- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the operating costs of the Erskine Bridge were in each of the last three years.
Answer
The information requested isdetailed in the Erskine Bridge Accounts 2000-2001, 2001-02 and 2002-03, copiesof which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre, Bib. numbers24147, 25778 and 30370 respectively.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much, and what percentage, of money collected from tolls on the Erskine Bridge was diverted to matters not directly concerned with the management of the bridge in each of the last three years.
Answer
Receipts from tollscollected at Erskine Bridge, along with expenditure related to the bridges, areincluded in the Executive’s main transport programme. Latest expenditure isdetailed in the Erskine Bridge accounts 2002-03 a copy of which is available inthe Parliament’s Reference Centre, Bib. number 30370.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what long-term expenditure is projected for maintenance of the Erskine Bridge.
Answer
A £4 million strengtheningand upgrading programme commenced in 2002 and is expected to be completed in2005. In addition to routine maintenance works, long term expenditure plans areset in the light of regular inspections of the bridge. Such work is likely toinclude repainting, resurfacing and structural works but it is not currentlypossible to estimate the timing or costs of such works.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of collecting the Erskine Bridge tolls was in each of the last three years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-5883 on 12 February 2004. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive which companies received payments for the provision of services in relation to the Erskine Bridge in each of the last three years.
Answer
The information requested isas follows:
Alliance & Leicester Building Society
Amey Highways
APCOA Parking (UK) Ltd
Astron
Audit Scotland
C Spencer Ltd
Data Controls
David Smith (Fabricators)Ltd
Fibaform
Fortoak
Parkburn Engineering
Post Office
The Stationery Office
In addition, payments weremade in 2000-01 to Clyde Local Authority Consortium.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies have been undertaken to examine the impact of the elimination of Erskine Bridge tolls on congestion on other Clyde crossings.
Answer
The Executive has notconducted any studies into the potential impact of removing tolls at Erskine.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it estimates that total expenditure on maintenance of the Erskine Bridge will total more that #1.1 billion over the next 90 years.
Answer
The need for maintenance isidentified from inspections. This enables maintenance to be planned on arational basis. Most major maintenance does not follow a fixed cycle and it is thereforenot possible to predict accurately the maintenance costs over a 90 year period.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs are payable annually to APCOA Parking (UK) Ltd for the collection of tolls at the Erskine Bridge and what percentage of tolls collected is received by the company as a fee.
Answer
Costs vary year on yearunder the terms of the toll collection contract. Costs in the current year willbe £555,594 excluding VAT. These costs represent an agreed management fee undercontract and are not calculated as a percentage of tolls collected.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 20 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it still expects the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care to become self-financing through registration fees from 2004-05.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-4976 on 20 January 2004.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/search_wa
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 20 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what submissions it has received from local authorities, voluntary sector providers and private sector providers regarding the implications of the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care being expected to become self-financing through registration fees from 2004-05.
Answer
In recognitionof the potential difficulties in moving to full cost recovery fee levels in2004-05 for service providers, ministers have reviewed the full cost recoverypolicy. While we still wish to deliver the original policy intention, we havenow proposed that the move to full cost recovery is staged over the next threeyears, rather than being introduced in one step in 2004-05. Aconsultation paper was issued on 15 December seeking the views of interestedparties including local authorities, voluntary and private sector providers by6 February.
