- 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 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the amount is of proposed future private investment in the City of Edinburgh Rapid Transit scheme.
Answer
When the application for Transport Challenge Fund support was submitted to the Scottish Office in June 1996, the council envisaged that the private sector contribution would be £28.5 million. The precise amount of private sector investment in any contract agreed is a matter for City of Edinburgh Council.
- 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 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what matching funding has been sought from private investors for the City of Edinburgh Rapid Transit scheme.
Answer
I refer Mr MacAskill to my answer to question S1W-9165.
- 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 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to ensure adequate public transport links to the Waterfront development at Granton.
Answer
This is a matter for the City of Edinburgh Council. The Scottish Executive is represented alongside the City of Edinburgh Council and Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothians on the Edinburgh Waterfront Monitoring Group. This group has identified traffic and transport issues as key aspects of the comprehensive area redevelopment proposals.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to promote the opening of a railway station at Edinburgh Park and what funding it will make available to facilitate this.
Answer
The Edinburgh Park railway station is an integral part of the City of Edinburgh Rapid Transport (CERT) project which is entirely a matter for the City of Edinburgh Council. The Scottish Executive is making available from the previous Transport Challenge Fund competition additional capital allocations totalling £15 million to assist the council with this project.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 1 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much increased funding will be made available for transport in Scotland under the comprehensive spending review and when will this be available.
Answer
I refer Mr MacAskill to answer given to S1W-9019.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 1 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support improved rail access from Lanarkshire to Edinburgh.
Answer
Under the provisions made in the UK Transport Bill, introduced on 1 December 1999, the Scottish Ministers will be able to issue directions and guidance to the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) for passenger rail services that begin and end in Scotland (effectively the ScotRail franchise). Since the Bill has not completed its passage through Parliament at Westminster, the Scottish Ministers are not yet able to exercise these powers.
We will, however, shortly be consulting on strategic priorities for Scotland's railways as part of the process of developing these directions and guidance to the SRA. During this process we will give consideration to a wide range of issues, including proposals for improved rail access from Lanarkshire to Edinburgh.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 1 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for park and ride railway stations on the M8.
Answer
I refer Mr MacAskill to my answer to question S1W-5369 on 13 April.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 31 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public liquid petroleum gas outlets there are in each local authority area.
Answer
The information is not held by the Scottish Executive. The Liquid Petroleum Gas Association website (
http://www.lpga.co.uk/) lists known sites of Automotive liquid petroleum gas fuelling points in the UK.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 31 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost of grants for the conversion of motor vehicles to liquid petroleum gas was in each year since 1997.
Answer
The annual value of the Energy Saving Trust's Powershift grants for the conversion of motor vehicles to alternative fuels in Scotland since 1997 is:
| Year | Amount (£) |
| 1997 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7,000 |
| 1999 | 290,336 |
| 2000 | 97,000 |
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 31 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) applications were received and (b) grants were made for conversion of motor vehicles to liquid petroleum gas in each year since 1997.
Answer
The Energy Saving Trust's Powershift programme has processed the following Scottish applications and claims since 1997:
| | Applications received | Number of grants |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 40 | 31 |
| 2000 | 91 | 62 |
The difference between applications received and the number of grants is primarily because of applications failing to meet the criteria or being withdrawn.
