- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 12 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-11249 and S3W-12807 by Michael Russell on 22 April and 21 May 2007 respectively, what steps were taken by authorities dealing with the application from Aviemore Highland Resort, on learning of the development application from Laurel Grant Ltd, to inform Scottish Government officials and, through them, ministers of any potential conflict between the two applications.
Answer
Determination of the application was at all times an issue solely for the Cairngorms National Park Authority. Any question about the actions taken by the Cairngorms National Park Authority should be directed to its chief executive.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 12 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers who met representatives of Aviemore Highland Resort to discuss the planning application it had put forward to the Cairngorms National Park Authority (a) made a formal declaration of interest or (b) reported their attendance at the meeting to the (i) First Minister, (ii) Permanent Secretary or (iii) Chief Planner and on what precise dates these declarations or reports were made.
Answer
There was no requirement to do so.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the financial contribution from Aberdeen City Council to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project is expected to be.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-2502 on 14 August 2007. 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: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any commitment was given by Ministers in the previous or current administrations to carrying out a full review of the costs of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route prior to the issue of Draft Road orders.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-1348 on 24 July 2007. 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: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether in view of the current financial situation of Aberdeen City Council, ministers consider that the council is still in a position to make its expected contribution to the cost of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project.
Answer
This is a matter for Aberdeen City Council.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the up-to-date cost-benefit ratio would be for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route as a stand-alone project.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-10859 on 27 March 2008. 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: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 9 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-12806 by John Swinney on 16 May 2008, whether it will list the 10 PPP projects that have received approval by the Scottish Government since May 2007.
Answer
The 10 PPP projects that have received approval by the Scottish Government since May 2007 are listed in the following tables:
Table 1: Non Profit Distributing (NPD) projects
| Falkirk Schools (Second Project) |
| Aberdeen City Schools |
Table 2: Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects
| NHS Forth Valley - Clackmannanshire Community Health Services |
| NHS Forth Valley - Forth Valley Acute Hospital |
| NHS Fife - St Andrews Community Hospital and Resource Centre |
| East Dunbartonshire Schools |
| West Lothian Schools (second project) |
| Perth and Kinross Schools |
| Dumfries and Galloway Schools |
| West Dunbartonshire Schools |
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when ministers indicated to FirstGroup plc their willingness to discuss terms on which an extension of the Scotrail franchise might be offered.
Answer
In December 2006 Scottish ministers indicated to Transport Scotland they were content for officials to discuss terms for a franchise extensions with First Group plc.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11769 by Stewart Stevenson on 1 May 2008, what percentage of marginal profit would have been returned to the Scottish Government had the profit of the Scotrail franchise reached 30% per annum at 2007-08 prices under the previous franchise arrangements.
Answer
There was no profit share provision contained within the previous ScotRail franchise arrangements. Therefore no profit would have been returned to the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11771 by Stewart Stevenson on 1 May 2008, whether the supporting evidence and information arising from the “thorough value for money assessment” referred to can be considered confidential now that the contract for the Scotrail franchise extension has been signed, in light of rulings on such exemptions by the Scottish Information Commissioner, and when this information will be made publicly available.
Answer
Requests for information are handled on a case-by-case basis, looking at all the circumstances of each particular case.
The assessment carried out was based on the costing model used by First ScotRail. Given the commercial sensitivity attached to this work and the commercial prejudice likely to arise from its release, it is considered the model and outcomes are commercially confidential. Therefore, the information is not publicly available.
