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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4O-02953

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with bus service operators.

Question reference: S4W-19192

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Lesley Thomson on 24 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will receive the report of the UK Government’s investigation into the blowout on the Elgin platform in the North Sea in March 2012.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service anticipate receiving reports from both the Health and Safety Executive and the Department of Energy and Climate Change into the incident on the Elgin platform in the North Sea following the conclusion of their ongoing investigations. The Health and Safety Executive have advised that they hope to be in a position to provide a report before the end of March 2014. As those investigations remains live it would not be appropriate to comment further.

Question reference: S4O-02865

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it has had with trade unions since the publication of the ScotRail Franchise Draft Invitation to Tender.

Question reference: S4W-19143

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-18983 by Keith Brown on 9 January 2014, whether it will confirm how many trains pass through the station per hour at peak periods, broken down by rail service.

The following services call at or pass through Dalmeny during the morning and evening peaks:

AM Peak (0700-0900)

PM Peak (1600-1800)

Call

Pass

Call

Pass

Fife Circle (towards Glenrothes	6	2	7	1
Fife Circle (from Glenrothes)	5	1	7	1
Kirkcaldy to Glasgow Queen Street	1	0	0	0
Edinburgh to Perth	0	1	0	1
Perth to Edinburgh	1	1	0	1
Edinburgh to Dundee	0	2	0	2
Dundee to Edinburgh	2	1	0	1
Edinburgh to Aberdeen	0	2	0	2
Aberdeen to Edinburgh	0	1	0	1
Edinburgh to Inverness	0	1	0	1
Inverness to Edinburgh	0	0	0	1
Aberdeen to London Kings Cross (operated by East Coast)	0	0	0	1
Dundee to Plymouth (operated by Cross Country)	0	1	0	0

Please note: the figures listed above relate to the number of services during the peak period stated above, and not per hour.

Question reference: S4O-02811

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Lord Advocate provided advice on the legal competence of the white paper on independence.

Question reference: S4W-18984

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17626 by Keith Brown on 25 October 2013, how many trains run through the Winchburgh tunnel per hour at peak period, broken down by rail service.

The following services run through Winchburgh Tunnel, per hour, during both the morning and evening peak periods:

Service

No. of Trains per hour

AM Peak (0700-0900)

PM Peak (1600-1800)

Edinburgh to Glasgow	4	4
Glasgow to Edinburgh	4	4
Edinburgh to Dunblane	2	2
Dunblane to Edinburgh	2	2
Inverness to King’s Cross	0	1
King’s Cross to Edinburgh	1	0
Freight	1	0

Question reference: S4W-18983

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what rail services pass through, or stop at, Dalmeny railway station and how many services do so per hour at peak period.

The following services pass through Dalmeny Station:

Edinburgh to Perth

Edinburgh to Dundee

Edinburgh to Aberdeen

Edinburgh to Inverness

Fife Circle

Aberdeen to King’s Cross (operated by East Coast)

Aberdeen to Penzance (operated by Cross Country)

The following services call at Dalmeny during the morning and evening peaks:

Service

No. of Trains per hour

AM Peak (0700-0900)

PM Peak (1600-1800)

Fife Circle

Question reference: S4W-18986

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when the revised business case for the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme will be published.

Question reference: S4W-18560

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what pension scheme the staff of the Caledonian Sleeper Service will have access to.

Question reference: S4W-18565

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the partnering relationship will be between Transport Scotland and the Caledonian Sleeper Service franchisee.