- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 23 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what reduction there has been in car use, in particular single occupancy car journeys by commuting, by its staff since its Travel Plan was introduced in December 2007.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s Travel Plan seeks to reduce single occupancy car levels by commuting staff by 5% by 2009. It also seeks to increase the share of sustainable travel methods for commuting to work by 10% by 2009.
A staff travel survey will be carried out in 2009 to establish progress against these targets.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 23 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to expand salary sacrifice schemes for sustainable travel.
Answer
The Scottish Government Travel Plan contains a commitment to introduce a salary sacrifice scheme for bike purchase and we will commission a tender process during this financial year.
We will continue to promote our interest free loan arrangements for those choosing to commute by bus or rail.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when ministers will make a decision on the results of the strategic transport projects review.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14241 on 2 July 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the findings and recommendations of the strategic transport projects review will be made publicly available.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14241 on 2 July 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the findings and recommendations of the strategic transport projects review will be reported to ministers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-14241 on 2 July 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the review of the national concessionary travel scheme will examine ways to increase the uptake of the young persons’ concessionary fares scheme.
Answer
No. The review will concentrate on the scheme for older and disabled people.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make a ministerial statement to the Parliament on planned government investment in Scotland's national transport network from 2012 to 2122.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S3W-14241, answered on 2 July 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions can be found on the Parliament’s web site, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs of marketing the young persons’ concessionary fares scheme (a) were in 2007-08 and (b) will be in 2008-09.
Answer
The cost of marketing the young persons’ concessionary fares scheme was £0.5 million in 2007-08. Marketing costs in 2008-09 will depend on the extent to which we are satisfied with the level of uptake and awareness of the scheme during the year – this is currently being analysed.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth’s evidence to the Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee on 4 December 2007, why it has chosen to redeploy funding for the young persons’ concessionary fares scheme elsewhere (Official Report c. 319).
Answer
The Young Persons Concessionary Fares Scheme continues to receive sufficient funding to meet all marketing costs and reimbursement payments to participating bus, rail and ferry operators.
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 June 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what contingency plans it has to assist the (a) police, (b) ambulance, (c) fire and (d) coastguard services with fuel provision in the light of high fuel prices.
Answer
Budget setting is an operational matter for the respective services. We work with the police, fire and the ambulance service on an on-going basis to ensure that the highest standards of service delivery are maintained.
Fuel costs are estimated to account for 0.7% of the police and fire budgets and 3% of the ambulance budget in 2008-09. As such, while we do not underestimate the challenge of managing price increases within existing budgets, they do not represent a threat to service delivery to the extent that government contingency measures are required.
The Scottish Government has no locus with respect to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency which is an Executive Agency of the Department of Transport.
