Mr Paterson
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 81)
BiFab Financial Support - Statement by Scottish & UK Governments
Response by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to Mr Paterson on .
Awaiting classification.
Good evening Mr Patterson,
Thank you for your email.
Please accept our apologies, upon reviewing your previous request, we started looking through an...
Scottish Government: 2019/20 Audit of Scottish Government's Consolidated Accounts
Response by Audit Scotland to Mr Paterson on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Paterson
We have shared your further email with the auditors. They will, in future,
consider how to report these matters.
Kind reg...
Scottish Government: Commercial Loans & Investments 2019/20
Response by Audit Scotland to Mr Paterson on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Paterson
Following my email in September 2020 I said I would update you once the
Scottish Government audit was complete. The 2019/20...
Bifab Limited - £10 million secret restructuring loan facility
Partially successful.
The loan was increased to £16.3 million prior to the company entering administration
Administrators Proposals & Statement of Affairs published
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Finance & Constitution Committee: Correspondence - Loans & Equity Investments
Partially successful.
All good questions. The impairment was £12.4m and is shown on page 13 and 27 of the 2020 annual accounts:
https://find-and-update.company-informatio...
Early release of unaudited airport financial data
Response by Glasgow Prestwick Airport to Mr Paterson on .
Long overdue.
Mr Paterson,
On behalf of Glasgow Prestwick Airport, I wholly refute your accusations - my statement at the point of my review was accurate.
For yo...
The CMAL Guideline on Financial Health
Long overdue.
'In a 129-page report published today, the Committee said the evidence exposed a “lack of robust due diligence” on the part of procurement agency Caled...
Surety Bonds - Vessels 801 & 802
Follow up sent to Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited by Mr Paterson on .
Long overdue.
Richie Morgan
Health, Safety and Environmental Manager
Your response is a sham. Your organisation is continuing to make FALSE statements about...
£30m loan to Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited, June 2018
Partially successful.
Letter from FMEL former management team to parliament, 4 December 2020
https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Rural/email_to_Convenor_RECC_041220_with_attach...
Thank you for providing a detailed reply to my FOI request.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Paterson
Shareholder Agreements - private sector companies
Partially successful.
"BiFab lashes out at Scottish Government’s claims"
http://www.hebrides-news.com/bifab-hits-out-271120.html
Most of the information relating to BIFab was eventually published under this FOI:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bifab_limited_ps10_million_...
Dear Mr Paterson,
Please find attached our response to your request for review.
Many thanks
Jnine Beckett
Finance Director
CalMac Ferries Ltd...
Ferguson Marine - 'Subscription & Shareholders Agreement'
Partially successful.
This is the story of how the government tried to hide the real purpose of the £30 million loan.
By obfuscation after obfuscation.
Financial Transparency (EC Directive) Regulation 2009 - Safeguards
Response by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to Mr Paterson on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Paterson,
Thank you for your query about the Financial Transparency (EC Directive) Regulations 2009. We understand that this is in reference t...
Corrected link:
https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-18-02869-appeal/
Scottish Government: EU Market Economy Investor Principle (MEIP) compliance
Response by Audit Scotland to Mr Paterson on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Paterson
In response toy your Request for a review dated 15 February 2020 I attach
our response
Yours sincerely
Ian Metcalfe...
Business with US Government departments, agencies or branches
Response by Glasgow Prestwick Airport to Mr Paterson on .
Partially successful.
Good Morning Mr Paterson,
Please find attached the response to your internal review of FOI request detailed below.
Kind regards
Annette
Annette Gre...
Scottish Government's investment in BiFab
Response by Audit Scotland to Mr Paterson on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Paterson
Your request for a review has been completed.
The response to your freedom of information request included information redacted unde...
Contract award for 801 and 802: Due Diligence - Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited
Follow up sent to Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited by Mr Paterson on .
Long overdue.
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited
Regrettably the abuse of personal data relating to FOI applicants by the Scottish Government and Scottish Governm...
Income received from the US Department of Defense or its agencies
Response by Glasgow Prestwick Airport to Mr Paterson on .
Refused.
Good afternoon Mr Paterson,
Please see attached a response to your request for an internal review of your recent FOI request.
Kind Regards
Annette...
Scottish Government: Valuation of loans & equity investments - 2018/19
Response by Audit Scotland to Mr Paterson on .
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Paterson
Thank you for your Freedom of Information requests dated 16 September 2019
and 28 September 2019. Our annual audit report on th...
Government loans and unpaid interest: October 2019
Follow up sent to Glasgow Prestwick Airport by Mr Paterson on .
Refused.
The following decision by the Scottish Information Commissioner should be of interest to you:
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/ApplicationsandDe...
Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited
Partially successful.
