- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 3 May 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer how many Scottish Parliament "logo" designs were commissioned by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and at what cost individually and in total.
Answer
Only one logo design has been commissioned for the Scottish Parliament. Redpath were commissioned to propose design ideas, one of which was based upon the winning entry in the students competition held last year. One of the designs proposed by Redpath was developed for full design and production as the logo. The design costs are commercial-in-confidence, but the overall project costs, which cover several aspects including copyright, design, and trademark application, are around £20,000.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the international organisations outwith the European Community or European Union (a) from which it receives regular correspondence; (b) which consult the Executive about their activities or proposals; (c) in whose activities members of the Executive have participated and (d) about whose activities or proposals the Executive has been consulted by Her Majesty's Government.
Answer
My colleagues and I are in touch with such international organisations as circumstances and the demands of our portfolios require. We would be happy to consider requests for more specific information on any particular organisation or area of activity.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 26 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last made representations to the Department of Trade and Industry regarding any changes to health services in Scotland as a result of the recent World Trade Organisation talks.
Answer
Neither the Scottish Executive nor the Department of Trade and Industry anticipate any changes to health services as a result of current World Trade Organisation (WTO) discussions, either under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) or under the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). GATS does not apply to services provided by central or local governments nor to services provided in the exercise of government authority. Similarly, the GPA does not apply to contracts for the procurement of health services. The Scottish Executive has not, therefore, considered it necessary to make any representations to the Department of Trade and Industry on this subject.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 14 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it made to the Department of Trade and Industry regarding matters affecting Scotland which were on the agenda of the World Trade Organisation meeting in Geneva on 25 February 2000.
Answer
Representations made to the UK Government invariably require to be made in confidence in the same way as representations received by the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last made representations to the Department of Trade and Industry and what was discussed.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the Department of Trade and Industry about a wide range of issues.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 5 April 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer what is (a) the total value of the contracts awarded to date in respect of the Holyrood project, (b) the percentage of the total value that related to prime costs, provisional sums and contingency, and (c) the estimated value of those contracts at completion.
Answer
The information is as follows:
The total value of works packages awarded to date is £13.5 million.
- The level of provision sums is on average 2%. The project cost estimate contains an overall contingency allowance which is not allocated to individual works packages.
- The estimated final value of the works packages awarded to date is £15 million.
These costs exclude site purchase, demolition, archaeology, design team fees and VAT.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 5 April 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to the answer to question S1W-230 by him on 8 July 1999, what proportion of the total area of the Parliament building is identified as circulation space, for each of the cost reports contained in paragraph 4.2 of the Spencely Report.
Answer
The figures for circulation space given below are calculated from the balance of net area to gross area and shown opposite the design dates they relate to.
01.12.97 - 26.03.99 | Approx. 17% |
25.05.99 | Approx. 33% |
30.08.99-27.09.99 | Approx. 40% |
14.02.00 | Approx. 31% |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 5 April 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to the answer to question S1W-232 by him on 8 July 1999, whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will list the numbers and categories of staff to be accommodated in the new Parliament building for each of the cost reports contained in paragraph 4.2 of the Spencely Report.
Answer
I have updated in the table below the information given in my answer to question S1W-232 to reflect the staff and wider occupancy levels covered in the latest design scheme. It is not possible for me to provide figures that can be readily applied to fit in with the table referred to in Mr Spencely's report.
Note: The additional numbers recorded for March 2000 do not all translate into additional space requirements. For example, an adjustment to the scheme design for the MSP Block now enables two research staff to occupy the office space adjustment to each MSP room.
Staff/Worker Category1 | Original Brief (£50 million)2 | Revised Brief (£62 million)2 | Position at March 2000 (£108)2 |
| MSPs + MSPs' researcher/secretary3 | 258 | 258 | 3326 |
| Clerks, Administrative staff, Executive staff assigned to Ministers4 | 153 | 260 | 355 |
| Facilities and Security5 Management and contracted service providers | 302 | 290 | 303 |
Notes:
1. Staffing estimates for facilities management and security based on anticipated requirements (November 1998) at Holyrood. Clerks and other administrative staff as estimated at March 1999.
2. Excludes VAT, fees, contingencies, etc.
3. Original and Revised Briefs: allows one space per MSP for researcher/secretary (see note 6 below for March 2000).
4. Includes parliamentary clerks and administrative staff (excluding facilities and security management) and Executive staff assigned to Ministers who will use the building as necessary.
5. Includes parliamentary facilities and security management and possible contracted service providers e.g. mailroom, catering and day cleaners. Includes part-time staff.
6. Covers MSPs, their researchers and secretaries, party resource centre staff and support staff to Business Managers.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 5 April 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer what estimate the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has made of the cost of car parking provision at Holyrood (a) in total, (b) by square meter and (c) per car parking space, and whether it will detail these costs for each of the cost reports contained in paragraph 4.2 of the Spencely Report.
Answer
The car park forms part of the substructure works package for the west part of the site and comprises 45% of the total west basement area. The costs for the car parking area and the building structure support cannot be separately identified.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 5 April 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer what work contracts had been let in respect of the new Parliament building by the date of appointment of John Spencely; what was the date of signing and the date of commencement of each contract, and whether any contracts have been signed in respect of construction works since Mr Spencely's appointment.
Answer
The information is as follows
:Works Package | Date of Authorisation | Site Start |
1. Demolitions | 07.08.99 | 12.10.98 |
2. Tower Cranes | 10.09.99 | 06.11.99 |
3. QH scaffolding | 28.02.00 | 20.03.00 |
4. Well probing | 21.07.99 | 22.07.99 |
5. Well drilling | 25.10.99 | 13.12.99 |
6. Retention | 16.04.99 | 19.04.99 |
| 7. Asbestos/Pigeon Dropping (from Canongate Buildings) | 18.11.99 | 29.11.99 |
8. Piling | 27.04.99 | 31.05.99 |
9. Substructure Concrete (West) | 28.09.99 | 12.10.99 |
10. Excavation | 17.06.99 | 19.07.99 |
11. MSP Frame | 14.02.00 | 10.04.00 |
No contracts have been let since Mr Spencely's appointment.
