Work by Scottish Government and Scottish Futures Trust staff in response to changes in relevant EU guidance has been undertaken within existing resources. The project cost and inflation impact of changes to Eurostat guidance is not yet apparent.

Any cost to projects of delay associated with changes to Eurostat guidance has yet to be agreed. To date the Scottish Government has allocated a total of £4.5 million of capital funding through the Scottish Futures Trust to the six local authorities with the most imminent projects to enable them to continue to progress their projects.

Our Lady and St Patricks High School and the North West Edinburgh Partnership Centre projects have each had project specific issues to resolve as well as further consideration of the implications of the review by the Office of National Statistics of the classification of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. Until these projects reach financial close it is too early to confirm what any cost impact would be.

The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary and Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route projects have not incurred any delay as a result of Eurostat issues and are all contracted to be completed within earlier cost estimates.

The eight projects listed on 2 February 2015 (S4W-24246) were those projects due to reach financial close in the financial year 2014-15.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

The timing of the Clydebank Health Centre has yet to be agreed. The project, with a capital cost of £19 million, is expected to be financed via the hub design-build-finance-maintain programme.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-26469 on 31 July 2015. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

These were published by Scottish Futures Trust and the participating public authorities in the Official Journal of the European Union on 17 June 2015.

The procuring authority will own the assets.

The Office for National Statistics takes decisions independently about projects or programmes that it wishes to review. The proposed design-build-finance-maintain-model is not currently under review. Engagement with Eurostat, on any issues of classification, would be a matter for the Office for National Statistics or the UK Government, as the relevant EU member state.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-26458 on 31 July 2015. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx