Kezia Dugdale

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many Carillion employees are working on Scottish Government-funded projects.

Answer · Keith Brown: 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 a…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many workers in the supply chain are estimated to be reliant on projects carried out by Carillion in Scotland.

Answer · Keith Brown: 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 dete…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many Carillion employees there are in Scotland.

Answer · Keith Brown: 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 dete…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Skills Development Scotland regarding the liquidation of the construction company, Carillion.

Answer · Keith Brown: 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 initiat…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what contingencies are in place for workers facing redundancy due to the liquidation of the construction company, Carillion.

Answer · Keith Brown: Contingency plans to maintain public services vary by contract but seek to maximise opportunities for affected workers. For contracts where Carillion were part of a joint venture, the other joint venture partners are continuing the work and are looking to tak…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the liquidation of the construction company, Carillion, will have on modern apprentices.

Answer · Keith Brown: Carillion employed 128 Modern Apprentices (MAs). The following figures reflect their destinations as of 9 February 2018: 50 of those are continuing training, either completing their MA or gaining employment. 78 required support to continue their MA have eith…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the liquidation of the construction company, Carillion, will have on the work programme for Edinburgh Waverley railway station.

Answer · Keith Brown: Platform 12 extension works at Edinburgh Waverley were successfully completed to enable introduction of electric services in December 2017. The crossover between platforms 10 and 11 was successfully installed during the Christmas period. The sale process rec…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Network Rail regarding the liquidation of the construction company, Carillion.

Answer · Keith Brown: Transport Scotland has been, and continues to be, in regular dialogue with Network Rail following the announcement on 15 January 2018 regarding the liquidation of Carillion and subsequent sale process for its railway business. Network Rail is providing regula…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the liquidation of the construction company, Carillion, will have on projects undertaken by Network Rail.

Answer · Keith Brown: Transport Scotland has been in regular dialogue with Network Rail following the announcement on 15 January 2018 regarding the liquidation of Carillion and subsequent sales process for its railway business. Network Rail has confirmed that whilst there is some …

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the impact on the delivery of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route of the liquidation of the construction company, Carillion.

Answer · Keith Brown: 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 times…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the liquidation of the construction company, Carillion, will have on the completion date of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Answer · Keith Brown: 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 wit…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the liquidation of the construction company, Carillion, will have on the budget for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Answer · Keith Brown: The budget for the AWPR will remain the same and there will be no increase in costs to the public purse as a result of Carillion’s liquidation. The contract for this project contained a number of provisions to ensure that each construction partner of Aberdeen…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions ministers have had with Balfour Beatty and Galliford Try regarding delivery of the remainder of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Answer · Keith Brown: On 16 February 2018 I visited the construction site to speak with the contractors staff involved with the project and to see the progress of the works for myself. Since the announcement of Carillion’s insolvency, we have been working closely with Aberdeen Ro…

26 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what support will be offered to workers affected by the liquidation of the construction company, Carillion.

Answer · Keith Brown: The Scottish Government has been liaising with Cabinet Office, the Official Receiver and PricewaterhouseCoopers to ensure that information on support through our initiative for responding to redundancy situations, Partnership Action for Continuing Employment …

25 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13815 by Maureen Watt on 24 January 2018, whether it will provide details of the groups, the funding they have received and where they are located, and whether it has any concerns regarding gaps in the provision.

Answer · Maureen Watt: We have been asked directly about gaps in provision in outreach to certain populations, in particular homeless people, and we will be following this up with Scottish Government colleagues in order to better understand this.

24 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to review the law regarding post-mortems, including the right for both the defence and the prosecution to request their own for the purposes of criminal procedure.

Answer · Michael Matheson: In suspicious deaths a post mortem examination is a necessary part of the Crown investigation. In law, the defence have a right to instruct a post mortem examination on behalf on an accused person. "Equality of arms" is a key component of the principle of the…

23 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many crimes involving the abuse of power of attorney functions have been recorded in each of the last five years.

Answer · Annabelle Ewing: The information requested is not held centrally. The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 does not require such records to be kept. The 2000 Act confers a duty on the Public Guardian to investigate concerns which are raised with her office regarding act…

23 Jan 2018 · Written Question

 To ask the Scottish Government how many power of attorneys have been appointed in each of the last five years.

