- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what income Transport Scotland has derived from the installation of brown tourist information signs in each year since 2007-08, also broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Under the Transport Scotland “Trunk Road and Motorway Tourist Signing Guidance (2016)”, applicants are expected to meet the costs associated with the provision (design and installation) and replacement of tourist signs. General maintenance of erected signs is managed by Transport Scotland at no cost to the applicant. As such, there is no income derived by Transport Scotland or its maintenance agents from the installation of brown tourist signs.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional miles of the (a) A9 and (b) A96 road have been dualled in each year since 2007.
Answer
On the A9 between Perth and Inverness, a 3.2 km (2 miles) extension to the dual carriageway at Crubenmore opened to traffic in September 2011. In September 2017, the 7.5km (4.6 miles) A9 Dualling Kincraig to Dalraddy project opened to traffic. Construction is also progressing well on the A9 Dualling Luncarty to Pass of Birnam project. This section represents 9.5 km (5.9 miles) and is expected to open in spring 2021, subject to any unforeseen circumstances such as exceptional adverse weather. At the same time design work continues at pace with eight of the remaining nine dualling schemes now subject to the statutory process.
On the A96 Dualling Programme, design work is well underway. Construction of the schemes that make up the programme can only commence if each scheme is approved under the relevant statutory procedures and thereafter a timetable for their progress can be set.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many police station front counters have been open in each council area in each year since 2007.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold the information. Police station front counter provision is the responsibility of the Chief Constable. You should contact Police Scotland directly for this information.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2020
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that all information required and requested by the OECD as part of the review of the curriculum for excellence will be made available.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2020
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much money from the Flexible Workforce Development Fund has been spent in each year since 2017-18, also broken down by provider.
Answer
The following table provides a breakdown of Flexible Workforce Development Fund for the 2017-18 (£6.1m) and 2018-19 (£9.6m) Academic Years. Full information on the 2019-20 Academic Year, which is still in progress, is not available at this point.
Details are as follows:
College Region | Total Spend A/Y 2018-19 |
Ayrshire | £400,019 |
Borders | £140,220 |
Dumfries & Galloway | £158,998 |
Dundee & Angus | £473,384 |
Edinburgh | £1,622,273 |
Fife | £636,104 |
Forth Valley | £555,422 |
Glasgow | £1,936,586 |
Highlands & Islands | £764,103 |
Lanarkshire | £755,736 |
North East Scotland | £1,112,197 |
SRUC | £90,000 |
West | £672,000 |
West Lothian | £329,540 |
Total | £9,646,582 |
College Region | Total Spend A/Y 2017-18 |
Ayrshire College | £238,640 |
Borders | £110,750 |
Dumfries & Galloway | £48,255 |
Dundee & Angus | £382,877 |
Edinburgh | £603,923 |
Fife | £653,291 |
Forth Valley | £494,697 |
Glasgow | £1,067,787 |
Highlands & Islands | £576,745 |
Lanarkshire | £412,448 |
North East Scotland | £708,901 |
SRUC | £39,720 |
West | £536,931 |
West Lothian | £272,005 |
Total | £6,146,971 |
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much money from the Apprenticeship Levy has been spent in each year since 2017-18, also broken down by programme.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no responsibility for the UK Government’s Apprenticeship Levy which is a tax on employers. HMRC hold data on what is raised by the Levy.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much money from the Employability Fund has been spent in each year since 2017-18, also broken down by provider.
