- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what investment it has made in respect of (a) Lockerbie, (b) Gretna Green, (c) Annan, (d) Sanquhar and (e) Kirkconnel railway station in each year since 2007.
Answer
Since 2007 the Scottish Government has worked with ScotRail to deliver a number of improvements at these stations. Improvements include:-
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Lockerbie
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Installation of CCTV, Customer Information Screens, lifts and footbridge, accessibility improvements, waiting shelter, platform validator to support smart ticketing.
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Gretna Green
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Installation of CCTV and platform validator to support smart ticketing.
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Annan
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Installation of CCTV, platform validator to support smart ticketing, handrails and upgrade to lighting and stairs.
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Sanquhar
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Installation of platform validator to support smart ticketing.
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Kirkconnel
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Upgrade to car park lighting and installation of platform validator to support smart ticketing.
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- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what specific consideration it gave to the support of cycling in Dumfries and Galloway before the recent transport summit that was held in Dumfries.
Answer
Transport Scotland, through grant funding to Sustrans and Cycling Scotland, has facilitated a range of support for cycling in Dumfries and Galloway. This includes advice on the development of the council’s active travel strategy (adopted in March 2015); funding for infrastructure for the period 2013-14 – 2015-16 of £829,912; provision of a dedicated i-bike officer to work in schools in the area and almost £14,475 in grants in 2015-16 and 2016-17 to community organisations through Cycling Scotland’s Cycle Friendly and Sustainable Communities Fund.
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on calls to reopen Beattock railway station.
Answer
Although a new station at Beattock does not feature in our current £5 billion investment programme in Scotland’s railways to 2019, we are committed to on-going improvements to rail services and connectivity.
Funding for new railway stations can be considered from the Scottish Government's £30 million Scottish Stations Fund which aims to lever in third party funding to provide new and improved stations. Projects will be considered subject to the Scottish Government’s investment priorities for the strategic transport network, a robust business case, affordability and other competing proposals.
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how details of flood mitigation schemes are shared with the insurance industry and whether it considers this process adequate.
Answer
The details of flood protection schemes owned by local authorities are held on the Scottish Flood Defence Asset Database (SFDAD) administered by SEPA. This database is available for registered users to view through a secure website. The aim of this website is to provide users with a tool to view detailed information on flood protection schemes and their associated assets within Scotland. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is aware of SFDAD and that it is open for its members and other insurers to register for the service and view the information therein.
At the moment, SFDAD only includes those schemes that have progressed under the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961. However, the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (the 2009 Act) makes provision for capturing all structures and measures that contribute to flood risk management into one dataset. The Scottish Government is working with SEPA and the local authorities to develop SFDAD so that it can, ultimately, include more the more detailed information required by the 2009 Act.
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how flood risk communities are involved in the planning and delivery of flood mitigation schemes.
Answer
The Scottish Government believes that public awareness, participation and community support are essential components of sustainable flood risk management. That is why the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 sets out a framework for coordination and cooperation between all organisations involved in flood risk management, including a formal statutory process which leads to confirmation of a flood protection scheme. This process provides an opportunity for local people to comment on, and lodge objections to, any proposed scheme, which local authorities will then be obliged to seek to address. However, long before a planned flood protection scheme gets to the stage of formal confirmation, local authorities are encouraged to involve local residents, land managers and key community representatives in the scheme planning process. This helps to build understanding and trust locally, which means that communities understand the basis on which decisions about flood risk management actions have been made.
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many hours its civil servants have spent preparing (a) analysis and briefings and (b) draft legislation in relation to land reform since 6 May 2016.
Answer
Taking forward the implementation of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 is a key part of the current programme for government. Scottish Government resources are allocated in accordance with government priorities.
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on calls to reopen Eastriggs railway station.
Answer
Although a new station at Eastriggs does not feature in our current £5 billion investment programme in Scotland’s railways to 2019, we are committed to on-going improvements to rail services and connectivity.
Funding for new railway stations can be considered from the Scottish Government's £30 million Scottish Stations Fund which aims to lever in third party funding to provide new and improved stations. Projects will be considered subject to the Scottish Government’s investment priorities for the strategic transport network, a robust business case, affordability and other competing proposals.
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many hours its civil servants have spent preparing analysis and briefings in relation to overseas travel by the First Minster since 23 June 2016, broken down by visit.
Answer
The Scottish Government do not hold this information. Analysis and briefings for overseas travel by the First Minister are prepared by civil servants during normal working hours.
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of records in the Scottish National Archives have been withdrawn as unfit for production in each year since 2007.
Answer
National Records of Scotland holds over 80 linear km of archive material comprising millions of individual items in a wide variety of formats. 7562 of these items are currently marked as “unfit for production” and a further 1494 are marked as “record at risk”. Annual figures are not kept. As the national archives holdings are measured in linear kilometres, it is not possible to express these items as a percentage of the total collection.
