Chamber and committees

The Scottish Future's Trust (SFT) does not receive applications for new school build contracts. Responsibility for developing and maintaining Scotland’s School Estate rests with local authorities.

However, the SFT work in partnership with local authorities in delivering the Scotland’s Schools for the Future programme to ensure the programme goals of providing good quality, well designed, sustainable schools at a competitive price are met.

Responsibility for the design, construction and maintenance of schools rests with local authorities. It would be for them to consider whether Building Bulletin 93 is taken into account when considering the design of schools. We do, however, make extensive reference to the advice with regard to acoustics in schools provided in Building Bulletin 93 in the section on acoustic design included in our guidance, School Design: Optimising the Internal Environment, Building our Future: Scotland’s School Estate.

Responsibility for the design, construction and maintenance of schools rests with local authorities. It would be for them to consider whether acoustic testing is carried out on all new school buildings. However, our guidance School Design: Optimising the Internal Environment, building Our Future, Scotland’s School Estate recognises that acoustic testing is beneficial to most schemes and local authorities are encouraged to specify such testing as part of the design requirement.

The Scottish Government has no such plans. The School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967 give statutory requirements for school environmental conditions. This includes requirements for school environmental conditions. In addition, the Scottish Government’s current guidance School Design: Optimising the Internal Environment, Building Our Future, Scotland’s School Estate is intended to assist local authorities in the development of design brief documents for a range of environmental conditions in schools, including acoustics.

Responsibility for the design, construction and maintenance of schools rests with local authorities. The Scottish Government does not therefore collect such information.

The legislation relating to the operation of private parking operators, namely the Trade Descriptions Act 1988 and the Consumer Protection Act 1987, is reserved to Westminster. The Scottish Government is, however, considering what can be reviewed within devolved powers.

The operator should be contacted in the first instance as they may have an appeals process. In addition, local government trading standards departments or Citizens Advice Bureaux may be able to provide some advice. However, if the dispute cannot be resolved, then private legal advice should be obtained. Information on the small claims process through the courts can be found on the Scottish Court Service website at http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk.sheriff/small_claims/smallclaims.

The legislation relating to the operation of private parking operators, namely the Trade Descriptions Act 1988 and the Consumer Protection Act 1987, is reserved to Westminster. The Scottish Government is, however, considering what can be reviewed within devolved powers.

The legislation relating to the operation of private parking operators, namely the Trade Descriptions Act 1988 and the Consumer Protection Act 1987, is reserved to Westminster. The Scottish Government is, however, considering what can be reviewed within devolved powers.

The Scottish Government does not issue guidance on this issue. The private car park operator must, however, display charges in clear view, by erecting adequate signage. In addition, the British Parking Association has a Code of Practice.

Privately operated car parks are subject to the provisions within the Trade Descriptions Act 1988 and the Consumer Protection Act 1987, which are reserved to Westminster. This legislation protects motorists from false trade descriptions about the provision of car parking and also from misleading indications of the costs of car parking. The Scottish Government, however, is considering what can be reviewed with devolved powers.

In disputed cases, legal advice should be sought: the basis for imposing or purporting to impose any sort of charge will differ according to the specific situation under consideration.

The legislation relating to the operations of private parking operators, namely the Trade Descriptions Act 1988 and the Consumer Protection Act 1987, is reserved to Westminster. The Scottish Government is, however, considering what can be reviewed within devolved powers.