- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to regulate the financial agreements between companies contracted to maintain green spaces in private housing estates and the householders who pay an annual charge to cover that work.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20004 on 29 January 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to nullify agreements between companies contracted to maintain green spaces in private housing estates and the householders with whom they have an agreement where such companies have failed to carry out the duties for which they have received an annual payment.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20004 on 29 January 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to regulate the schemes that can be put in place by developers for the maintenance of green spaces in private housing estates.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20004 on 29 January 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to regulate the behaviour of companies contracted to maintain green spaces in private housing estates.
Answer
The Office of Fair Trading is expected to publish its report on property managers in Scotland in February 2009. The Scottish Government will give close consideration to its conclusions and recommendations.
We have announced we will work with the industry to support the establishment of a national accreditation scheme for residential property managers. It is intended that the scheme will be voluntary and open to all sectors offering property management services. It will be underpinned by an effective complaints system linking to robust third party redress and a requirement for its members to meet high standards of service. We have also issued an updated Planning Advice Note (PAN 65) which stresses the importance of ensuring long term management of new greenspace is considered in planning applications.
Scottish ministers cannot intervene in private disputes about the terms of contracts made between homeowners and property managers. The regulation of business associations and consumer protection are reserved matters.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive , following the Public Petitions Committee debate on 23 January 2009, what plans the Scottish Government has to reduce knife carrying and knife crime, especially among young people.
Answer
The Scottish Government welcomes the discussion that took place during Friday''s debate and will now look carefully at all suggestions made during the event. In the meantime, we remain fully committed to getting knives off our streets and will continue to work with the national Violence Reduction Unit to look for opportunities to support innovative initiatives that will have a positive impact in our communities, such as the CIRV project which will tackle gang violence in the East End of Glasgow, and Medics Against Violence, which will see medics working directly with young people to highlight the dangers of carrying a knife.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it would cost to double track the railway line between Aberdeen and Inverness.
Answer
We do not hold this information. The transport intervention included in the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) announced on 10 December 2008 would provide a new station at Dalcross and new loops and dual tracking of short sections of the Aberdeen to Inverness line. The total estimated cost of this intervention is between £250 to £500 million.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 12 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to upgrade the A82, broken down by specific planned improvement, timescale and costing for each.
Answer
Preliminary work is progressing in taking forward improvement schemes from the A82 Route Action Plan (RAP). This RAP outlined a 10 year improvement plan which includes improvements at Pulpit Rock, as well as a new Western Bypass at Crianlarich. The current programme anticipates that these improvement schemes, which will cost up to £20 million each, will commence in 2010-11. Further details of these schemes, which are included in our current programme of major trunk road and rail infrastructure improvements up until 2012, can be found on the Transport Scotland website at www.transportscotland.gov.uk.
Transport Scotland''s Strategic Transport Projects Review is examining the longer term needs of Scotland''s nationally strategic transport network. This includes consideration of the A82 as part of the transport corridor from Glasgow to Oban/Fort William and the Western Isles.
The STPR will recommend a programme of interventions for the period 2012 to 2022.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 12 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on upgrading the A82 in each of the last five years, broken down by individual completed project.
Answer
The following upgrading projects have been carried out on the A82 since 2003:
| Year | Project | Cost |
| 2006-07 | Loch Lomond Cycleway | £0.5 million |
| 2006-07 | Stoneymollan roundabout | £0.8 million |
| 2006-07 | Lairig Eilde Bridge | £5.75 million |
| 2007-08 | Fort William-Torlundy Community Link | £2 million |
| 2008-09 | Bilingual Signing Programme | £0.4 million |
| 2008-09 | Achnambeithach Bridge (on-going) | £2.5 million est. |
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 12 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) accidents and (b) fatalities have occurred on the A82 in each of the last five years.
Answer
The number of (a) personal injury accidents and (b) fatalities on the A82 in each of the last five full years is as shown in the following table.
A82 Accident Data
| Year | Personal Injury Accidents | Fatal Accidents | Fatal Casualties |
| 2003 | 166 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 155 | 6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 148 | 7 | 9 |
| 2006 | 139 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 159 | 11 | 11 |
The figures quoted may differ slightly from those published elsewhere because they were extracted on a different date and the database may have changed between the two dates, e.g. due to late returns or corrections to earlier returns.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 August 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 3 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what educational programmes and materials it has made available to schools and youth organisations on the dangers of illegal knife carrying.
Answer
The national Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), funded by the Scottish Government, has promoted programmes and materials on the dangers of knife carrying to schools as part of their anti-violence campaign, e.g. the Knife City DVD and It''s Jist for Protection performance by young people. However, it is up to individual schools, youth organisations and local authorities to decide on which resources to use from the wide range of educational programmes and materials available on the dangers of illegal knife carrying, as they are best placed to judge the needs of the children and young people in their communities.
