- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will release the names of all those submitting tenders to conduct its bridge toll impact study.
Answer
A deadline has not yet beenset for the submission of tenders. A decision on whether the identities ofthose submitting tender bids will be published will be taken in due course.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what its preferred outcome is from the bridge toll impact study.
Answer
We will undertake a robustexamination of costs and impacts of the bridge tolls, and examine carefully anyevidence submitted by individuals and organisations in the course of the study.There is no preferred or predetermined outcome.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much revenue it estimates will be generated by Tay road bridge tolls between May and December 2006.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-21720 on 10 January 2006. All answersto 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when a decision on tolls on the Tay road bridge is likely to be announced.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-26096 on 6 June. Allanswers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’swebsite, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on examining the issue of bridge tolls since 2000.
Answer
The costs of consultancywork, temporary staff, printing, publishing and other costs associated with thetwo phase tolled bridges review total some £315,795 between 2003-04 and2005-06. The costs of officials’ time and expenses are not separatelyidentified.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive why it waited until May 2006 to announce details of its bridge tolls study after giving an initial indication in March 2006 that it would undertake this work.
Answer
Early work in preparationfor the study has been undertaken since the initial announcement on 30 March 2006, whichled to the announcement of the study details on 17 May 2006.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much its bridge toll impact study will cost.
Answer
We will engage independentconsultants to carry out the study through a competitive tendering process. Itwould therefore be inappropriate to speculate on the costs of the study at thisstage.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the deadline is for the submission of tenders by parties who wish to conduct its bridge toll impact study.
Answer
A deadline has not yet beenset for the submission of tenders. We expect to appoint suitable consultants bythe end of the summer.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will fund its bridge toll impact study.
Answer
The study will be fundedfrom the Executive’s transport programme.
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 5 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it provides to well-man clinics in Glasgow, broken down by clinic.
Answer
Funding for well man clinicsacross Scotland was provided by the Executive during 2004-05 and 2005-06.NHS Greater Glasgow was included in this pilot programme.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will usethe experience gained from the well man pilots to build on and engage with men atrisk of ill-health in their area, with particular focus on Prevention 2010 areas.