- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will commission a route action plan study for the A71 Edinburgh to Kilmarnock road.
Answer
The A71 is not a trunk road and the Scottish Executive has therefore no plans to commission a Route Action Plan on it.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when the new appointments to the board of Caledonian MacBrayne will be announced.
Answer
The new non-executive director appointments to the Board of Caledonian MacBrayne will be announced soon.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 19 May 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answers to questions S1W-6173 and S1W-6219 on 3 May 2000, whether copyright on the Scottish Parliament logo was applied automatically under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; if so, why costs on copyright were incurred in the #20,000 overall project cost and what this cost was.
Answer
In terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, copyright in the logo subsists automatically. Copyright in the logo was transferred from the logo's designers to the SPCB. The cost of this transfer was included in the cost of the overall project. The actual cost is commercial-in-confidence because disclosure of the amount could affect the supplier's success in other competitions if his competitors, and potential clients, are aware of pricing for similar contracts.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 19 May 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-6172 on 3 May 2000, whether there were any associated costs for the application for registration of the Scottish Parliament logo as a trademark with the Trademark Registry of the Patent Office and, if so, what they were; whether there were any previous applications for registration of any proposed logo; if so, how many and what the associated costs were.
Answer
There have been no previous applications for registration of any proposed logo.
The application for trademark is associated with the services of trademark agents. Their costs are commercial-in-confidence in accordance with the Parliament's procurement policy that recognises the need to protect private and sensitive third party information. The reasons for this are that it may distort future competition if the Parliament tenders for those, or similar, goods or services again, and because disclosure of the amount could affect the supplier's success in other competitions if his competitors, and potential clients, are aware of pricing for similar contracts.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 19 May 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-6174 on 3 May 2000, what form the consultation with business managers took and, irrespective of whether it is a requirement to lay the logo before the Parliament for ratification, whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will now do so.
Answer
The consultation with the business managers took the form of a meeting where the managers reviewed and assessed different aspects of, and proposals for, the full design. The SPCB does not intend to lay the logo before the Parliament for ratification. This is one of many decisions which the SPCB was elected to undertake on behalf of this Parliament and significant expenditure has already been incurred in applying the logo to the stationary and other items which members have been requesting.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 19 May 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-6173 on 3 May 2000, how many design ideas Redpath proposed and how many they were commissioned to propose; whether the winning entry in the students' competition was the design developed for full design and production as a logo; why the design costs are commercial-in-confidence, and why Redpath was chosen to propose design ideas.
Answer
Redpath was selected for the logo design commission because the SPCB considered that synthesis of existing text and the new logo was essential, and Redpath had designed the text-based corporate identity. The commission was for five design ideas, and the one that was selected for full design was not the winning entry in the students' competition, though that was shown to Redpath.
The design costs are commercial-in-confidence in accordance with the Parliament's procurement policy that recognises the need to protect private and sensitive third party information. The reasons for this are that it may distort future competition if the Parliament tenders for those, or similar, goods or services again, and because disclosure of the amount could affect the supplier's success in other competitions if his competitors, and potential clients, are aware of pricing for similar contracts.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 18 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when the outcome of the tendering exercise for management and maintenance of the Scottish trunk road network will be announced.
Answer
I refer the member to the reply I gave to question S1W-6196.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 17 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what its target is for the rate of traffic increase over the next 10 and 20 years nationally and by travel to work area.
Answer
The Road Traffic Reduction (National Targets) Act 1998 provides for the setting of a target for road traffic reduction in Scotland.In accordance with the provisions of this Act, Scottish Ministers are required to lay before the Scottish Parliament a report on their proposals for the setting of a national road traffic reduction target. This report will be laid before Parliament in December 2000.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 17 May 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-5936 on 6 April 2000, what alternative solutions were considered for the provision of car parking for the Holyrood complex and what the comparative costs of each solution were.
Answer
The original provision of 135 car parking spaces for the Parliament building was influenced primarily by security considerations which recommended a secure space for each MSP, and also by building regulations which requires a proportionate number of spaces to be provided for the disabled, in this case six spaces. Following a survey of MSP's, and after weighing up both security and environmental considerations the SPCB decided that the number could sensibly be reduced to 65 while still retaining six spaces for the disabled. This decision was reported to MSPs in SPCB Report No. 3 of December 1999.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 17 May 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-5938 on 6 April 2000, what the current base works cost estimate is for the Holyrood Project; when this figure was last contractually altered for the purpose of calculating the fees of the design team; what the dates were of any previous alteration to this figure, and on whose authority any previous alterations to this figure were made.
Answer
The current base works cost estimate for the Holyrood Project is £108 million. This figure was agreed by Parliament following the Holyrood Project debate on 5 April 2000. The previous base works cost estimate was £62 million and was also agreed by Parliament following the first Holyrood Project debate on 17 June 1999. The Design Team fees will be adjusted in line with the latest change.
