- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional finance it will make available to local authorities in order to meet any redundancy or other associated costs in the event that any local authorities lose contracts for management and maintenance of trunk roads and the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 do not apply.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not intend to make finance available to local authorities or private sector contractors to cover redundancy costs should they be unsuccessful in securing new contracts.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 14 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the maximum number of public sector jobs which could be lost as a consequence of the current tendering process relating to the management and maintenance of trunk roads.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not have such an estimate. The numbers of workers employed on the existing contracts for at least 40% of their time which have been disclosed by the existing contractors and councils is 1,272 public sector employees and 74 private sector employees.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has plans to conduct a survey of non-trunk roads similar to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions' National Road Maintenance Survey.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-9398.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when the last survey on non-trunk roads was carried out and whether it will publish it or place a copy in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not carried out such a survey and has no plans to do so. A survey was carried out and the results published in August 1997 by the Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland. I understand that the Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland is currently carrying out a consultation exercise with local authorities to update the position on the condition of local roads.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 13 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive Scottish Executive what the estimated number is of major events or VIP or royal visits anticipated to the City of Edinburgh for the year from July 2000.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is responsible for only a small proportion of the major events and VIP and Royal visits to Edinburgh each year and is therefore not in a position to provide the information sought.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a regulator will be appointed to supervise the franchise or franchises following the tendering of Caledonian MacBrayne routes and, if so, who would appoint and fund the regulator and to whom the regulator would be accountable.
Answer
No decisions have yet been taken. The Executive has made representations to the European Commission in light of my statement to Parliament and is currently considering the way forward in relation to tendering the Calmac services, including the question of regulation, in the light of responses to the consultation document Delivering Lifeline Ferry Services. I will announce decisions in due course.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what fuel costs have been incurred by each water authority annually since 1997.
Answer
I have asked each authority to provide information on their fuel costs, and their responses are detailed below:
| West of Scotland Water Authority |
| | 1997-98 £ million | 1998-99 £ million | 1999-2000 £ million |
Electricity, Gas and other heating fuels | 6.60 | 7.03 | 6.48 |
| Other (mainly vehicle fuel) | 1.75 | 1.97 | 2.38 |
Total | 8.35 | 9.00 | 8.86 |
| East of Scotland Water Authority |
| | 1997-98 £ million | 1998-99 £ million | 1999-2000 £ million |
Electricity, Gas and other heating fuels | 6.91 | 6.68 | 7.08 |
| Other (mainly vehicle fuel) ** | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 |
Total | 8.31 | 8.08 | 8.48 |
** EOSWA Vehicle fuel : Best available estimate - figures not held centrally
| North of Scotland Water Authority |
| | 1997-98 £ million | 1998-99 £ million | 1999-2000 £ million |
Electricity, Gas and other heating fuels | 5.05 | 5.01 | 4.86 |
| Other (mainly vehicle fuel) | 1.30 | 1.47 | 1.74 |
Total | 6.35 | 6.48 | 6.60 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what are the fuel costs, broken down by mode of transport, for CalMac on an annual basis since 1997.
Answer
This is a matter for Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 13 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the operation of the Renfrew Ferry requires to go out to tender following European Commission directives regarding state aid to ferry services and, if this is not a requirement, why it is not.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has asked relevant local authorities for details of their current ferry services. This information will be taken into consideration in forming a judgement on whether services, including the Renfrew Ferry, need to be tendered.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the actual or estimated cost to Lothian and Borders Police of providing officers at Sheriff Courts within Lothian and Borders for safety and security has been on an annual basis since 1997.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. The provision of officers at Sheriff Courts is an operational matter. It is therefore chief constables who decide on the level of resources to allocate.
