FOI/202100140040 · FOI · unclear
Breakdown of employers direct costs Queensferry Crossing project: FOI release
Information requested
Itemised account, breaking-down "Employer's Direct Costs" for the Queensferry Crossing Project please, with rather more detail about why and what the varying amounts of money were spent on, for each year.
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Employer’s Direct Costs To 2011 2011- 2012 2012- 2013 2013- 2014 2014- 2015 2015- 2016 2016- 2017 2017- 2018 2018- 2019 2019- 2020 £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m £m Staff and consultancy costs 55 11 12 10 10 10 9 7 7 2 PR/Comms/Publicity Costs 1 - - - - - - 1 - - Legal Commercial and Insurance Fees 3 6 5 5 5 - - 1 - -1 Surveys, Investigations, Testing 13 2 2 1 1 1 - - - - Equipment and Bridge Control Room - 7 1 1 1 2 - - 1 - Statutory Undertakers 3 3 3 4 4 2 - - 1 - Land Costs 4 1 2 - - - - - - - Total 79 30 25 21 21 15 9 9 9 1
Staff and consultancy includes costs related to the Jacobs Arup Joint-Venture’s multi-disciplinary role as Transport Scotland’s technical advisor for the specimen design, procurement, development and project management of the project. Alongside this, the figure also includes sub-contractor costs for feasibility and concept design development, including pre-tender marine ground investigations and wind tunnel testing. An amount for Transport Scotland staff and administrative costs associated with the delivery of the project are also reflected in the figure. Statutory undertakers perform functions in relation to utilities and the vast majority of costs under this category related to utility diversion works. About FOI The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.
Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
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