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Question reference: S5W-06593

Asked by: Mairi Gougeon, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in the motorway and trunk road network in each year since 2007.

We are committed to the largest road investment programme that Scotland has ever seen. By the end of this financial year (2016-17), we will have spent over £8 billion on our Motorways and Trunk Road Network since 2007, to ensure the strategic road network is safe, available for use, efficient, well maintained and allows effective movement of people, goods and services around and to and from Scotland.

On-Going Schemes

Since 2007, the Scottish Government has invested in a number of major roads projects, including:

Project	Investment
Forth Replacement Crossing	£1.325 to £1.35 billion
Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty	£745 million
M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project	£500 million
A9 Dualling	£3 billion
A96 Dualling	£3 billion
A737 Dalry Bypass	£34 – 38 million

In addition, the Scottish Government continues to progress the design and development of a number of schemes including the A90/A937 Laurencekirk Junction Improvement and the A90/A96 Haudagain Junction Improvement.

Analysis of spend by year, since 2007-08 can be seen in the following table.

Year	Annual Motorways And Trunk Road Budget
2007-08	£895.1m
2008-09	£929.6m
2009-10	£1,081.6m
2010-11	£1,167.5m
2011-12	£553.9m
2012-13	£651.7m
2013-14	£711.8m
2014-15	£677.7m
2015-16	£734.4m
Sub Total 2007-08 to 2015-16	£7,403.3m
2016-09-2717 Draft Budget Note 1	£820.3m
TOTAL	£8,223.6m

Figures from 2011-12 onwards exclude Cost of Capital which was abolished. Cost of Capital Figures from 2007-08 to 2010-11 are £517.8m, £546.5m, £595.5m and £649.1m respectively.

[1] Figures taken from respective January Scottish Budget Bills.

Completed Schemes

Scheme	Contract Value
A75 Overtaking Opportunities (Including A75 Newton Stewart, A75 Planting End to Drumflower, A75 Barfil to Bettyknowes)	£9.2m
A9 Ballinluig	£12.5m
A9 Helmsdale	£5.5m
A68 Dalkeith Bypass	£30m
A876 Clackmannanshire Bridge	£101.5m
A77 Haggstone and Glen App	£18.7m
A76 Glenairlie	£4.9m
A830 Arisaig to Loch nan Uamh	£22.8m
A7 Auchenrivock	£7.4m
A9 Bankfoot	£2.7m
A75 Cairntop to Barlae	£6.4m
A77 Park End to Bennane	£5.5m
M80 Stepps to Haggs	£320m
M74 Completion	£445m
A9 Crubenmore	£10.39m
A96 Fochabers to Mosstodloch	£31.5m
A75 Hardgrove to Kinmount	£8.97m
A77 Symington to Bogend Toll	£10.6m
A82 Pulpit Rock	£9.2m
A82 Crianlarich Bypass	£5m
A75 Dunragit Bypass	£17.1m
A96 Inveramsay Bridge	£10.2m

The expenditure on minor improvement and strategic road safety schemes can be broken down as follows.

Budget Heading

Annual Spend (£ millions)

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18 (draft)

Structural repairs - roads	23.4	22.0	26.4	52.0	32.0	25.5	45.0	38.3	36.2	52.3	40.0
Network strengthening - roads & bridges	60.2	45.7	42.1	25.0	15.0	27.0	30.0	26.0	26.0	29.5	40.0
Routine, cyclic & winter maintenance AND Inspections & surveys	78.9	63.9	82.3	69.4	68.0	68.5	70.5	74.0	77.1	80.6	85.1
Roads improvements¹	35.0	36.6	36.6	26.5	24.2	24.7	16.2	23.3	18.7	17.5	20.3
Other expenditure²	6.2	7.2	6.0	6.0	6.4	5.4	9.8	10.2	10.2	11.2	11.2
FETA/Tay Bridge Authorities³	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.5	24.2	18.0	11.2	9.0	16.0	16.3	30.5
DBFO payments	41.9	41.6	40.6	48.0	62.0	74.5	76.8	84.7	91.0	98.0	141.5
Total	245.6	217.0	233.8	243.4	231.8	243.6	259.5	265.5	275.2	305.4	368.6

Includes network operations, strategic road safety and minor improvement schemes.

Includes safety camera partnership, travel information, traffic counts, motorway telephones and compensation.

