Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S4W-14086 · Session 4

What information it has on the average percentage of its contract clauses that community benefit clauses represent.

Answered Asked by Richard Baker Lab Lodged 2 Apr 2013

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the average percentage of its contract clauses that community benefit clauses represent.

The answer

Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 Apr 2013 · 23 days after it was lodged, on time

The Scottish Government has implemented community benefit clauses in various contracts, however we do not currently have a central record containing information on the average percentage of contract clauses that community benefit clauses represent.
We intend to use the forthcoming Procurement Reform Bill to introduce a statutory requirement that public sector bodies include community benefit clauses in all new major public contracts and that those in receipt of major public contracts publish their commitments and target updates on training, apprenticeships and performance.
It would not be the intention to hold a record of the average percentage of contract clauses that community benefit clauses represent.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-14086 by reference.