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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: S4W-17705

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what compensation it paid for plots of land bought for the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project, and to whom.

Question reference: S4W-17708

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the process is for the selling of land purchased for the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project.

Question reference: S4W-17707

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project.

The Scottish Government has provided Transport Initiative Edinburgh (tie) with circa £28 million of funding to support costs that it incurred on the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL) project which is broken down as follows:

Cost Heading	Cost
Parliamentary and feasibility costs (from Financial year 03-04 to FY 06-07)	£9.84m
Preparatory and Site Investigation works (from FY 05-06 to FY 07-08)	£3.92m
Design works (includes environmental, safety and stakeholder) (from FY 05-06 to FY 07-08)	£9.63m
Tie project management costs (includes legal & land assembly packages) (from FY 03-04 to FY 07-08)	£4.43m
EARL Authorised Undertaker costs (after FY 09-10)	£0.14m
Sub total	£27.96m

Question reference: S4W-17709

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what land that it purchased for the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project has been sold, and who authorised each sale.

Question reference: S4W-17698

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17215 by Keith Brown on 30 September 2013, who authorised the decision to sell (a) Plot 93 to AKV Vehicle Rentals, (b) Plots 94,96 and 96a to Kenyart Ltd, (c) Plot 97 to J&M Taylor (Holdings) Ltd, (d) Plots 101,102,103,107a and 108 to SPG Properties Limited and (e) Plots 114,117,119a and 119c to MTS Properties at the price given.

Question reference: S4W-17703

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what plots of land it bought for the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project; who it bought these from, and how much each cost.

The Scottish Government did not purchase any land for EARL.

Transport Initiative Edinburgh (tie) are the Authorised Undertaker for the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL) project and it had the compulsory purchase powers to obtain land required for EARL.

Two properties were purchased by tie for EARL, namely:

Wheatlands, Kirkliston, West Lothian, EH29 9EW. Agreement to purchase January 2007 from Mr Peter McGowan for the sum of £550k.

This property currently has a sitting tenant.

Myreside, Beatlie Road, Winchburgh, Broxburn, EH52 6QS. Agreement to purchase October 2006 from Mr and Mrs William Pollock for the sum of £450k.

This property was destroyed by fire in 2010.

Tie retain the title deeds to both properties and continue to manage the maintenance, insurance and rental issues.

It is intended, once tie have completed its obligations as Authorised Undertaker and formally terminated all agreements and third party agreements, that the title deeds for both properties would transfer to Transport Scotland.

On completion of the transfer both properties would be sold fully adhering to the rules and regulations outlined within Critchel Downs regulations and the Scottish Government “Scottish Public Finance Manual” (SPFM) regulations.

Question reference: S4O-02516

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much trade Scotland's farmers have with the rest of the UK and with the rest of the world.

Question reference: S4W-17217

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government for how much the land at 57 Clark Street in Paisley was sold.

Question reference: S4W-17214

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government which of the original owners bought back the land that it had acquired for the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project under compulsory purchase order or the threat of compulsion.

Question reference: S4W-17218

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it decided to sell the land at 57 Clark Street in Paisley at auction.