Answer
Employability Fund contract spend is published in the SDS Annual Procurement Reports, linked to below:
https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/media/44806/annual-procurement-report-2017-2018-july-2018.pdf
https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/media/45803/annual-procurement-report-2018-19.pdf
Contract Values are published and are broken down by each employability fund provider:
https://www.stf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/employability-fund-201718-contract-values.pdf
https://www.stf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ef-contracts-2018-19.pdf
2019/20 contract values are not yet published, but are set out in the table below:
Employability Fund 2019-20 (Feb 2020) |
Organisation | Contracted volumes | Contract Value |
Aberdeen Foyer | 127 | £130,950 |
Action for Children | 126 | £220,650 |
Angus Council | 38 | £77,049 |
Apex Scotland | 10 | £23,373 |
Argyll and Bute Council | 22 | £50,186 |
Barnardo's | 699 | £1,440,014 |
Business Development Advisers Ltd | 20 | £32,326 |
CEIS Ayrshire | 66 | £111,816 |
Clackmannanshire Council | 28 | £44,860 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 40 | £86,358 |
Cornerstone Community Care | 0 | £3,700 |
Culture and Sport Glasgow | 12 | £36,740 |
Cyrenians | 52 | £77,800 |
DEAP Ltd | 87 | £117,210 |
Direct Partners Limited | 69 | £151,150 |
Doosan Babcock Ltd | 8 | £34,672 |
East Ayrshire Council | 91 | £178,016 |
ENABLE Scotland (Leading the Way) | 489 | £826,112 |
Essentials Plus Ltd | 41 | £70,326 |
Falkirk Council | 228 | £438,617 |
Fife Council | 160 | £258,702 |
First Steps Future Training Limited | 30 | £90,002 |
Galloway Training Limited | 65 | £171,272 |
GP Strategies Training Limited | 87 | £184,274 |
GTG Training Limited | 166 | £285,112 |
Helm Training Ltd | 169 | £374,535 |
IDTC Limited | 208 | £423,074 |
Impact Arts (Projects) Ltd | 30 | £61,619 |
Jim Mair Driver Training Ltd | 60 | £106,750 |
Jobs & Business Glasgow | 0 | £25,972 |
Kingdom Housing Association Limited | 205 | £320,518 |
L&G Learning (Scotland) Ltd | 189 | £361,231 |
LAMH Recycle Ltd | 69 | £134,136 |
Lanarkshire Catering School | 171 | £282,199 |
Life Skills Centres Ltd | 88 | £108,611 |
Lowland Training Services Ltd | 330 | £491,186 |
Midlothian Council - Lifelong Learning and Employability | 20 | £27,200 |
Momentum Scotland | 169 | £262,694 |
Moray College UHI | 51 | £62,859 |
Moray Council (Moray Training) | 16 | £24,020 |
Move On | 41 | £79,234 |
New College Lanarkshire | 246 | £529,008 |
Nigg Skills Academy Ltd | 49 | £249,621 |
North Edinburgh Childcare | 34 | £73,529 |
Orkney Islands Council (Orkney College) | 15 | £26,820 |
P C T Partnership Limited | 6 | £22,900 |
PeoplePlus Group Ltd | 0 | £17,532 |
Qualitas International Limited | 193 | £384,969 |
Rathbone Training | 221 | £1,162,448 |
Renfrewshire Council | 43 | £81,793 |
Right Track Scotland Ltd | 230 | £431,371 |
Routes to Work Limited | 97 | £182,436 |
Routes To Work South | 249 | £372,002 |
Rural and Urban Training Scheme Ltd | 66 | £128,171 |
Scottish Borders Council | 50 | £99,092 |
SIBBALD LTD | 6 | £31,130 |
South Ayrshire Council | 68 | £150,049 |
South Lanarkshire College | 75 | £161,638 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 15 | £30,563 |
South West Arts and Music Project (SWAMP) | 50 | £127,707 |
Station House Media Unit | 52 | £89,773 |
Stirling Council | 30 | £57,413 |
Street League | 1090 | £2,004,916 |
The Larder West Lothian | 67 | £132,953 |
The Ridge (Scotland) CIC | 0 | £400 |
The Shirlie Project | 10 | £14,228 |
The Springboard Charity | 56 | £88,450 |
The Tell Organisation Limited | 420 | £668,283 |
The Venture Trust | 10 | £30,572 |
TIGERS STA Ltd | 201 | £545,402 |
Train'd Up Railway Resourcing Limited | 116 | £212,900 |
Training for Care | 38 | £79,495 |
Training Initiatives Ltd | 88 | £196,843 |
Triage Central Ltd | 471 | £790,547 |
West Dunbartonshire Council | 55 | £102,950 |
West Highland College UHI | 32 | £63,624 |
Workers' Educational Association | 20 | £26,850 |
Working Rite | 55 | £107,810 |
Total | 9101 | £17,763,312 |
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much money from the Rural Supplement, delivered by Skills Development Scotland, has been spent to date, also broken down by (a) council area and (b) frameworks covered.
Answer
Skills Development Scotland report that annual spend on the Rural Supplement has been as follows:
- 2017-18: £939,750
- 2018-19: £1,034,750
- 2019-20 (as at 10 February 2020): £533,000
For 2017-18 and 2018-19 SDS paid a lump sum to training providers, based on a list of eligible apprentices. Consequently further breakdown is not available. Following a review with key stakeholders, eligibility criteria has been refined and is now based on the employer postcode. For 2019-20 the breakdown of spend by local authority and framework is provided in the following tables.
