- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, when options were prepared in 2004 for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, what the relative costs were of the (a) Murtle, (b) Pitfodels, (c) Miltimber Brae, (d) Peterculter/Charleston and (e) Peterculter/Stonehaven routes.
Answer
(a) £210 million to£280 million
(b) £245 million to£335 million
(c) £265 million to£365 million
(d) £270 million to£370 million
(e) £295 million to£405 million.
All costs are predictedout-turn costs at time of completion of each option.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2526 by Stewart Maxwell on 14 August 2007, what legislative or administrative proposals it is considering in relation to promoting the successful and sustainable transformation of communities across Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentwill be bringing forward proposals for the successful and sustainable transformationof communities in the context of the spending review. We will make announcementsin due course.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2526 by Stewart Maxwell on 14 August 2007, how it will create the right environment for private and public investment.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3318 on 3 September 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor 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: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2526 by Stewart Maxwell on 14 August 2007, how it will devolve power to the local level.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3318 on 3 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon 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: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2526 by Stewart Maxwell on 14 August 2007, how it will target action in the most disadvantaged communities.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3318 on 3 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon 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, 02 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate has been made of the anticipated impact on tender prices for major transport projects of (a) slippage and (b) limited competition resulting from the coincidence of tendering and construction start dates.
Answer
Estimates for projectsare based on the latest available information. We continue to monitor estimatesin the light of prevailing tender prices for construction contracts.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, when options were prepared in 2004 for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, what the relative cost-benefit ratios were of the (a) Murtle, (b) Pitfodels, (c) Miltimber Brae, (d) Peterculter/Charleston and (e) Peterculter/Stonehaven routes.
Answer
(a) 1:4.6
(b) 1:4.7
(c) 1:3.8
(d) 1:3.4
(e) 1:3.2.
- 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 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-92 by Stewart Stevenson on 1 June 2007, what actions it plans to take to maintain and enhance the quality of the natural heritage and built environment.
Answer
As indicated inmy earlier answer to question S3W-00092, answered on 1 June 2007 the planning system is being modernised to make itfit for purpose to achieve its objectives which include – maintaining andenhancing the quality of the natural and built environment.
National planningguidance on the natural and built environment is currently being revised. SPP14 Natural Heritage and SPP 23 Planning and the Historic Environmentrespectively will review and revise guidance on how the Government’s policiesfor the conservation and enhancement of Scotland’s natural and built heritage should be reflected in land use planning. Wewill be consulting on both documents.
All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website thesearch 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, 09 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in the context of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth’s statement on the objectives of the Audit Scotland review when he said “My priority is to protect the Scottish taxpayer and ensure that any major transport project is value for money, delivering real benefit to the travelling public and the Scottish economy. I want to be absolutely sure about the calculation of the costs involved in these projects, and the assessment of risk involved, before they progress any further”, he is now absolutely sure about the calculation of the costs and assessment of risk involved in the M80 Stepps to Haggs project.
Answer
The current cost estimateis in the range £130 million to £150 million, based on the risks as currently identified,but we will continue to monitor both in light of prevailing tender prices for roadscontracts. The tender process is under way and the absolute costs will not be knownuntil tenders have been returned and the contract completed.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in the context of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth’s statement of 6 June 2007 on the objectives of the Audit Scotland review when he said “My priority is to protect the Scottish taxpayer and ensure that any major transport project is value for money, delivering real benefit to the travelling public and the Scottish economy. I want to be absolutely sure about the calculation of the costs involved in these projects, and the assessment of risk involved, before they progress any further”, he is now absolutely sure about the calculation of the costs and assessment of risk involved in the Waverley rail line.
Answer
As I announced inmy statement to Parliament on 26 June 2007, Transport Scotland is continuing a due-diligencereview of the Borders railway project as it prepares to take on the role of AuthorisedUndertaker for the railway, a role that it is preparing for at the behest of theprevious administration. This exercise will better inform me of what the costs and risks involved in the Borders railline are likely to be.
