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The new Caledonian Sleeper franchise is currently being procured with an anticipated start date of 1 April 2015. The franchise procurement programme that Transport Scotland is following is publicly available on Transport Scotland’s website and shows bids are due from shortlisted bidders before the end of December 2013.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when (a) its officials and (b) the Cabinet Secretary for Justice became aware of the date that the interim chief executive officer of the Scottish Police Authority will leave the organisation.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what limits there are on student support for people aged over 55 at the date on which a course commences. A student who is 55 or over at the start of their course is not eligible for a living cost loan.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 December 2012
We have decided to clarify the law concerning consecutive sentencing for offenders who commit a further offence having been released from prison prior to their sentence end date following general concerns being expressed by justice stakeholders that the law in this area is not as clear as it could be.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings were held regarding its decision not to pursue the appeal against the ruling of the Scottish Information Commissioner regarding an independent Scotland's position in the EU and on (a) what dates and (b) who attended. I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-10568 on 12 December 2012.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 November 2012
Between 2007 and 2012, there have been 53 confirmed cases of squirrelpox in red squirrels. Between the same dates, of 5,282 grey squirrels tested, 831 were sero-positive for exposure to squirrelpox virus.