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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S4W-26456

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Futures Trust's revised structure for design-build-finance-maintain projects gives a more direct and greater share of each project to the private sector and, if so, for what reason.

Question reference: S4W-26457

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Futures Trust's revised structure for design-build-finance-maintain projects halves the public sector share of the project from 40% to 20% and, if so, for what reason.

Question reference: S4W-26543

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has changed the structure of the (a) Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, (b) Dumfries and Galloway Infirmary and (c) Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh capital project and, if so, what changes it has made and for what reason.

Question reference: S4W-26440

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list all capital projects that the Scottish Futures Trust (a) is currently delivering and (b) has in the pipeline.

Question reference: S4W-26455

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the consequence of the changes to the Eurostat designation of capital projects is that a greater percentage of each capital project has to be seen as private sector for it to be deemed off balance sheet.

Scottish Ministers have authorised the Scottish Futures Trust to take forward changes to the structure of the hub programme of infrastructure projects which reduce the public sector shareholding in the entities set up to deliver individual projects, having considered the implications of the latest changes to Eurostat guidance on the factors that influence classification outcomes. An update was provided to the Finance Committee on 1 June and again on 19 June 2015.

Question reference: S4W-26453

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) construction costs and (b) repayment terms are for each capital project, broken down by (i) time period, (ii) annual revenue repayments and (iii) total revenue repayment over the project lifetime.

Question reference: S4W-26450

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what costs have been incurred as a result of the changes to the Eurostat designation of capital projects for additional (a) advice and consultancy, (b) civil service time, (c) Scottish Futures Trust staff time and (d) project/inflation costs.

Question reference: S4W-26461

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether, under the Scottish Futures Trust's revised design-build-finance-maintain structure, revenue contributions from the public sector will be greater for capital projects for which all of the capital comes from the private sector, and what assessment it has made of the additional cost.

Question reference: S4W-26211

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona McLeod on 7 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-25981 by Fiona McLeod on 19 June 2015, which other local authorities have negotiated payments.

Question reference: S4W-25961

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what consultations it has undertaken since 2011; how many responses it received for each consultation, and when it published those responses.