Questions · Alex Neil · GB Politics

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the refinancing of the Hairmyres Hospital PFI project resulted in any change in risk allocation and termination liabilities and, if so, how the additional risks have been priced.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The refinancing of Hairmyres Hospital inAugust 2004 provided an opportunity for both Prospect and NHS Lanarkshire towork in partnership and capture the considerable benefits from the reducedrisks inherent in the project following the successful completion ofc…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the refinancing of the Wishaw General Hospital PFI project resulted in any change in risk allocation and termination liabilities and, if so, how the additional risks have been priced.

Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-31057 on 29 January 2007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the refinancing of the Hairmyres Hospital PFI project has changed the contract length from financial close and, if so, what the change has been.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The refinancing has notchanged the length of the contract from that at financial close.

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the refinancing of the Wishaw General Hospital PFI project has changed the contract length from financial close and, if so, what the change has been.

Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-31057 on 29 January 2007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the refinancing gain arising from the refinancing of the Hairmyres Hospital PFI project has been retained by the private sector to compensate for a lower rate of return than that expected at bidding stage.

Answer · Andy Kerr: None of the refinancing gainhas been retained by the private sector to compensate for a lower rate ofreturn than that expected at bidding stage.

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the refinancing gain arising from the refinancing of the Wishaw General Hospital PFI project has been retained by the private sector to compensate for a lower rate of return than that expected at bidding stage.

Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-31057 on 29 January 2007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the net present value and cash value gains of the refinancing of the Hairmyres Hospital PFI project are to (a) the private sector and (b) NHS Lanarkshire and, in respect of NHS Lanarkshire, in what form these gains have been made, such as reductions in annual payments or reduced park…

Answer · Andy Kerr: The refinancing of Hairmyres Hospital inAugust 2004 provided an opportunity for both Prospect and NHS Lanarkshire towork in partnership and capture the considerable benefits from the reducedrisks inherent in the project following the successful completion ofc…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the net present value and cash value gains of the refinancing of the Wishaw General Hospital PFI project are to (a) the private sector and (b) NHS Lanarkshire and, in respect of NHS Lanarkshire, in what form these gains have been made, such as reductions in annual payments or reduced…

Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-31057 on 29 January 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how refinancing has changed the base internal rate of return to the Hairmyres Hospital PFI consortium.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The information is ascontained in the following tables:  <table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=209> <tr> <td width=134 nowrap valign=bottom> Original Financing </td> <td width=76 nowrap valign=bottom>   </t…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how refinancing has changed the base internal rate of return to the Wishaw General Hospital PFI consortium.

Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-31057 on 29 January 2007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at: <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) percentage capital growth and (b) total capital gain has been on investors’ investment in the Hairmyres Hospital PFI project.

Answer · Andy Kerr: This information is not heldcentrally.

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) percentage capital growth and (b) total capital gain has been on investors’ investment in the Wishaw General Hospital PFI project.

Answer · Andy Kerr: This informationis not held centrally.

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how refinancing has changed the net present value and cash value of the cash flow to Hairmyres Hospital PFI project consortium shareholders over the contract term.

Answer · Andy Kerr: This information is not heldcentrally.

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how refinancing has changed the net present value and cash value of the cash flow to Wishaw General Hospital PFI project consortium shareholders over the contract term.

Answer · Andy Kerr: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-31057 on 29 January 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/w…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of NHS Lanarkshire’s income the annual charge arising from the Hairmyres Hospital PFI project represents and how that has changed as a result of the refinancing.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The current annual charge forHairmyres is £16.4 million after accounting for re-financing gain of £440,000 andthe annual inflation uplifts since the hospital opened. NHS Lanarkshire’s currentyear income is £860 million and therefore the Hairmyres costs repres…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of NHS Lanarkshire’s income the annual charge arising from the Wishaw General Hospital PFI project represents and how that has changed as a result of the refinancing.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The current annual spend on theWishaw Contract is approx. £22.4 million. NHS Lanarkshire’s annual income is £860million and the annual spend on Wishaw equates to 2.6% of this income. As the contracthas not been refinanced this has not changed.

