- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost is for the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department for Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh.
Answer
NHS Lothian is working with technical and financial advisors to develop an integrated design solution for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department for Clinical Neurosciences. This will inform an outline business case which is due for consideration in November 2011 and will include the estimated cost for the preferred option and form a basis for a competitive procurement to commence.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it expects the completion of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department for Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh to be delayed and, if so, what the reasons are for the delay.
Answer
NHS Lothian鈥檚 previously approved proposal was for a new Royal Hospital for Sick Children only using predominantly public funding and delivered via the Frameworks Scotland delivery model. In the meantime the UK Government has applied 36.5% cut in capital budgets in real terms over the comprehensive spending review period. In order to deliver the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department for Clinical Neurosciences projects together, however, Scottish Government are supporting NHS Lothian to conclude a revenue financed solution using the Scottish Government鈥檚 non-profit distribution model.
The board will inform Scottish Government of the project鈥檚 key milestones in the business case due for submission in November 2011.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the initial estimated cost was of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department for Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh when the project was first signed off by ministers.
Answer
NHS Lothian submitted an initial agreement for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in April 2006. The initial agreement for the Department of Clinical Neuroscience was submitted by NHS Lothian in June 2008.
Scottish Government approved the original outline business case for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children as a stand alone project in August 2008. Upon a review of the options available the capital cost of developing the preferred way forward at the Little France site was estimated to be 拢147.6 million excluding enabling works.
An outline business case for the Department of Clinical Neuroscience has not been submitted to Scottish Government for approval.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it expects the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department for Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh to be completed.
Answer
NHS Lothian have set a target of 2015 for completion of the project but key dependencies include approval of an outline business case scheduled for November 2011, receiving outline planning consent for an integrated Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department for Clinical Neurosciences and successfully concluding a competitive dialogue procurement process with bidders prior to awarding the contract in 2012.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 24 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it expects the completion of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department for Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh to be delayed and, if so, how long the delay will be.
Answer
NHS Lothian previously sought Scottish Government approval for a new Royal Hospital for Sick Children using predominantly public funding. The project now being supported by the Scottish Government also incorporates the reprovision of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences.
The timescales for the delivery of the combined Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department for Clinical Neurosciences project need to take into account the development of an integrated design, planning approval for a revised project scope and completion of a competitive dialogue procurement with bidders in 2012 to support a non-profit distribution funding model. NHS Lothian will confirm the project鈥檚 key milestone dates within an outline business case due for submission to the Scottish Government in November 2011. All parties, NHS Lothian, Scottish Government and Scottish Futures Trust are working together to ensure that any delay is minimised.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial assistance it will give NHS Lothian for the combined development of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh.
Answer
The Scottish Government's position on funding support for revenue financed projects was set out in a letter to NHS chief executives from the Director General Health and Social Care on 22 March 2011. That letter detailed those elements of unitary payments made under hub initiative Design Build Finance and Maintain projects and non-profit distributing projects that would attract Scottish Government revenue support. These arrangements state that 100% of the approved capital and financing elements, and 100% of special purpose vehicle costs and insurances would be covered by Scottish Government support. In addition, 50% of the charge relating to lifecycle maintenance will be supported. Funding support will be dependant on the approval of appropriate business cases by Scottish Government with technical and commercial input provided by the Scottish Futures Trust. In addition to support for elements of the unitary payments due, the Scottish Government will be providing capital support for those elements of enabling works and equipment contained within approved business cases.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy has had with the Scottish Futures Trust regarding the combined development of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh.
Answer
I have had no such discussions with the Scottish Futures Trust. NHS Lothian is receiving support and advice directly from Scottish Government Officials and the Scottish Futures Trust in the development of the project.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it will give NHS Lothian for the combined development of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh.
Answer
The Scottish Government is fully committed to the delivery of the combined development of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh. With support and advice from Scottish Government Officials and the Scottish Futures Trust, NHS Lothian will take the project forward as quickly as possible.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Forestry Commission Scotland renewables contracts announced by the Minister for Environment and Climate Change on 22 February 2011 give exclusive rights to the whole of the commission鈥檚 estate to those companies that won the contracts.
Answer
Forestry Commission Scotland split the geographical areas of the national forest estate into five lots.
In four of the five lots there are two companies given exclusivity for the eight month period, one dealing with schemes under 5MW site potential and the other over 5MW. In the fifth lot both development segments are dealt with by the same company. It is not intended that exclusive options will be granted on all of the forest estate in each lot at the end of the exclusivity period, instead a select list of potential sites will be taken forward and the rest of the land can be open to communities or others to take forward if possible.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the contracts for Forestry Commission Scotland renewables contracts announced by the Minister for Environment and Climate Change on 22 February 2011 have review points where increasing payments from companies with access to the commission鈥檚 estate might be considered.
Answer
The lease arrangements are structured to provide income to Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) based on a share of the gross income generated by specific projects or a share of net income where FCS is joint venture partner or a combination of both. Therefore if income rises due to increasing energy costs FCS will benefit.
