- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2015
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2015
To ask the First Minister, in light of the new analysis by Professor Brian Ashcroft regarding fiscal autonomy, whether the two Scottish Government reports entitled Benefits of Improved Economic Performance are based on the continuation of the Barnett formula.
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Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2015
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2015
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 18 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is undertaking with educational institutions to tackle occupational segregation.
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Taken in the Chamber on 18 March 2015
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how it will capitalise the proposed Scottish business development bank.
Answer
We are looking at a range of sources and are speaking to a wide range of partners and stakeholders in exploring options for establishing a Scottish Business Development Bank. This includes an option appraisal of whether the best structure should be public, private, third sector or hybrid and that is why we are engaging with our enterprise agencies partners and the public and private sectors. Any final decision as to Scottish Government capitalisation will be taken in the context of the forthcoming budget process.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 10 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what financial incentives it offered to contractors to encourage early completion of the A898 Erskine Bridge Vehicle Barrier Replacement project.
Answer
The works for the A898 Erskine Bridge Barrier Replacement contract were substantially complete in May 2014 and finished, after the Commonwealth Games, in early September 2014. The contract for these works is within the defects correction period, thus is currently ongoing and the final account and out-turn costs remain to be agreed. The defects correction period is the duration stipulated in the contract following completion of the works or scheme, which is defined by issue of the ‘Certificate of Substantial Completion’. During this period if there are any defects in the works or scheme arising out of the quality of the works and construction they have to be rectified by the contractor, at their expense.
Information in relation to the contract and previously released freedom of information requests are available on the Erskine Bridge website at the following link:
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/project/a898-erskine-bridge-vehicle-barrier-replacement
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 10 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what financial incentives it paid to each contractor on the A898 Erskine Bridge Vehicle Barrier Replacement project.
Answer
The works for the A898 Erskine Bridge Barrier Replacement contract were substantially complete in May 2014 and finished, after the Commonwealth Games, in early September 2014. The contract for these works is within the defects correction period, thus is currently ongoing and the final account and out-turn costs remain to be agreed. The defects correction period is the duration stipulated in the contract following completion of the works or scheme, which is defined by issue of the ‘Certificate of Substantial Completion’. During this period if there are any defects in the works or scheme arising out of the quality of the works and construction they have to be rectified by the contractor, at their expense.
Information in relation to the contract and previously released freedom of information requests are available on the Erskine Bridge website at the following link:
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/project/a898-erskine-bridge-vehicle-barrier-replacement
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 10 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost of the A898 Erskine Bridge Vehicle Barrier Replacement project was and how much was paid to each contractor.
Answer
The works for the A898 Erskine Bridge Barrier Replacement contract were substantially complete in May 2014 and finished, after the Commonwealth Games, in early September 2014. The contract for these works is within the defects correction period, thus is currently ongoing and the final account and out-turn costs remain to be agreed. The defects correction period is the duration stipulated in the contract following completion of the works or scheme, which is defined by issue of the ‘Certificate of Substantial Completion’. During this period if there are any defects in the works or scheme arising out of the quality of the works and construction they have to be rectified by the contractor, at their expense.
Information in relation to the contract and previously released freedom of information requests are available on the Erskine Bridge website at the following link:
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/project/a898-erskine-bridge-vehicle-barrier-replacement
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 10 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost was per day of the lane occupation charges agreed with contractors to discourage late completion of the A898 Erskine Bridge Vehicle Barrier Replacement project.
Answer
The works for the A898 Erskine Bridge Barrier Replacement contract were substantially complete in May 2014 and finished, after the Commonwealth Games, in early September 2014. The contract for these works is within the defects correction period, thus is currently ongoing and the final account and out-turn costs remain to be agreed. The defects correction period is the duration stipulated in the contract following completion of the works or scheme, which is defined by issue of the ‘Certificate of Substantial Completion’. During this period if there are any defects in the works or scheme arising out of the quality of the works and construction they have to be rectified by the contractor, at their expense.
Information in relation to the contract and previously released freedom of information requests are available on the Erskine Bridge website at the following link:
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/project/a898-erskine-bridge-vehicle-barrier-replacement
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 February 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Justice will meet residents in Dumbarton and Vale of Leven to discuss Police Scotland’s proposal to merge K and L divisions in advance of a decision being made.
Answer
The decision on these proposals is ultimately for Police Scotland, with the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) providing oversight.
I understand Police Scotland is continuing local consultation to listen to the views of local communities.
To date, the consultation process has included engagement with elected representatives in the areas concerned, who have received written communication from Divisional Commanders and one-to-one meetings. In addition, Police Scotland met with local scrutiny committees, local authority chief executives, community planning partnerships, local stakeholders and representatives of community councils.
Graham Houston and Douglas Yates, the SPA board members with responsibility for the relevant local authority areas, have also engaged with key local stakeholders on this issue.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 February 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that all consultation responses relating to Police Scotland's proposal to merge K and L divisions are considered in advance of a decision being made.
Answer
The decision in this matter is ultimately for Police Scotland acting under the oversight of the Scottish Police Authority.
As you are aware Police Scotland have undertaken a comprehensive consultation process to gather views on these proposals to strengthen local policing. Through this process all councillors, MSPs and MPs received written communication from Divisional Commanders and other engagement, including one-to-one meetings, area-based focus groups and presentation to local scrutiny committees, has been undertaken.
Police Scotland are continuing their local consultation process in the North East and Argyll and Bute, West Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire areas. They want to ensure that the views from local communities are fully considered so that any future decisions are based on the strongest possible consensus
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 February 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what recent meetings the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy have had to discuss the prison officers’ pay settlement.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice and the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy met in December 2014 to agree that the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) and the Prison Officers Association (POA) (Scotland) could commence negotiations regarding the pay settlement for prison officers.
The deal was negotiated and reached between SPS and POA(S). Any financial costs incurred will therefore be met from within the SPS’s own existing budgets, not from the Scottish Government.