Local Authority* | Rural Supplement spend 2019-20 as at 10 February 2020** |
Aberdeen City | £1,500 |
Aberdeenshire | £39,750 |
Angus | £1,500 |
Argyll & Bute | £72,250 |
Dumfries & Galloway | £43,750 |
Dundee City | £750 |
East Ayrshire | £4,750 |
East Lothian | £3,750 |
East Renfrewshire | £250 |
Glasgow City | £500 |
Highland | £149,250 |
Midlothian | £750 |
Moray | £15,750 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | £10,250 |
North Ayrshire | £3,000 |
North Lanarkshire | £500 |
Orkney Islands | £21,750 |
Perth & Kinross | £35,500 |
Scottish Borders | £18,250 |
Shetland Islands | £47,250 |
South Ayrshire | £4,000 |
South Lanarkshire | £2,000 |
Stirling | £2,000 |
West Dunbartonshire | £4,000 |
Framework | Rural Supplement Spend 2019/20 as at 10 February 2020 |
Accounting | £750 |
Active Leisure, Learning and Wellbeing | £4,250 |
Agriculture | £12,750 |
Aquaculture | £23,500 |
Aquaculture Management Technical Apprenticeship | £2,750 |
Automotive | £28,500 |
Business & Administration | £13,250 |
Construction: Building | £49,250 |
Construction: Civil Engineering | £2,000 |
Construction: Technical | £10,250 |
Construction: Technical Apprenticeship | £2,500 |
Creative | £250 |
Creative and Digital Media | £1,000 |
Customer Service | £2,000 |
Dental Nursing | £1,000 |
Domestic Plumbing and Heating | £8,500 |
Electrical Installation | £16,500 |
Engineering | £30,000 |
Engineering Construction | £2,000 |
Equine | £2,250 |
Facilities Management | £500 |
Fashion & Textile Heritage | £250 |
Food and Drink Operations | £32,000 |
Freight Logistics | £18,750 |
Game & Wildlife Management | £1,500 |
Hairdressing & Barbering | £6,750 |
Healthcare Support | £250 |
Horticulture | £4,250 |
Hospitality | £81,750 |
Hospitality Management Skills Technical Apprenticeship | £26,250 |
Industrial Applications | £250 |
IT and Telecommunications | £23,500 |
Land-based Engineering | £3,500 |
Management | £15,000 |
Maritime Occupations | £1,750 |
Occupational Health & Safety Practice | £1,000 |
Power Distribution | £6,500 |
Procurement | £500 |
Providing Financial Services | £1,500 |
Retail | £8,250 |
Social Services (Children and Young People) | £9,000 |
Social Services (Children and Young People) Technical Apprenticeship | £1,250 |
Social Services and Healthcare | £22,000 |
Social Services and Healthcare Technical Apprenticeship | £3,500 |
* in some cases Local Authority spend has been attributed to employer HQ locations. However, clarification has been sought to ensure the employer is based within an eligible postcode area.
** The total in the above tables is £483,000 as £50,000 of claims were for an archived assignment, where, as with previous years, no local authority or framework is recorded.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of funds from the Apprenticeship Levy has been spent on delivering (a) modern, (b) graduate and (c) foundation apprenticeships in each year since 2017-18.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no responsibility for the UK Government’s Apprenticeship Levy which is a tax on employers. HMRC hold data on what is raised by the Levy.
The following table sets out Scottish Government funding for Apprenticeships in the years 2017-18 and 2018-19. Figures for 2019-20 will be available at the end of the financial year.
| | 2017-18 (£ million) | 2018-19 (£ million) |
(a) Modern Apprenticeships | 81.5 | 81.3 |
(b) Graduate Apprenticeships | 4.7 | 6.1 |
(c) Foundation Apprenticeships | 6.8 | 12.5 |
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 26 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on legal action in relation to disputes with (a) Pentland Ferries and (b) David MacBrayne Ltd in each year since 2007-08.
Answer
The following table details the legal costs in relation to the disputes with (a) Pentland Ferries Ltd and (b) CalMac Ferries Ltd as at 30 January 2020.
Year | Company | Legal Costs | Total |
2018 | Pentland Ferries Ltd | £1,750.00 | |
2019 | Pentland Ferries Ltd | £58,385.00 | £60,135.00 |
2019 | CalMac Ferries Ltd | £2,450.00 | |
2020 | CalMac Ferries Ltd | £1,560.00 | £4,010.00 |
| | | | £64,145.00* |
*These are net figures exclusive of VAT.
Pentland Ferries Ltd
Scottish Ministers were awarded costs, and we are currently in the process of recovering judicial expenses (i.e. costs) from Pentland Ferries.
CalMac legal proceedings
CalMac raised legal proceedings in the Court of Session on 25 November 2019 against the decision to award the Northern Isles Ferry Services (NIFS) contract to Serco Northlink.
CalMac offered to abandon their case on 31 January 2020, on a no expenses basis, which Scottish Ministers accepted. This means that both parties will bear their own costs.
It should be noted that not all invoices in relation to the dispute with CalMac Ferries Ltd have been received.
