- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive who will be responsible for funding any remedial works on the Forth Bridge in addition to normal care and maintenance.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1O-6078 on 12 December 2002, which is available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/search.htm.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated administrative and related costs are of re-letting the passenger rail franchise.
Answer
In the period running from the beginning of the process until the date that the reletting is completed in 2004, costs are likely to have been incurred directly and indirectly by a range of parties, including the Scottish Executive, Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive and Authority, the Strategic Rail Authority, each bidding company, and UK bodies. Commercial costs are not available and an estimate of the total administrative and related costs likely to be accrued by other parties could only be made at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 17 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has regarding studies being carried out into the care and maintenance of the Forth Bridge and who commissioned, and is paying, for any such studies.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1O-6078 on 12 December 2002, which is available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/search.htm.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 7 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of competition rules relating to possible passenger rail franchises and, in particular, whether there have been any developments relating to FirstGroup and, if so, what these developments have been.
Answer
Competition is reserved, and the assessment of competition rules as they may apply to potential franchisees is not a matter for the Scottish Executive. The Strategic Rail Authority will address how competition issues are handled within the franchise re-letting process. The short list of bidders to be invited to tender for the franchise has not yet been announced.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 3 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much public subsidy the rail infrastructure operator received for Scotland in 2001-02.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will fund or support an action for judicial review against the Strategic Rail Authority in relation to its recent announcements on cuts in expenditure; if so, to what extent; which aspects of the decisions will be reviewed, and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 24 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff have been employed by VisitScotland and what the staff costs have been in each year since 1999, broken down by department and salary band.
Answer
This is an operational matter for VisitScotland.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 24 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff (a) were recruited by and (b) left VisitScotland in each month since June 2002, broken down by department and salary band.
Answer
This is an operational matter for VisitScotland.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisation is, or will be, implementing the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 with regard to the provision of rail infrastructure; what funding has been allocated towards the cost of implementing such requirements; what action it plans to take on the matter, and what the timescale for any such action is.
Answer
The implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 with regard to the provision of railway infrastructure is the responsibility of the Department of Transport.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what effect the recent announcements by the Strategic Rail Authority will have on the service provided currently, and due to be provided in the future, on the East Coast Main Line.
Answer
Current and future proposals, which the Strategic Rail Authority has for the East Coast Main Line, in common with those it has for the rest of the UK railway network, are laid out in its Strategic Plan, published in January.
