Partner Aberdeen Foyer – Partner Enterprise Mentoring – Partner | Third Private Third Third Third Private | 25% 25% 15% 15% 15% 5% |
Highlands | 2,400 | PeoplePlus – Supplier (managing agent) Third Sector Hebrides – Partner Argyll and Bute Council – Partner Lochaber Hope – Partner Life Skills – Partner Momentum – Partner 2020 Clearview – Partner | Private Third Public Third Private Third Private | 0% 7% 19% 5% 41% 20% 9% |
West | 3,400 | The Wise Group – Supplier * The Lennox Partnership – Partner Working Links – Partner Enable Scotland – Partner Enterprise Mentoring – Partner Street League – Partner | Third Third Private Third Third Third | 43% 27% 15% 10% 3% 3% |
* Supported Business
Contract values
Suppliers are currently finalising their commercial arrangements with their partners. It should be noted that the contract values are not determined by the percentage share of participants allocated to each partners. The contract values are determined by the fees agreed between the suppliers and their partners for the type and level of support they will provide to individual participants accessing Fair Start Scotland to help them progress into work. Therefore this will change over time because the nature of the service required by individual participants will vary.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14024 by Derek Mackay on 6 February 2018, what information it has regarding when the UK Government's consultation on retention payments in the construction industry is scheduled to end.
Answer
The UK Government consultation on retention payments in the construction industry closed on 19 January 2018.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14023 by Derek Mackay on 6 February 2018, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding what its position is on introducing measures to ensure that all public sector procurers operate a so-called yellow/red card system to ensure that, if the lead contractors do not pay their supply chain within 30 days, they will be barred from bidding for public sector works for at least two years.
Answer
The Government is committed to improving the current level of performance in public sector construction contracts. This includes ensuring prompt payment practices at all levels in the supply chain. A red/yellow card system, along the lines described, is potentially one way in which this might be achieved; however, there are other possible approaches. Therefore, I want to be satisfied that whatever approach we adopt is the most appropriate for public construction contracts in Scotland and is also consistent with our underpinning public contract legislation. The Government will publish its conclusions following a full consideration of all the issues.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the average school clothing grant payment was in 2017.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2018
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it can provide that bidders for Carillion rail contracts in Scotland will undergo proper due diligence to ensure that they are suitable to manage contracts, including the employment of workers on direct employment contracts.
Answer
Network Rail has confirmed it has employed due diligence in the governance and case by case approvals of its transition plans and the associated migration of Carillion works to alternative suppliers. In all instances, the recipients of this work are established and reputable organisations, with existing contracts to Network Rail and a positive record of delivery.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to mark the 100th anniversary of the Education (Scotland) 1918 Act.
Answer
2018 marks 100 years of Catholic state education in Scotland, and the First Minister and I will be involved in a number of events which will mark this significant anniversary.
The First Minister will give the Cardinal Winning lecture at the University of Glasgow on 3 March, and I will attend the Caritas Awards Ceremony in June. I also look forward to hosting a reception to celebrate the contribution that Catholic schools make to Scottish education later in the year. These events will be part of a programme of wider events taking place to mark this occasion.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12919 by Derek Mackay on 6 December 2017, how many of the invoices that it has received in each year since 1999 have not been paid within 30 days of receipt at all stages of the (a) prime- and (b) sub-contract chain, broken down by the total value of the contracts.
Answer
The Scottish Government no longer holds data going back as far as 1999 and does not have this information at all stages of the prime and sub-contract chain. We have provided in the following table, payment performance for those invoices that were not paid within 30 days of receipt, from April 2012 to date.
Financial Year | Percentage number of invoices not paid within 30 days |
2012-13 | 1.1% |
2013-14 | 0.5% |
2014-15 | 0.6% |
2015-16 | 0.3% |
2016-17 | 0.2% |
2017-18 (April-January) | 0.3% |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14025 by Derek Mackay on 6 February 2018, what its position is on whether the threshold of £2 million in Wales and Northern Ireland is the prevailing practice.
Answer
The operational aspects of PBAs in Wales and Northern Ireland, including thresholds, are a matter for their respective governments. The Scottish thresholds will be reviewed in the light of the experience of using PBAs in Scotland.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14025 by Derek Mackay on 6 February 2018, when the review of the thresholds of public sector project bank accounts will take place.
Answer
It is important that a review of PBA thresholds is only taken in the light of experience of their operation. As noted in my answer to S5W-14390 on 21 February 2018 , the first contracts containing a PBA will be awarded over the next 16 months. Therefore, a review of thresholds is not expected until 2019 at the earliest.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons there has been a reported decrease of (a) 5% in overall satisfaction in ScotRail, (b) 6%, down to 71%, in levels of satisfaction with the level of crowding on trains and (c) 3%, down to 51%, in levels of satisfaction with how well the company deals with delays, since the last survey in Spring 2017.
Answer
With a very small sample size of respondents who take part in the survey, it is difficult to determine the precise reasons for the satisfaction scores. However, for a more accurate year on year comparator, it is considered more relevant to compare the scores to the Autumn 2016 results where –
(a) overall satisfaction in Autumn 2017 increased 2% from Autumn 2016
(b) there is no comparison for level of overcrowding as this question only introduced in Spring 2017
(c) how well the company deals with delays in Autumn 2017 increased 13% from Autumn 2016
I completely understand the frustration that poor performance can have on the customer experience. Unfortunately ScotRail has faced a number of challenges in recent months, not least due to the impact of seasonal weather, which affects most UK operators, and as a consequence performance has fallen below the standards required by the Scottish Government and demanded by passengers.
As a result, ScotRail has appointed a railway industry expert to undertake an independent review of train service performance and propose steps for improvement. The review is underway and the findings will be used to develop actions to inform a Performance Improvement Plan, focussed and targeted towards delivering improved performance in key areas where there has been significant issues across the core business function – infrastructure, fleet, operations and customer experience.
Transport Scotland welcomes this review and expects the recent downward trend to be addressed so that passengers can enjoy the level of service that they desire and deserve.
