- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on bringing the legislation governing the changing of bus timetables into line with that for companies operating rail services.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no plans at this time to amend the regulations governing changes to bus timetables.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing mandatory statutory consultation and limit changes to once every six months for proposed bus timetable changes.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no plans at this time to amend the regulations governing changes to bus timetables.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the difference between the rules for rail companies wishing to change their train timetables and those for bus operators wishing to change their timetables.
Answer
Buses and trains work in very different operating environments. We believe that the current legislation governing changes to bus timetables as administered by the Traffic Commissioner strikes the right balance between maintaining a stable network and allowing operators to adjust services to meet commercial needs. The legislation governing rail timetable changes is necessarily less flexible given the limited capacity of the infrastructure and the number of train operators.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to reform the regulations governing proposed changes to bus timetables by bus operators or transport companies.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no plans at this time to amend the regulations governing changes to bus timetables.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 26 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support it has given the advocacy support group, Independent Special Education Advice.
Answer
The Scottish Government has awarded Independent Special Education Advice grant funding totalling £172,500 for the period August 2008 to June 2010.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 26 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make a decision on whether to continue funding Independent Special Education Advice beyond March 2010.
Answer
Independent Special Education Advice were informed on 15 January 2010 that Scottish ministers have agreed to continue funding them in the short term for the period April to June 2010 while proposals for the new advocacy service to support parents and young people in Tribunal proceedings under the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 are being developed.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive which of the fingerprint bureaux are planning to move to Gartcosh.
Answer
The fingerprint bureau contained within the Forensic Science Service (Glasgow) is planned to move to the Gartcosh Crime Campus. There are no plans for any of the other fingerprint bureaux in Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh to move to the Crime Campus.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans for the fingerprint bureau that is part of the forensic services based in Edinburgh to move to the new Scottish Crime Campus in Gartcosh and, if so, when.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30716 on 26 January 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 26 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact of the reduction in the budget for initial teacher education will be on the number of places at the University of the West of Scotland School of Education.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30776 on 26 January 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Ken Macintosh, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 26 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact of the reduction in the budget for initial teacher education will be on the number of places at the University of Glasgow Faculty of Education.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-30776 on 26 January 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
