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Written Question · S3W-16271 · Session 3

When the following projects were (a) commissioned, (b) given initial project approval, (c) first publicly announced and (d) awarded contrac…

Answered Asked by Jeremy Purvis LD Lodged 12 Sep 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the following projects were (a) commissioned, (b) given initial project approval, (c) first publicly announced and (d) awarded contracts and which were contained in the previous administration’s Infrastructure Investment Plan: (1) NHS Forth Valley – Clackmannanshire Community Health Services Project, (2) NHS Forth Valley – Forth Valley Acute Hospital Project, (3) NHS Fife – St Andrews Community Hospital and Resource Centre, (4) East Dunbartonshire Schools, (5) West Lothian Schools, (6) Aberdeen City Schools, (7) Falkirk Schools, (8) Perth and Kinross Schools, (9) Dumfries and Galloway Smarter Schools, (10) West Dunbartonshire Schools, (11) A7 Auchenrivock Improvement, (12) A77 Haggstone Climbing Lane and Glen App Improvement, (13) The State Hospital, (14) Forth Crossing replacement, (15) Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, (16) Borders Railway, (17) M74 Completion, (18) Moray Council Flood Prevention Scheme for Rothes, (19) Ravenscraig Sports Complex, (20) Broxburn Flood Prevention Scheme, (21) HMP Bishopbriggs, (22) HMP Grampian, (23) Royal Botanical Gardens Gateway Visitor Centre, (24) Moray Schools, (25) Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Schools, (26) Orkney Islands Schools, (27) NHS Tayside – Mental Health Development, (28) Edinburgh to Glasgow Rail Improvement, (29) A90 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, (30) M74 Raith Interchange, (31) M8 Baillieston to Newhouse and (32) M8 Associated Network Improvements.

The answer

Answered by John Swinney on 23 Oct 2008 · 41 days after it was lodged, 27 days after it was due

Information on the relevant approval stages for the requested projects is provided in the following table. The Government has published the Infrastructure Investment Plan that sets out projects for development totalling £35 billion over 10 years.
Project Details
Project Name
| Date Outline Business Case (OBC) Approved
| Date published in Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)
| Date Project Publicly Announced
| Date of Financial Close / Contract Signed
| Project Contained in 2005 Infrastructure Investment Plan (IIP)

NHS Forth Valley
- Clackmannanshire Community Health Services Project PPP
| May 2003
| August 2004
| May 2003
| July 2007
| Yes

NHS Forth Valley
- Forth Valley Acute Hospital Project PPP
| December 2003
| December 2004
| December 2003
| May 2007
| Yes

NHS Fife
- St Andrews Community Hospital and Resource Centre PPP
| August 2004
| January 2006
| August 2004
| November 2007
| Yes

East Dunbartonshire Schools PPP
| August 2004
| April 2005
| Not held centrally1
| August 2007
| Yes

West Lothian Schools PPP2
| February 2006
| March 2006
| Not held centrally1
| August 2007
| Yes

Aberdeen City Schools NPD
| December 2002
| April 2004
| Not held centrally1
| December 2007
| Yes

Falkirk Schools PPP2 NPD
| February 2004
| March 2005
| Not held centrally1
| May 2007
| Yes

Perth & Kinross Schools PPP
| September 2003
| December 2003
| Not held centrally

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-16271 by reference.