FETA were dissolved as an entity of 1 June 2015 and their duties now fall to the Scottish Ministers through the new Forth Bridges Unit Term Operating, Management and Maintenance Contract.

Question reference: S5W-06592

Asked by: Mairi Gougeon, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in rail networks in each year since 2007.

The Scottish Government has allocated the following funding for investment in rail networks in each year since 2007 as part of the overall transport budget, broken down by level three budget lines.

	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
Rail Services in Scotland	675.3	700.8	660.7	667.5	762.4
Ferry Services in Scotland	84.1	91.8	103.1	184.8	109
Air Services in Scotland	47.4	41.3	41.1	158.9	37.5
Concessionary Fares	173.3	187.5	205.3	529.9
Concessionary Fares and Bus Services					255.3
Other Transport	358.6	180.9	193.1	102.7	73.2
Motorways and Trunk Roads	407.3	445.9	565.5	34.4	502
Bus Services in Scotland	68	61.2	66	63.2
Other Transport Directorate Programmes		64.7	46.2	54.4
Other Transport Grants to Local Authorities	73.2
Central Grants to Local Government		34	39	34.1	28
Total	1887.2	1808.1	1920	1829.9	1767.4

	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
	£m	£m	£m	£m
Rail Services in Scotland	784.4	828.2	757.4	794.2
Ferry Services in Scotland	111.4	111.1	169.8	187.1
Air Services in Scotland	38.5	29.6	50.7	52.9
Concessionary Fares
Concessionary Fares and Bus Services	248.6	248.1	253.6	260.6
Other Transport	68.7	78.6	80.6	68.3
Motorways and Trunk Roads	638.7	613.2	583.1	656.8
Bus Services in Scotland
Other Transport Directorate Programmes
Other Transport Grants to Local Authorities
Central Grants to Local Government	22.8	20.9	30.7	29.9
Total	1913.1	1929.7	1925.9	2049.8

Question reference: S5W-06591

Asked by: Mairi Gougeon, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in transport infrastructure and services in each year since 2007.

The following table details the amount that the Scottish Government has allocated for transport infrastructure and services in each year since 2007, analysed by level three budgets.

	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
Rail Services in Scotland	675.3	700.8	660.7	667.5	762.4
Ferry Services in Scotland	84.1	91.8	103.1	184.8	109
Air Services in Scotland	47.4	41.3	41.1	158.9	37.5
Concessionary Fares	173.3	187.5	205.3	529.9
Concessionary Fares and Bus Services					255.3
Other Transport	358.6	180.9	193.1	102.7	73.2
Motorways and Trunk Roads	407.3	445.9	565.5	34.4	502
Bus Services in Scotland	68	61.2	66	63.2
Other Transport Directorate Programmes		64.7	46.2	54.4
Other Transport Grants to Local Authorities	73.2
Central Grants to Local Government		34	39	34.1	28
Total	1887.2	1808.1	1920	1829.9	1767.4

	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
	£m	£m	£m	£m
Rail Services in Scotland	784.4	828.2	757.4	794.2
Ferry Services in Scotland	111.4	111.1	169.8	187.1
Air Services in Scotland	38.5	29.6	50.7	52.9
Concessionary Fares
Concessionary Fares and Bus Services	248.6	248.1	253.6	260.6
Other Transport	68.7	78.6	80.6	68.3
Motorways and Trunk Roads	638.7	613.2	583.1	656.8
Bus Services in Scotland
Other Transport Directorate Programmes
Other Transport Grants to Local Authorities
Central Grants to Local Government	22.8	20.9	30.7	29.9
Total	1913.1	1929.7	1925.9	2049.8

Question reference: S5W-06594

Asked by: Mairi Gougeon, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in (a) buses, (b) ferries, (c) aviation, (d) active travel, (e) canals and (f) freight in each year since 2007.

The Scottish Government has allocated the funding shown in the following tables for buses, ferries, aviation, active travel, canals and freight in each year since 2007. The first two tables are broken down by level two budget lines and the following two show level three information requested.

