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Written Question · S3W-12529 · Session 3

What the costs would have been to it of terminating the management contract for HM Prison Addiewell, showing the basis on which such costs …

Answered Asked by John Wilson SNP Lodged 30 Apr 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs would have been to it of terminating the management contract for HM Prison Addiewell, showing the basis on which such costs are determined and calculated.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 12 May 2008 · 12 days after it was lodged, on time

I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The contract for HMP Addiewell has been published by the SPS and is available on www.sps.gov.uk. Full details of the contractual implications associated with the Scottish ministers, the authority under the contract, voluntarily terminating the contract with Addiewell Prison Limited, the contractor under the contract, are outlined in the minute of agreement, clause 42 and the associated compensation due by Scottish ministers is defined in clause 48. The actual compensation cost payable by Scottish ministers would be calculated in accordance with the terms of the contract and would reflect the particular circumstances at the time that the contract was actually terminated, with the value being variable from the award of the contract to the expiry date.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-12529 by reference.