- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 19 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what toll is payable on the (a) Skye Bridge, (b) Erskine Bridge, (c) Forth Road Bridge and (d) Tay Bridge.
Answer
The following tablesindicate toll payable on each bridge.
Skye Bridge
| Vehicle Description | Toll Category | Toll (each way) | Book of Discount Tickets |
| Motorcycle | High Season Low Season Discount Rate | £2.90 £2.40 £0.67 | £13.40 for 20 Tickets |
| Car/Motorhomes (& transit vans <> | High Season Low Season Discount Rate | £5.70 £4.70 £1.34 | £26.80 for 20 Tickets |
| LGV (< 7.5="" tons=""> | High and Low Season Discount Rate | £10.80 £7.84 | £78.40 for 10 Tickets |
| HGV 1 (2 or 3 axles) | High and Low Season Discount Season | £14.00 £10.13 | £101.30 for 10 Tickets |
| HGV 2 (4 or more axles) | High and Low Season Discount Rate | £27.90 £20.26 | £202.60 for 10 Tickets |
| Local Bus Service | High and Low Season Discount Rate | £16.40 £12.26 | £122.60 for 10 Tickets |
| Midi Coach (seats up to 22 passengers) | High Season Low Season Discount Rate | £23.70 £15.80 N/A | |
| Coach (seats more than 22 passengers) | High Season Low Season Discount Rate | £41.20 £27.90 N/A | |
| Car and Caravan (or trailer > 2.5m) | High Season Low Season Discount Rate | £11.40 £9.40 £2.68 | Purchase Car Tickets |
Notes:
High Season: 1 May to 30September.
Low Season: 1 October to 30April.
Discount vouchers are validfor 1 year from date of purchase.
Erskine Bridge
| Vehicle Description | Toll (each way) | Book of Discount Tickets |
| Motorcycles | Nil | N/A |
| All Other Vehicles | £0.60 | £27.00 for 50 Tickets |
Tay Bridge
| Vehicle Description | Toll (one way) | Book of Discount Tickets |
| Car | £0.80 | N/A |
| Bus | £1.40 | N/A |
| LGVs/HGVs | £2.00 | N/A |
Forth Road Bridge
| Vehicle Description | Toll (one way) | Book of Discount Tickets |
| Car | £0.80 | £36.00 for 50 Tickets |
| Bus | £1.40 | N/A |
| LGVs/HGVs | £2.00 | £65.00 for 50 tickets |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1912 by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 October 2003, what issues it expects to be covered in the report to ministers; who will be responsible for drawing up the report, and what information it has on the timescales, including any key milestones, to which NHS Argyll and Clyde and NHS Greater Glasgow are working in preparing the report.
Answer
I have requested a detailedreport on patient flows for the maternity services based in Paisley and Glasgow.This work is to be taken forward alongside the Glasgow review of maternityservices and I have requested the report by April 2004.
It is up to NHS Argyll and Clyde and NHSGreater Glasgow to decide the details of how they take this work forward.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it evaluates rehabilitation programmes delivered by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), in particular the cognitive skills programme, and the impact of such programmes on re-offending rates.
Answer
The Scottish Prison Serviceis currently evaluating the impact of accredited offending behaviourprogrammes, including the cognitive skills programme, using a range ofmeasures. These include changes in attitudinal and behavioural indices; changesin attitudinal and behavioural proxy measures; prisoner interviews; and theanalysis of “return to custody” and reconviction data on the best availableproxies for re-offending rates.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which key performance indicators for the Scottish Prison Service are outcome-based.
Answer
Of the seven ministerial keyperformance indicators set for 2003-04, Five are outcome-based:
escapes;
serious assaults;
available prison places withaccess to night sanitation;
percentage testing positivein Mandatory Drug Testing procedures, and
average annual cost perprisoner place.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the key performance indicators for the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) in order reflect the need to focus on rehabilitation as well as incarceration and recognise the value of qualitative measures over quantitative measures.
Answer
Three of the seven keyperformance indicators already focus on whole or part of rehabilitation in linewith the challenge set for SPS to protect the public by reducing re-offending. The key performance indicators are quantitative, but SPS recognises the valueof qualitative data such as that collected through its prisoner survey.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how performance indicators for the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) are set.
Answer
Ministers set SPS targets ona range of indicators. These are designed to indicate how efficiently andeffectively SPS is delivering its business. Targets are reviewed periodically.Those currently set cover the period up to 2004-05.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what key performance indicators are set for the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) as a whole and how the SPS has performed against such indicators.
Answer
The information is publishedon page 9 of the Scottish Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts, availablein the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 28640) and on SPS’s website.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding is required to implement the European Working Time Directive in the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3784 on 14 November 2003. 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/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to train ambulance technicians as paramedics; how long such training takes, and what the cost of the training is.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3788. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the likely impact of the European Working Time Directive will be on the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3784 on 14 November 2003. 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/webapp/search_wa.
