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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: S3W-12433

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what action was taken to pursue any of the recommendations and outstanding work priorities following the winding up of the Rail Passenger Committee (Scotland) in 2005.

Question reference: S3W-12422

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how the work of Passengers’ View Scotland links to the remit of Passenger Focus.

Question reference: S3W-12583

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what subsidy has been provided to (a) Caledonian MacBrayne and (b) NorthLink and its predecessor in each year from 1999-2000 to the latest year for which figures are available.

The tables below list the basic subsidy payments made to Caledonian MacBrayne, CalMac Ferries Ltd, P&O Scottish Ferries Ltd, NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries Ltd and NorthLink Ferries Ltd. The figures do not include capital expenditure.

Table 1 “ Caledonian MacBrayne/CalMac Ferries Ltd “ Payments Made in the Financial Year

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Grant (£ million)	15.000	19.000	20.404	18.900	25.919	25.100	31.400	34.200	40.968

1999-2000

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Grant

(£ million)

15.000

19.000

20.404

18.900

25.919

25.100

31.400

34.200

40.968

Note: CalMac Ferries Ltd took over the contract from Caledonian MacBrayne from 1 October 2007.

Table 2 “ P&O Scottish Ferries Ltd. To September 2002

	1999	2000	2001	2002
Grant (£ million)	11.4	11.5	11.6	11.2
Tariff Rebate (£ million)	.429	.517	.674	1.30

Note: The grant figures relate to payments made in the calendar year. The tariff rebate figures relate to payments made in the financial year.

Table 3 “ NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries Ltd.

	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Grant (£ million)	18.424	29.350	23.195	21.574
Tariff Rebate (£ million)	0.257	2.783	1.703	1.255

Note: The grant figures relate to payments made in the company''s operational year, which is October to September. The contract terminated on 5 July 2006, so the payments for 2005-06 relate to the period October 2005 to June 2006.

Table 4 “ NorthLink Ferries Ltd

	2006-07	2007-08
Grant (£ million)	31.109	21.794

Note: The new contract stared on 6 July 2006. The grant figures relate to the company''s operational year, which is July to June. The figures for 2007-08 relate to payments made between July 2007 and March 2008.

Question reference: S3W-12432

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what role it envisages for Passengers’ View Scotland in monitoring and commenting on the performance of the Scotrail franchise on a regular basis.

Question reference: S3W-12421

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had on a regular basis with Passenger Focus.

Question reference: S3W-12277

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the terms of the performance regime are as agreed in the revised and extended Scotrail franchise.

Question reference: S3W-12584

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what its most up to date estimate is of the total financial support given to (a) Caledonian MacBrayne and (b) NorthLink in 2007-08.

Question reference: S3W-12570

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much transport expenditure there was in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years, also expressed on a per capita basis.

Question reference: S3W-12258

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected subsidy level is for the Scotrail franchise from 2008-09 to 2013-14.

Question reference: S3W-12286

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 May 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the financial advantages to First ScotRail are in revenue terms of the extension of the franchise agreement and what projections there are of expected and target revenue each year between the current financial year and the end of the franchise extension.