Response "Regular meeting and telephone conversation take place between the CEO’s of both companies. There are no minutes but very regular ongoing dial...
Estimated delivery dates: Vessels 801 and 802
Follow up sent to Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited by Mr Paterson on .
Partially successful.
It is only a matter of time before the law catches up on the Cabinet Secretary. Luckily for you, the issues were before your time.
Yours sincerel...
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Bifab Limited - £10 million secret restructuring loan facility
Partially successful.
The loan was increased to £16.3 million prior to the company entering administration
Administrators Proposals & Statement of Affairs published
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BiFab Financial Support - Statement by Scottish & UK Governments
Request to Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy by Mr Paterson. Annotated by Mr Paterson on .
Awaiting classification.
Response backstops
Routine request: 25 January 2021
Complex request: 19 February 2021
Finance & Constitution Committee: Correspondence - Loans & Equity Investments
Partially successful.
All good questions. The impairment was £12.4m and is shown on page 13 and 27 of the 2020 annual accounts:
https://find-and-update.company-informatio...
Finance & Constitution Committee: Correspondence - Loans & Equity Investments
Partially successful.
Coverage of CMAL and its activities by the business press is non existent. Routine scrutiny of CMAL by parliament is also non existent.
By impairi...
The CMAL Guideline on Financial Health
Long overdue.
'In a 129-page report published today, the Committee said the evidence exposed a “lack of robust due diligence” on the part of procurement agency Caled...
The CMAL Guideline on Financial Health
Long overdue.
Management of procurement of two new ferries a ‘catastrophic failure’, says Holyrood Committee
https://www.parliament.scot/newsandmediacentre/116694....
£30m loan to Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited, June 2018
Partially successful.
Letter from FMEL former management team to parliament, 4 December 2020
https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Rural/email_to_Convenor_RECC_041220_with_attach...
Shareholder Agreements - private sector companies
Partially successful.
"BiFab lashes out at Scottish Government’s claims"
http://www.hebrides-news.com/bifab-hits-out-271120.html
Bifab Limited - £10 million secret restructuring loan facility
Partially successful.
"BiFab lashes out at Scottish Government’s claims"
http://www.hebrides-news.com/bifab-hits-out-271120.html
Bifab Limited - £10 million secret restructuring loan facility
Partially successful.
** Key FOI for background on BiFab **
Most of the information relating to BIFab was eventually published under this FOI:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bifab_limited_ps10_million_...
Early release of unaudited airport financial data
Long overdue.
Blatant abuse of Freedom of Information legislation by GPA.
They don't even attempt to justify withholding information by referencing sections of FOI...
The BiFab scandal will continue unless and until someone in the media or parliament questions to original co-investment 'deal' between DF Barnes and th...
Finance & Constitution Committee: Correspondence - Loans & Equity Investments
Partially successful.
Yes. BiFab are already making use of the extension – extensions are automatically granted. Parliament’s economy committee are currently considering t...
DF Barnes response to parliament:
https://www.parliament.scot/S5_EconomyJobsFairWork/Inquiries/20200911_-DF-Barnes.pdf
"DF Barnes has invested heav...
Finance & Constitution Committee: Correspondence - Loans & Equity Investments
Partially successful.
The Committee webpage for the ferries Inquiry is reporting that the call for evidence closed on the 7 February 2020. This would have acted as a deterr...
Finance & Constitution Committee: Correspondence - Loans & Equity Investments
Partially successful.
https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Rural/General%20Documents/RECC_ANONYMOUS_8.pdf
Ferguson Marine - 'Subscription & Shareholders Agreement'
Partially successful.
This is the story of how the government tried to hide the real purpose of the £30 million loan.
By obfuscation after obfuscation.
£30m loan to Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited, June 2018
Partially successful.
The written submissions (as of 24 August 2020) to the Scottish Parliament's Ferries Inquiry into this monumental debacle:
https://www.parliament.scot...
At last! Somebody asking some questions....
Government
https://www.parliament.scot/S5_EconomyJobsFairWork/Inquiries/20200630EEFWtoSG.pdf
DF Barnes...
https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/W5kysyuU0gwu1_BYXPMSsATW82rnmHYwxM4bpF3ZudA/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=...
Dear Mr Johnstone
If I can be of assistance, I’ve had a great deal of experience dealing with sham responses to FOIs from the SG. If I may, I would u...
Former BiFab workers call DF Barnes takeover ‘a disaster’ for Arnish yard
https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/245780/former-bifab-workers-call-df...
£30m loan to Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited, June 2018
Partially successful.
Debt security: A recognition that the 'loan' was effectively unsecured (the security only has monetary value after delivery, which never occurred).
E...
£30m loan to Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited, June 2018
Partially successful.
Further information release (June 2020):
https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/foi-eir-release/2020/06/foi-20200001850...