Chamber and committees

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.

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.

Construction work has progressed at pace across the site despite the Carillion announcement and the new road is now clearly visible to local communities. Although contractually, the situation with Carillion does not in itself extend the project delivery timescales, given the nature of the issue, we are working closely with Aberdeen Roads Limited to understand whether in reality there will be any impact on the delivery programme. We need to allow the remaining contractors an opportunity to take stock and to resolve any supply chain concerns as a matter of priority. Meanwhile, we will continue work closely with ARL to mitigate any impact where possible.

Since the liquidation of Carillion, the Scottish Government has continued to liaise closely with Skills Development Scotland to ensure appropriate support for affected employees and apprentices.

Support is being put in place, for example, through our initiative for responding to redundancy situations, Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) and Adopt and Apprentice which financial incentive to cover the wage and recruitment costs of taking on a Modern Apprentice who has been made redundant from another employer.

With SDS, we are also working with wider partners such as the Construction and Industry Training Board to continue both monitor and respond to developments in relation to Carillion’s liquidation

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.

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.

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