- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21283 by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005, whether it considers that an on-line upgrade of the A80 to full motorway status provides more room for the construction of a hard shoulder than would be provided by routing the M80 through the identified Kelvin Valley Route.
Answer
Due to physical restrictions there would be a number of short lengths where an on line route would not have hard shoulders. A design for a Kelvin Valley Route has not been developed to the same level of detail but I would not expect restrictions.
Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether SQW Economic Development Consultants offset the cost of negative coverage of Scotland against their estimate of the cost of positive coverage of Scotland in relation to Gleneagles hosting the 2005 G8 Summit, which they translated into an advertising equivalent value of £66.4 million between 2 and 11 July 2005 and £618 million in the wider six-month period in the lead up to the summit, as set out in their report, Economic Impact of Hosting the 2005 G8 Summit at Gleneagles.
Answer
The industry standard methodology was employed independently by TNS Media Intelligence. First, the coverage was evaluated to give the total advertising value equivalent. Second, the tone was assessed to give an indication of positive, negative and neutral coverage.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to it was of commissioning SQW Economic Development Consultants to investigate the economic impact of hosting the 2005 G8 summit at Gleneagles.
Answer
The cost of commissioning the investigation of the economic impact of hosting the 2005 G8 Summit as contracted through the Scottish Executive was £70,866 including VAT. The cost was shared by the Executive and Scottish Enterprise. The Scottish Executive share was £38,294.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the detailed methodology used by SQW Economic Development Consultants was in their investigation of the economic impact of hosting the 2005 G8 summit at Gleneagles by which they measured the advertising value equivalent of the “unprecedented media coverage” of Scotland between 2 and 11 July 2005 as a result of the G8 summit as being worth £66.4 million.
Answer
The methodology for media evaluation is described in annex C of the report which can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/12/G8Econ. The industry standard methodology was used for calculating the advertising value equivalents of media coverage. The analysis was conducted independently by TNS Media Intelligence.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the terms of reference for the report prepared for it by SQW Economic Development Consultants into the economic impact of hosting the 2005 G8 summit at Gleneagles included a requirement to analyse the cost to businesses of repairing the damage to private property as a result of protests at the presence of the summit.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S2W-21828, answered on 24 January 2006. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how SQW Economic Development Consultants measured coverage of Scotland as a result of the 2005 G8 summit being held in Gleneagles as being either neutral, positive or negative in tone, as set out in the report, Economic Impact of Hosting the 2005 G8 Summit at Gleneagles.
Answer
Page 67 in the report appendices outlines how coverage was analysed. These can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/12/G8Econ.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the effect would be of the 2005 G8 Summit being held in Gleneagles in terms of the expenditure accrued by it, as opposed to the revenue accrued to the Scottish economy by the summit, if the revenue raised by the Make Poverty History march and Live 8 event were not included in the estimate made by SQW Economic Development Consultants in their report, Economic Impact of Hosting the 2005 G8 Summit at Gleneagles.
Answer
Additional expenditure generated by visitors attending the Make Poverty History and Live 8 events is shown on page 15 of the report appendices, while the breakdown of short-term benefits is presented in table 1 on page iii of the main report. The report and appendices can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/12/G8Econ.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21289 by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005, whether it will provide details of the integral demand management measures that might be deployed on the route of the M80 on-line upgrade.
Answer
Integral demand management measures will be introduced to address specific traffic problems should they occur. Broadly speaking they could take the form of ramp metering or restrictions to the types of vehicles to control entry flows, or mainline metering to control flows on the motorway itself. Priority could be given to high occupancy and heavy goods vehicles. This issue was addressed at the Public Local Inquiry (PLI) held in October 2005. The Reporter is expected to make his recommendations to ministers in the spring of 2006. After considering the PLI Report Ministers will make a decision on the progression of the scheme.
Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area, and can be contacted for more information if required.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how SQW Economic Development Consultants estimated that 37% of those taking part in the Make Poverty History march and 39% of those attending the Live 8 event were from outside Scotland, as set out in their report, Economic Impact of Hosting the 2005 G8 Summit at Gleneagles.
Answer
A detailed description of the methodologies used in surveying those involved at the Make Poverty History March and the Live 8 event is set out in annex B of the report which can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/12/G8Econ.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what its opinion is of the claims by Swiss Senator, Dick Marty, in his report presented to the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee of the Council of Europe, that the allegations that the CIA has abducted and illegally transported terror suspects across European borders are credible in relation to the allegations that US agencies have used Scottish airports as refuelling stops for flights in which it is alleged that suspected terrorists are being carried to countries where the practice of torture is used for the purposes of interrogation.
Answer
The Scottish Executive will contribute as required to any UK response to Senator Martys report, once the report is published in full.