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what annual payments are to be made to the Hairmyres Hospital PFI consortium over the contract term and how these changed as a result of the refinancing.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The original total costs (uninflated)over the life of the contract were approximately £428 million. These costs reduceby around £10 million to £418 million as a result of re-financing.These costs include the provisionof hard and soft FM services over t…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what annual payments are to be made to the Wishaw General Hospital PFI consortium over the contract term and how these changed as a result of the refinancing.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The following table shows theestimated annual payments to be made to the Wishaw General Hospital PFI consortiumover the current contract period.<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td valign=top> Year </td…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any equity shares in the Hairmyres Hospital PFI project have changed hands since financial close.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The equity shares have changedhands since financial close. The current equity shareholders are Innisfree NomineesLimited as custodian of the partnership assets of Innisfree M&G PPP LP (50%)and Kier Project Investment Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of …

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any equity shares in the Wishaw General Hospital PFI project have changed hands since financial close.

Answer · Andy Kerr: Since financial closeof the Wishaw General hospital PFI project there has been an equity transfer fromSir Robert McAlpine to Lanterndew Limited.

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive who the equity providers were for the Hairmyres Hospital PFI project.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The original equity providerswere Innisfree Partners Limited as general partner of the Innisfree PFI Fund (50%)and Kier Limited (50%).

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive who the equity providers were for the Wishaw General Hospital PFI project.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The equity providers for theWishaw General Hospital PFI project at financial close were as follows:Sir Robert MacAlpine and,Uberior Infrastructure InvestorsLimited.

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much capital was raised by the Hairmyres Hospital PFI consortium to deliver that project, broken down into (a) equity, (b) subordinated debt and (c) senior debt.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The capital raised by the HairmyresHospital PFI consortium to deliver the project was as follows:<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td width=133 valign=top>   </td> <td width=74 valign=top> £000 </td> …

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much capital was raised by the Wishaw General Hospital PFI consortium to deliver that project, broken down into (a) equity, (b) subordinated debt and (c) senior debt.

Answer · Andy Kerr: The capital raised by the WishawGeneral Hospital PFI consortium to deliver the project was as follows:<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td width=133 valign=top>   </td> <td width=80 valign=top> <p align=cente…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-30458 by Elish Angiolini QC on 21 December 2006, on what basis and on whose authority the decision was made that no proceedings were to be taken against officers of the Scottish Criminal Record Office.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: The decision not to raise proceedingsagainst the four Scottish Criminal Record Office officers against whom criminalallegations were made was taken by the former Lord Advocate, Lord Boyd, in 2001.A public announcement of this decision was made in September 20…

16 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-30458 by Elish Angiolini QC on 21 December 2006, whether the Crown could not raise criminal proceedings against any of the officers concerned even if new evidence came to light.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: In Scots Law, when a decisionto take no proceedings has been intimated by the Crown to a person against whoma criminal allegation is made, the Crown are held to it, and such intimation isregarded by the court as constituting a bar to any proceedings thereafte…

10 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any representations to the UK Government in respect of the impact on Scotland of its proposals to raise the state pension age, in light of the average lifespan in Scotland being less than that in the United Kingdom, and whether the Executive has made any assessment of …

Answer · Rhona Brankin: Scottish ministers fully endorsethe UK proposals to raise the state pension age. The Executive is actively engagedin assessing the potential impact of the pension proposals on its own policies andis liaising with the Department of Work and Pensions to ensure …

10 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest estimate is of the number of households living in fuel poverty in both actual and percentage terms and what the comparative figures were for 1997 and 1999.

Answer · Rhona Brankin: The latest available estimatefrom the Scottish House Condition Survey, for the year from October 2003 to September2004, is that 328,000 households in Scotland (14.5%) were in fuel poverty. Estimates are availableonly for the years for which house condition su…

10 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) three and (b) four-year-olds are in receipt of (i) pre-school childcare provision or (ii) nursery education.

Answer · Robert Brown: In January 2006, the latest datefor which figures are available, it is estimated that 96% of eligible three-year-oldsand 99% of four-year-olds were registered for pre-school education. As childrenare counted at each centre where they are registered, children …

10 Jan 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the additional annual cost would be of providing free school meals to every (a) nursery, (b) primary and (c) secondary school pupil.

Answer · Hugh Henry: We do not hold estimates of the total additional cost of providingall nursery pupils with free school meals.The additional annual costof providing all primary school pupils and all secondary school pupils with afree school meal is estimated at between …