- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration is being given to improving public transport access to the Golden Jubilee National Hospital from (a) within and (b) outwith greater Glasgow.
Answer
The provision oflocal bus services is a matter for operators and local transport authorities. Thelevel of First ScotRail train services is specified in the ScotRail Franchise.
The NationalWaiting Times Centre Board – the special health board which runs the Golden Jubilee National Hospital – is working closely with localauthorities, transport providers and other key stakeholders to ensure that patients,staff and visitors can easily access hospital services. This includes aStrathclyde Partnership for Transport questionnaire to develop future travelplans.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers will set objectives for the Glasgow city-region strategic development planning authority and, if so, what objective they intend to set and, if not, what kinds of objectives ministers believe should be set by those responsible.
Answer
Under thePlanning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006, Strategic Development PlanningAuthorities (SDPAs) will be required to prepare a strategic development planfor their areas. It will be for each SDPA to set its objectives for deliveringthis requirement. The Scottish government is, however, keen to engage withSDPAs at an early stage in the plan preparation process to discuss theimplications of national planning policy and advice for each area.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-95 by Stewart Stevenson on 1 June 2007, whether it plans to make any modification to SPP1 (Scottish Planning Policy 1: The Planning System).
Answer
SPP1 will be reviewedto reflect the changes to the current planning system and support the introductionof the reformed system. The reformed system should come into force in 2008. Therevised SPP1 will also set out the government’s aspirations for the planning system.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-94 by Stewart Stevenson on 30 May 2007, what additional information can be provided about its plans to increase compliance with building standards.
Answer
I have asked Dr.Paul Stollard, Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency, toanswer. His response is as follows:
It has beenagreed to establish a Building Standards Advisory Committee working group toconsider issues relating to compliance with building standards.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional passengers used the 10 airports operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd in the first year of operation of the Air Discount Scheme.
Answer
In the period May2005 to April 2006, a total of 1,168,021 passengers used Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd’s 10 airports. In the AirDiscount Scheme’s first year of operation, May 2006 to April 2007, this figurehad risen to 1,239,938, an increase of 6%.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the increase in transport spending was in 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 relative to the 2004-05 budget and what proportion of this additional expenditure in each year was for construction costs of major transport projects.
Answer
The spendingplans for financial years 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 were determined as aresult of the last Spending Review SSR04 and the spending plans for thesefinancial years were published in
Building A Better Scotland: Spending Proposals 2005-08 – Enterprise, Opportunity, Fairness.Detailed spendingplans for each Portfolio were published in The Scottish Executive DraftBudget 2005-06 (published 15 October 2004).
As a result of the last Spending Review SSR04, transport spending increased from £883 millionin 2004-05 to £1.3 billion by 2007-08.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-97 by Stewart Stevenson on 1 June 2007, what objectives it wishes Scottish Water to deliver in relation to improved trade waste disposal.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-3150 on 4 September 2007. All answers on 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: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what Scottish Water’s annual energy bill is and what plans are in place to reduce its energy consumption.
Answer
As this is anoperational matter for Scottish Water, I have asked the chief executive toreply to your enquiry directly.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost would be of action “to remove the barriers which impede investment in water and sewerage infrastructure where this is necessary”, as referred to in the SNP’s 2007 manifesto, and how this will be funded.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-2585 on 22 August 2007. All answers to parliamentary quesations areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound 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: Friday, 10 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-97 by Stewart Stevenson on 1 June 2007, what objectives it wishes Scottish Water to deliver in relation to improved delivery of drinking water.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-3150 on 4 September 2007. All answers on 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.
