- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 13 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the costs incurred by Caledonian MacBrayne in bidding for the Northern Isles ferry services contract were financed from its annual subsidy from the Executive.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-18866 on 23 September 2005. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 13 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Northern Isles ferry routes will be operated autonomously from the rest of the Caledonian MacBrayne network or whether certain functions will be integrated with its existing operations.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-26281 on 13 June 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Communities Minister last met EAGA Partnership Ltd and what matters were discussed.
Answer
I last met with Eaga Partnershiprepresentatives in October 2004 when issues relating to the central heating andwarm deal programmes were discussed.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 7 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the budget for repairs to central heating systems will be under the free central heating programme in each of the next three years.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster,Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:
£86 million has been set asideto fund the central heating programme this year and next. At this stage it is notpossible to estimate the funding that will be required for repairs as this willdepend on individual decisions about the condition of existing central heating systems.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether an additional track access charge will be levied on freight operators using the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line.
Answer
Transport Scotland and theOffice of Rail Regulation (ORR) are discussing the introduction of track accesscharges for freight operators using the Alloa-Kincardine section of the newrail line. Current charges are based on the network assessment at October 2001.The new route represents an addition to the network. The intention is that thecharge set by ORR should reflect both the public benefits of freeing upcapacity for passenger services and the private benefits in reduced costs tothe energy supply chain. We anticipate that both public and private sectorswill be financially better off once the new rail line is open and in use.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area and can be contacted for moreinformation, if required.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 5 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding it will provide to local authorities which have to deal with large numbers of marches.
Answer
We have been working very positivelywith local government representatives, march organisers and the police on allaspects of marching and parading. Changes being made in the Police, PublicOrder and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill 2006 will modernise the way in which localauthorities deal with marches and parades to ensure the communities they serveare better informed about these events. Much of this new guidance is simplygood practice and should therefore not present any additional burden to localauthorities. We will continue to discuss with COSLA whether additional fundingwill be required.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 1 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether elastomer injection techniques have been trialled by Scottish Water to stop leakage from water supplies.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for Scottish Water. I have asked the Chief Executive to write to youwith his response.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 11 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to re-brand Strathclyde Partnership for Transport rolling stock.
Answer
There is no Strathclyde Partnershipfor Transport rolling stock. All rolling stock used in the delivery of ScotRailservices is leased by First ScotRail. The Executive is currently looking at theappropriate brand in the medium and longer term for ScotRail and this will includea review of the branding of rolling stock in SPT or former Strathclyde PassengerTransport Executive livery.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 11 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-24394 by Tavish Scott on 29 March 2006, stating “The West of Scotland Regional Transport Partnership (RTP) will continue to have a planning role in its obligations to create a multi-modal regional transport strategy. In addition the RTP will have a role in promoting rail projects and in the development of service improvement proposals” and in light of the statement on the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport website that “SPT’s rail functions have already been transferred to Transport Scotland”, whether it will confirm that it is no longer the case that the RTP “will continue to manage, develop and monitor rail services in its area” as stated by Nicol Stephen in answer to question S2W-12526 on 20 December 2004.
Answer
Transport Scotland is nowresponsible for managing the delivery of passenger rail services across the wholeof Scotland including the West of Scotland Regional Partnership area.The failure to reach an agreement with SPT in respect of their continued role inrail, with the subsequent transfer of specialist rail staff to Transport Scotland.
- Asked by: Mr David Davidson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 11 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has greater responsibilities for rail than other mainland regional transport partnerships and, if so, what those additional responsibilities are.
Answer
The role of Strathclyde Partnershipfor Transport in relation to rail is the same as the role of other regional transportpartnerships in Scotland. The significant responsibilities for rail project promotionand delivery that rested with Strathclyde Passenger Transport prior to 1 April 2006 transferredto Strathclyde Partnership for Transport on that date. These responsibilities areof a greater scale than those of other regional transport partnerships.
