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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: S4W-23337

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 3 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had discussions with the City of Edinburgh Council about extending the national concessionary travel scheme to the Edinburgh trams.

In early 2013, the Scottish Government confirmed in discussions with the City of Edinburgh Council that the National Concessionary Bus Travel Scheme would not be extended to include the Edinburgh trams.

This was on the basis that such an extension would have to be financed from funds intended to support bus services, including concessionary bus travel, across Scotland. It was also noted that destinations served by the tram would continue to be served by conventional bus services, on which national concessions would be available.

Question reference: S4W-23333

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 3 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out a financial analysis on expanding the national concessionary travel scheme to include (a) other forms of transport and (b) the Edinburgh trams.

Question reference: S4W-23334

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 3 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered implementing a voucher system similar to that for Scotland’s island residents for disabled or older people to travel on (a) ScotRail, (b) the Glasgow Subway, (c) the Edinburgh trams or (d) similar services.

Question reference: S4W-23335

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 3 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the increase in budget and decrease in reimbursement rates for concessionary fares, for what reason it has not yet expanded concessionary travel schemes to other forms of transport.

The budget and the reimbursement rate used to fund concessionary travel on buses are designed to ensure that bus operators are no better and no worse off than they would have been in the absence of such a scheme. The reimbursement rate is now set on the basis of an economic model agreed with the sector in 2012-13. Although the rate is lower than previously, the combination of inflation and patronage growth means that the budget is still fully utilised and not available for extension to other forms of transport.

Question reference: S4W-23336

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 3 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has contributed to allow blind or visually impaired people to travel free on the Edinburgh trams.

Question reference: S4F-02445

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2014

To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the day.

Question reference: S4W-23159

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 27 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-21011 by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 May 2014, how many energy efficiency measures were installed in 2013-14, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S4W-23158

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 27 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what sanctions it is considering on homeowners if they do not meet the requirements under its proposed regulation of energy efficiency in private sector housing.

Question reference: S4W-23160

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 27 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-21011 by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 May 2014, when it will publish a monitoring report on all of the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland (HEEPS) schemes across all local authorities for 2013-14.

Question reference: S4W-23155

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 27 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has modelled the cost implications of its proposed regulation of energy efficiency in private sector housing in (a) urban and (b) rural areas.

The Scottish Government has commissioned modelling work to look at how the energy performance of Scotland’s least energy efficiency private sector housing stock can be improved. This will include archetypes relevant to both urban and rural areas and will look at the modelled cost of improvement work. This modelling will support the regulation of energy efficiency in private sector homes stakeholder working group’s work to identify proposals for Scottish Ministers to consider ahead of public consultation planned for spring 2015.