- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to carry out a safety audit on the A726 between Strathaven and East Kilbride and whether it is aware of any safety study being carried out on this stretch of road by any other authority, agency or company.
Answer
The A726 between Strathaven andEast Kilbride is a local road and is therefore the responsibility ofSouth Lanarkshire Council as the local roads authority.
The Scottish Executive and TransportScotland have no knowledge of any safety audit being carried out on this route.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22931 by Tavish Scott on 2 March 2006, whether it will give consideration to establishing public transport links by one single mode of transport between (a) Glasgow International and Edinburgh Airports, (b) Glasgow International and Glasgow Prestwick Airports and (c) Glasgow Prestwick and Edinburgh Airports.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has nocurrent plan to consider establishing single mode public transport links betweenthese airports.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when the last safety audit was carried out on the A726 and which parts of the route were covered by this audit.
Answer
Every year the Scottish Executivecarries out an analysis of accidents that have occurred on the trunk road networkin Scotland. The A726 is reviewed annually as part of this process.
Transport Scotland hasoperational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more informationif required.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23485 by Mr Andy Kerr on 3 March 2006, whether it will publish the formula referred to in the answer.
Answer
The formula referred to in the answer to question S2W-23485 is the Arbuthnott Formula adjusted for cross boundary flows and weighted for theprovision of regional specialities. Island boards, due to low population levels, receive anadditional uplift to obtain parity and Special Health Boards, who continue to bidfor capital funding, are given sufficient funds to meet planned projects. The Arbuthnott percentages applied to capital allocationsfor NHS boards are as follows:
| NHS Boards | Arbuthnott Percentages |
| Argyll and Clyde | 7.110 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 6.680 |
| Borders | 1.890 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 2.860 |
| Fife | 5.490 |
| Forth Valley | 4.550 |
| Grampian | 8.780 |
| Greater Glasgow | 25.290 |
| Highland | 4.240 |
| Lanarkshire | 8.960 |
| Lothian | 15.340 |
| Orkney | 0.240 |
| Shetland | 0.270 |
| Tayside | 7.680 |
| Western Isles | 0.620 |
| Total | 100.00 |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on measures taken by other Scottish public authorities to enforce their PFI/PPP contracts.
Answer
The enforcement of a PPP contractis a matter for the relevant public sector procuring body concerned.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what recommendations it has made to public authorities to ensure that, where such an authority makes a change in its policy requiring an adaptation to infrastructure owned or leased by a PFI/PPP contractor, such an adaptation does not cause the authority to incur costs above those that it would incur if it were to make such an adaptation to non-PFI/PPP infrastructure.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-23496 on 9 March. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the involvement to date of small and medium-sized enterprises in PPP/PFI projects and private prison projects.
Answer
This is a matter for each publicsector body procuring a PPP project. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it takes to enforce each of its PFI/PPP contracts; what the cost of these measures was in each of the last three financial years, and what it estimates the costs will be in each of the next 15 financial years at current prices.
Answer
In each of the Executive’s PPPcontracts management and monitoring has been conducted by and within Departmentalunits and separate costs for specific contract management are not readily available.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what recommendations it has made to public authorities in respect of their PFI/PPP contracts to ensure that the introduction of new technology requiring a change to infrastructure owned or leased by a PFI/PPP contractor does not cause the authorities to incur costs above the market rate for installation of such technology.
Answer
The standard form of PPP contractreflects key principles and terms used for PPP projects in all sectors and is adoptedas a standard throughout the UK. The standard form includes provision for a variationand for the variation to be brought about in accordance with prescribed change procedures.
The cost of any such change wouldbe negotiated at the time, and there is no reason why the cost of undertaking thephysical works should not be at the market rate prevalent at the time. The risksassociated with the change would also need to be assessed so that the PPP contractorcan bear such responsibilities for the remainder of the contract period. These mayaffect the life-cycle PPP contract and the risk transfer to the contractor may alterfrom the original position at contract signature. This may or may not result inadditional costs to the public sector body. In a conventional procurement situationthe responsible public body would have to take account of similar long-term serviceand cost implications of the change also.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 9 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken in respect of its own PFI/PPP contracts to ensure that the introduction of new technology requiring a change to infrastructure owned or leased by a PFI/PPP contractor does not cause the Executive to incur costs above the market rate for installation of such technology.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-23496 on 9 March 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
