- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make available the report of the public local inquiry into proposals to upgrade the A80 prepared by the Scottish Executive Inquiry Reporters Unit in advance of it making a decision and, if not, whether it will consider making it available to those who gave evidence to the reporter.
Answer
The reporter’s report willnot be made available until such times as a decision has been reached byScottish ministers.
When Scottish ministers havereached their decision, it will be made public by sending copies of the reportand the decision letter to objectors. Additionally, the report and the decisionletter will be placed on the Executive’s website.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-23873 and S2W-23874 by Tavish Scott on 15 March 2006, whether it considers it to be desirable that new train stations at Abronhill and Mossend are developed.
Answer
Transport Scotlandwill consider the case for the provision of new stations at Abronhill and atMossend if a suitable case for either is presented for consideration by theRegional Transport Partnership concerned.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23924 by Tavish Scott on 16 March 2006, what services it envisages will use a new Allandale railway station.
Answer
The proposed services fromAllandale station in the Central Scotland Transport Corridor Study wouldcomprise four trains per hour to Glasgow Queen Street via Cumbernauld, two ofwhich would start from Allandale and two come through from Falkirk Grahamston.In addition, if the proposed Motherwell to Stirling service is introduced,these services would also call at Allandale.
These services are allsubject to further evaluation and alternative service options may beconsidered.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23858 by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006, whether this answer indicates that (a) the Executive provided no funding or (b) no other public funding was used to finance the construction of the millennium bridge.
Answer
The Scottish Executiveprovided no direct funding. The bridge was part of British Waterway’sMillennium Link project which was funded by the following organisations - theMillennium Commission, Scottish Enterprise, British Waterways, StrathclydeEuropean Partnership, Eastern Scotland European Fund, Glasgow City Council,City of Edinburgh Council, North Lanarkshire Council, West Lothian Council,Falkirk Council, East Dunbartonshire Council and West Dunbartonshire Council. Thefunding totalled £84.5 million which British Waterways utilised for all thespecific projects comprising the Millennium Link.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23875 by Tavish Scott on 15 March 2006, what benefits it considers may be derived from a new Ravenscraig railway station.
Answer
The case for a new stationat Ravenscraig is being developed by the local authorities and a private sectordeveloper in partnership. The basis for the proposal is that the commercial andretail development in Ravenscraig will serve a wide catchment area requiringgood access, and that a station site in Ravenscraig will provide a goodopportunity for bus-rail integration. However, a detailed evaluation has notyet been submitted for my consideration.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23921 by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006, in what way this answer explains the Executive’s rationale for preferring to upgrade the A80 on its on-line route to full motorway status rather than constructing the M80 through the identified Kelvin Valley route and whether it will now outline that rationale.
Answer
The choice of an on-lineroute was fully discussed at the Public Local Inquiry held in October 2005 whereofficials were able to answer specific questions on this issue. As the reportis currently being considered, it would be inappropriate for me to commentfurther at this stage.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23856 by Tavish Scott on 20 March 2006, what the combined cost would be of the Executive’s estimated cost of its planned on-line upgrade of the A80 plus the cost of the Auchenkilns interchange project and the cost of the millennium bridge.
Answer
The estimated cost ofconstructing the on line route is between £127 and £146 million. The cost of the Auchenkilns Junction was £25 million. The cost of the Millennium Bridge was£2.44 million.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23875 by Tavish Scott on 15 March 2006, what services it envisages will use a new Ravenscraig railway station.
Answer
The proposed station atRavenscraig is being developed by the Ravenscraig Partnership. We await theirdetailed evaluation of the service options.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 19 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce the outcome of its review into the council tax anomaly which has affected the residents of Abbeyfield Homes and similar establishments.
Answer
We are continuing to considerthe way forward and will make an announcement in due course.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 April 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will identify and publish all the reports that it or the Lord Advocate have commissioned in the last 10 years in respect of the veracity or reliability of fingerprint identifications provided by the Scottish Criminal Record Office.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-23155 on 20 March 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.In relation to reports publishedby the Lord Advocate, I have asked the Lord Advocate Colin Boyd QC to respond. Hisresponse is as follows:
I do not hold a central recordof reports commissioned in response to challenges to fingerprint evidence.