	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
Rail Services in Scotland	675.3	700.8	660.7	667.5	762.4
Ferry Services in Scotland	84.1	91.8	103.1	184.8	109
Air Services in Scotland	47.4	41.3	41.1	158.9	37.5
Concessionary Fares	173.3	187.5	205.3	529.9
Concessionary Fares and Bus Services					255.3
Other Transport	358.6	180.9	193.1	102.7	73.2
Motorways and Trunk Roads	407.3	445.9	565.5	34.4	502
Bus Services in Scotland	68	61.2	66	63.2
Other Transport Directorate Programmes		64.7	46.2	54.4
Other Transport Grants to Local Authorities	73.2
Central Grants to Local Government		34	39	34.1	28

	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
	£m	£m	£m	£m

Rail Services in Scotland	784.4	828.2	757.4	794.2
Ferry Services in Scotland	111.4	111.1	169.8	187.1
Air Services in Scotland	38.5	29.6	50.7	52.9
Concessionary Fares
Concessionary Fares and Bus Services	248.6	248.1	253.6	260.6
Other Transport	68.7	78.6	80.6	68.3
Motorways and Trunk Roads	638.7	613.2	583.1	656.8
Bus Services in Scotland
Other Transport Directorate Programmes
Other Transport Grants to Local Authorities
Central Grants to Local Government	22.8	20.9	30.7	29.9
Total	1913.1	1929.7	1925.9	2049.8

	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
Road Haulage Modernisation Fund	1.6
Freight Facilities Grants	5.2
Support for the Freight Industry		14.4	15.4	10.3	4.9	1.1
British Waterways	9	11.6	11.8	11.5	10	11.3
Cycling, Walking and Safer Routes	15.5
Modal Shift and Strategy	8.6
SUSTRANS	4
Support for Sustainable and Active Travel		12	11.7	24	26.4	26.5

	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
	£m	£m	£m
Road Haulage Modernisation Fund
Freight Facilities Grants
Support for the Freight Industry	1.1	1.1	1.1
British Waterways	13.2	10.2	10
Cycling, Walking and Safer Routes
Modal Shift and Strategy
SUSTRANS
Support for Sustainable and Active Travel	34.9	39.5	29.2

Question reference: S5W-06327

Asked by: Mairi Gougeon, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it aims to achieve its target of 10% of everyday journeys being made by bike by 2020.

The Scottish Government published the third iteration of the Cycling Action Plan for Scotland on 17 January 2017. This document outlines how, in partnership with local authorities, Regional Transport Partnerships and third sector delivery partners, we will implement the 19 actions in the document to help achieve the shared vision of 10% of everyday journeys being made by bike by 2020. Also, the Programme for Government confirms our intention to maintain record levels of funding for active travel for the term of this Parliament.

The Cycling Action Plan for Scotland is published on the Transport Scotland website at:

www.transport.gov.scot/report/cycling-action-plan-scotland-2017-2020-9743

Question reference: S5W-06328

Asked by: Mairi Gougeon, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 26 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring and analysis it conducts of the number of cetaceans washed up on shores each year.

The Scottish Government funds the Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme (SMASS) to collate, analyse and report data for all cetacean, seal, marine turtle and basking shark strandings around the Scottish coast.

The project provides a co-ordinated approach to surveillance of marine species strandings and investigates major causes of death of stranded marine mammals in Scotland including by-catch and physical trauma. It provides quarterly and annual statistics to Scottish Government and offers scientific advice as necessary about major causes of death in stranded marine mammals, including any trends or unusual events.

Details about the Scottish Scheme can be found at http://www.strandings.org/smass/about/

Question reference: S5W-05287

Asked by: Mairi Gougeon, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-00420 by Humza Yousaf on 1 December 2016 (Official Report, c. 8), what processes will be required to deliver the grade separated junction at Laurencekirk, and what the timescales of these will be.

Transport Scotland is currently taking forward the options assessment process with a preferred option expected to be identified in 2018. This will be followed by the development and assessment of the preferred junction option leading to publication of draft Orders in 2019 for formal comment.

Progress thereafter is dependent on the level and nature of representation received in response to the published draft Orders. If objections are received and are unable to be resolved an approach may be required to the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division to appoint an independent Reporter to conduct a Public Local Inquiry. Following Inquiry and consideration of the Reporter’s recommendations the Scottish Minister’s would thereafter decide whether the Scheme should proceed.

Question reference: S5F-00664

Asked by: Mairi Gougeon, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2016

To ask the First Minister what discussions the Scottish Government has had with the oil and gas industry in light of recovering oil prices.

Question reference: S5O-00472

Asked by: Mairi Gougeon, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the Aberdeen City Region Deal.

Question reference: S5O-00340

Asked by: Mairi Gougeon, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its discussions with the UK Government regarding Brexit.

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