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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S1W-20739

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Lord Advocate or any department within the Crown Office have been consulted on the proposed Stirling to Alloa Rail link and, if so, on what dates and for what reasons.

Question reference: S1W-19800

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive on what date and by whom it was first informed that Railtrack plc was being considered for administration.

Question reference: S1W-20612

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to paragraph 2.10 of the Appendix to Annex A of Audit Scotland's The new trunk road contracts, whether any projected rise in costs of managing and maintaining the local road network will have any impact on other public services and, if so, whether it will give details of (a) each service affected and (b) any financial impact on each service in each local authority area.

Question reference: S1W-21039

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 27 December 2001

To ask the Presiding Officer, further to the answer to question S1W-19992 by Lewis MacDonald on 11 December 2001, whether any aspects of the trunk road maintenance contracts have been varied or altered since 1 April 2001; if so, what variations have been made; whether the Executive has permitted Amey Highways Ltd and BEAR Scotland Ltd to make direct contact with the media without alteration to their respective contracts, and, if so, who gave authorisation for such direct contact to be made.

There have been a limited number of relatively minor changes to the trunk road maintenance contracts since 1 April 2001. The one alteration to the specification resulted from a requirement of the Scottish Executive to enhance the quality of driver information feeding into its National Driver Information and Control System (NADICS). In respect of the provisions dealing with media contact, revised procedures were agreed in writing between the Executive's Director of Road Network Management and Maintenance Division, BEAR Scotland Ltd and Amey Highways Ltd and were put in place in October 2001.

Question reference: S1W-20871

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether developments reported in The Courier on 6 December 2001 in respect of Bear (Scotland) Ltd and Fife Council will have any impact on delivery of contracted provisions for winter under the trunk roads maintenance contract and what action it has taken to ensure that no disruption will occur.

Question reference: S1W-20870

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 24 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any difficulties exist between BEAR (Scotland) Ltd and Fife Council, when it first became aware of any such difficulties and what action it has undertaken to resolve them.

The Scottish Executive was not aware of any difficulties between BEAR Scotland Ltd and Fife Council until 29 November 2001 when it was advised that Fife Council was withdrawing its sub-contracting operations, including winter operations, for BEAR with effect from 7 December 2001. Executive officials immediately contacted BEAR to identify the measures that required to be implemented in order to address the operations previously undertaken by Fife Council. These measures have been implemented and BEAR are now carrying out all winter and other operations previously sub-contracted to Fife Council.

Question reference: S1W-20194

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the computer systems referred to in Section 4.2 (i), (ii) and (iii) of Schedule 7, Part 2 of the Term Contract for Management and Maintenance of the Scottish Trunk Road Network (a) are compatible with each computer system operated by Amey Highways Ltd and BEAR (Scotland) Ltd across each contract area; (b) are compatible with the Executive's computer system, and (c) received written consent from the Director on the appropriate date, and what the reasons are for the position in each case, all broken down by contract area.

Question reference: S1W-20197

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Section 13, of Schedule 7, Part 2 of the Term Contract for Management and Maintenance of the Scottish Trunk Road Network was complied with in full by Amey Highways Ltd and BEAR (Scotland) Ltd for each contract area; which date each contract area complied with Section 13, and whether any particular aspects remain outstanding, broken down by contract area.

Question reference: S1W-20163

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether sections 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 and 3.1.4, Planning and Reporting Requirements, of Schedule 7, Part 2 of the Term Contract for Management and Maintenance of the Scottish Trunk Road Network were complied with in full by Amey Highways Ltd and BEAR (Scotland) Ltd for each contract area, and, if not, which particular aspects of the contract were not complied with, broken down by contract area.

Question reference: S1W-20196

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what contact Amey Highways Ltd and BEAR (Scotland) Ltd have had with Railtrack Plc as required by Section 11.11 of Schedule 7, Part 2 of the Term Contract for Management and Maintenance of the Scottish Trunk Road Network since 1 April 2001; what date each contact was made, and what reason was given for each contact, all broken down by contract area.