Answer · Annabelle Ewing: This question relates to operational matters that are the responsibility of the Scottish Court and Tribunals Service (SCTS) corporate body. The question has been passed to the Chief Executive of the SCTS who reply in writing within 20 days.

23 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the law regarding the use and function of power of attorney.

Answer · Maureen Watt: The Scottish Government is currently consulting on the reform of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 which incorporates a review of the use and function of powers of attorney. Further details can be found in the consultation which published yesterd…

18 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13813 by John Swinney on 18 January 2018, whether it can confirm that there is no active outreach work specifically focused at prisoner and homeless populations with regard to this matter.

Answer · John Swinney: As previously answered in S5W-13813, the Inquiry, including how it chooses to engage with survivors is completely independent of Government. This includes any awareness raising and on-going communication with any particular population. The Scottish Government…

18 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Equality and Human Rights Committee report, Disability and Universities, what its position is on whether disability should be considered a core indicator with regard to contextualised indicators in university admissions.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The use of contextualised admissions is just one of a range of methods to support those from underrepresented groups to access higher education. The Commission on Widening Access considered the barriers faced by those from socioeconomically deprived backgroun…

17 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it excluded care-experienced young people who were not looked-after for the full year from the Developing Young Workforce third annual report.

Answer · Jamie Hepburn: Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) aims to create an excellent, work relevant education offer to all of our young people in Scotland, giving them the skills for the current and anticipated jobs market. This includes creating new vocational learning options;…

16 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government (a) which and (b) what percentage of its current private contractors have signed its Business Pledge.

Answer · Keith Brown: The following list of 64 Scottish Government suppliers have been identified as having signed the Scottish Business Pledge. This represents 15.4% of suppliers contracted by the Scottish Government. 3 x 1 Public relations Anderson Strathern Anglian Water Bus…

16 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00865 by Keith Brown on 16 January 2018 (Official Report, c. 3), in light of the collapse of Carillion, what consideration it gives to the state of a private contractor's pension fund when considering awarding a contract.

Answer · Keith Brown: The regulation of pensions is a reserved matter and the issues raised by the Carillion situation are likely to be governed by those regulations. Nonetheless public bodies may select suppliers to be invited to bid based upon a number of criteria. One such crit…

16 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00865 by Keith Brown on 16 January 2018 (Official Report, c. 3), in light of the collapse of Carillion,  whether it will provide a list of all companies that it has live contracts with whose current balance sheet debt it considers to be "a concern".

Answer · Keith Brown: It would be inappropriate for the Scottish Government to publish a list of contractors where debt levels were a concern, as this could be deemed market sensitive.

16 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00865 by Keith Brown on 16 January 2018 (Official Report, c. 3), in light of the collapse of Carillion, how it monitors the debts of its private contractors, and what level of debt would constitute "a concern".

Answer · Keith Brown: As part of on-going Contract Management of all its major contracts the Scottish Government monitors the financial health of its contractors. Due to the varying size and complexity of the contracts there is not a specific level of debt which would constitute a…

16 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00865 by Keith Brown on 16 January 2018 (Official Report, c. 3), in light of the collapse of Carillion, whether it will confirm what contingency plans it has to deal with the collapse of any of its other major private building contractors, and wheth…

Answer · Keith Brown: As part of on-going Contract Management of all its major contracts, the Scottish Government monitors the financial health of its contractors. Due to the varying size and complexity of the contracts involved, the type and level of assessment is undertaken on a…

16 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00865 by Keith Brown on 16 January 2018 (Official Report, c. 3), in light of the collapse of Carillion, what steps it is taking to assess the financial health of its other private contractors.

Answer · Keith Brown: Public bodies may select suppliers to be invited to bid based upon a number of criteria. One such criterion is that public bodies may set requirements relating to economic and financial standing designed to determine if the potential bidder has the necessary …

16 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13570 by Shona Robison on 9 January 2018, whether Webropol will be specifically asked to report on individuals and experiences of bullying and harassment within the NHS.

Answer · Shona Robison: The Dignity at Work Survey was fully confidential and responses cannot be tracked back to individuals. Webropol has been asked to report on the responses to all questions, including whether or not they had experienced bullying or harassment from their manager…

15 Jan 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport ensures that there is a consistency of approach with regard to her involvement in individual cases.

Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-13853 on 29 January 2018. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness…