Holyrood Building
Scottish Parliament Written answers, 28 October 2009
Jackson Carlaw (Conservative) | Question S3W-27869
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will provide a list of upgrades and maintenance work undertaken on the present Scottish Parliament complex since it opened, showing the (a) date and (b) cost of each piece of work, (c) total cost to date and (d) projected cost and details of any forthcoming work.
Alex Johnstone (Conservative)
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) has not undertaken any upgrades to the Scottish Parliament complex since it opened.
Maintenance work, and other building-related revenue expenditure, including security projects, relating to the complex, is summarised for the 2005-06 to 2009-10 financial years in Tables A and B respectively.
Separate accounting for projects was introduced from April 2007 and project expenditure relating to the complex is summarised for the 2007-08 to 2009-10 financial years in Table B.
Projected costs for the remainder of the 2009-10 financial year will be published in the chief executive’s report. The chief executive’s report is presented to the SPCB and contains financial information. These are published regularly.
The projected cost and details of forthcoming work for 2010-11 financial year will be included in the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body’s budget submission for that year, which will be considered by the Finance Committee in November 2009.
Due to the iconic nature of Holyrood, long-term maintenance planning is undertaken to ensure assets are appropriately maintained to meet business needs. The maintenance plan identifies individual maintenance tasks which budgets are derived from and facilitates the forecasting of maintenance budgets over future years.
Table A: Maintenance Expenditure (Excluding Projects)
| April 2005 to March 2006 | April 2006 to March 2007 | April 2007 to March 2008 | April 2008 to March 2009 | April 2009 to September 2009 (6 months only) |
| £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 | |
| Planned Fire | 27 | 22 | 22 | 60 | 8 |
| Planned Security | 32 | (10) | 24 | 31 | 15 |
| Planned Lifts | 24 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 8 |
| Planned Landscaping | 25 | 39 | 23 | 30 | 13 |
| Planned Statutory Testing | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Reactive Fire | 18 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| Reactive Security | 28 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 7 |
| Reactive Lifts | 3 | 3 | (1) | 4 | |
| Reactive Landscaping | 30 | 23 | 55 | (2) | |
| Window and Vertical Cleaning | 35 | 119 | 105 | 93 | 104 |
| Planned Pest Control | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Reactive Pest Control | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Sign Maintenance | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Planned Building Fabric Maintenance | 191 | 354 | 443 | 139 | |
| Reactive Building Fabric Maintenance | 32 | 281 | 79 | 74 | 65 |
| Reactive Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) | 335 | 395 | 160 | 186 | 84 |
| Planned Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) | 229 | 293 | 329 | 379 | 260 |
| Reactive Building Energy Management System (BEMS) | 23 | 16 | 36 | 11 | |
| Planned Building Energy Management System (BEMS) | 42 | 40 | 48 | 23 | |
| 829 | 1,461 | 1,211 | 1,525 | 755 |
Note: Information has been provided in respect of the financial years of the SPCB, which run from 1 April to 31 March.
Table B: Other Building Related Revenue Expenditure (Projects)
| April 2007 to March 2008 | April 2008 to March 2009 | April 2009 to September 2009 (6 months only) |
| £000 | £000 | £000 | |
| Queens Drive | 40 | ||
| Fire Alert System (Hard/Hearing) | 35 | ||
| Building Related Changes | 337 | 923 | (4) |
| Various Maintenance Related Projects | 40 | 917 | 9 |
| Security Programme | 337 | 482 | 242 |
| 789 | 2,322 | 247 |
Note: Information has been provided in respect of the financial years of the SPCB, which run from 1 April to 31 March.