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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S5W-18691

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, who the independent consultant engaged through Harvey Nash Recruitment is, and what work they (a) have done and (b) will do.

Regarding the interim professional advisor engaged by the Scottish Government, I should explain that the Scottish Government must balance its obligations of transparency, accountability and openness with the rights of people who entrust us with their personal information, as well as be compliant with legislation. We have released information that we believe is appropriate under FOISA but are unable to name the individual.

They have been engaged in work to coordinate the programme as well as working with partners to develop the Target Operating Model.

We are currently assessing the future need for support with regards to the devolution of railway policing. The arrangements with Harvey Nash is on a rolling basis and we are keeping it under close review. We do not propose that the arrangement continues in the long term.

Question reference: S5W-18688

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, (a) for how many days and (b) over what time period the independent consultant will be engaged, and how much this will cost in total for the consultant’s services.

Approximately 260 days of work has been secured totally approximately £60,000. There is some reconciliation still to be done for the months of July and August. Once this has been done I will write to you to provide the exact figure.

Question reference: S5W-18684

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what the main issues are with HMP Perth’s existing security management system.

Question reference: S5W-18685

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much it expects the upgrade of HMP Perth’s security management system to cost.

Question reference: S5W-18690

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, whether it will provide a breakdown of the work produced by Ernst & Young in relation to (a) "Programme Management Support" and (b) "specialist integration Due Diligence analysis".

Question reference: S5W-18693

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, by what procurement or other process it identified and recruited Ernst & Young as the best organisation to provide "Programme Management Support" and "specialist integration Due Diligence analysis".

Question reference: S5W-18694

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, by what procurement or other process it identified and recruited the independent consultant as the best person to provide work in relation to the merger of British Transport Police and Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-18689

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, whether it will provide a plain English description of what "Programme Management Support" and "specialist integration Due Diligence analysis" mean.

Question reference: S5W-18695

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17946 by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2018, (a) for how many days and (b) over what time period Ernst & Young will be engaged, and how many staff/contractors/personnel it is providing for this work.

Question reference: S5W-18579

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether the consultants that it engaged to advise on the BTP merger with Police Scotland were contracted on a (a) time and line or (b) fixed fee basis, and, in light of the merger no longer proceeding, what the cost will be of settling their fees.

Consultancy fees are a matter for Police Scotland who ran a competitive tendering process to engage professional services support for the proposed merger of British Transport Police in Scotland with Police Scotland.

The Scottish Government made use of the Interim Manager Framework arrangements to secure services to support the delivery of the BTP Integration Programme. This arrangement is on a week to week basis and will have no settlement costs.