Written Question · S1W-19401 · Session 1
With regard to the PFI project for the new passenger terminal at Inverness airport, (a) when the PFI project was entered into, (b) what adv…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the PFI project for the new passenger terminal at Inverness airport, (a) when the PFI project was entered into, (b) what advice was taken and from whom regarding (i) the terms of the contract, (ii) the length of the contract and (iii) the ability to vary the contract; (c) what ability Highlands and Airports Limited (HIAL) has to obtain payments from franchise operators in the terminal; (d) what method of revenue raising is available to HIAL other than landing charges, and (e) whether it will make a copy of the contract available in SPICe, subject to the deletion of any commercially confidential details, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
The answer
The information is as follows:The contracts for the Inverness Airport Terminal PFI project were signed on 4 February 1998.Advice was taken from: Dundas and Wilson
- legalErnst and Young
- financialScottish Airports Ltd
- estatesThomas and Adamson
- value for money of building costs and content of Service Level AgreementScottish Office
- value for money, finance issues and confirmation of PFI contract HM Treasury and its PFI Unit
- policy mattersRevenues and concessionaires in the terminal building pass to Inverness Air Terminal Ltd, the owner and operator of the building.HIAL's revenue flows from:Landing charges based on weight of aircraftPassenger charges based on arriving passenger numbersAircraft parkingOn call chargesLease rentalsConcessionsRecovery of security costsCopies of the contract documentation to which Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) was a signatory are being made available in the Parliament's Reference Centre. The contract documents which did not involve, and were not signed by, HIAL are regarded as commercially confidential under the terms of the contract.
- legalErnst and Young
- financialScottish Airports Ltd
- estatesThomas and Adamson
- value for money of building costs and content of Service Level AgreementScottish Office
- value for money, finance issues and confirmation of PFI contract HM Treasury and its PFI Unit
- policy mattersRevenues and concessionaires in the terminal building pass to Inverness Air Terminal Ltd, the owner and operator of the building.HIAL's revenue flows from:Landing charges based on weight of aircraftPassenger charges based on arriving passenger numbersAircraft parkingOn call chargesLease rentalsConcessionsRecovery of security costsCopies of the contract documentation to which Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) was a signatory are being made available in the Parliament's Reference Centre. The contract documents which did not involve, and were not signed by, HIAL are regarded as commercially confidential under the terms of the contract.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-19401 by reference.