Further to the answer to question S1W-25236 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 May 2002, whether and when it received any submission from the Scottish …

Ministers did not receive such a submission. In the first phase of the Estates Review submissions were sought by SPS of most of its establishments in relation to their development plans. Detailed submissions were made by those establishments which required major development as part of Constructing the Future. This phase of the estates review led to settled conclusions regarding the majority of establishments involving some local development work. Further work then took place to consider integrated national options rather than local options to move towards an ideal estate. It was the investment decisions involved in these overall options which were reviewed by PricewaterhouseCoopers on behalf of the Scottish Executive.