- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 18 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive who will own the proposed rail line from Larkhall to Milngavie.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17856.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 13 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to allowing Glasgow City Council to retain all business rates collected in the city.
Answer
Income from business rates is one element of central government support for local authorities, which is distributed according to councils' relative needs. Allowing Glasgow City Council to retain all the business rates it collected would result in a corresponding reduction in the grant paid to the council.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 6 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent representations it has received concerning planning applications in Glasgow Kelvin constituency.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has received nine representations concerning a proposed residential development at Park Quadrant in Glasgow Kelvin constituency.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 5 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with ScotRail concerning the Glasgow Airport direct rail link.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with ScotRail on a wide range of issues.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 29 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much direct or indirect financial support has been given to Continental Airlines to operate a service between Glasgow Airport and Newark, USA and whether any such money will be repayable in the event of the service being discontinued.
Answer
Scottish Enterprise assisted Continental Airlines during its first year of operation in 1998 on the Newark-Glasgow route with marketing support. This support, which is commercially confidential under the terms of the contract, would not be repayable if the service should discontinue now.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support it plans to make available for the Glasgow Airport direct rail link.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is contributing towards the cost of a study to examine in greater detail a number of options which arose out of an earlier indicative feasibility study for developing rail links connecting Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports to the Scottish rail network and to each other.Until the outcome of this study is known, it would be premature to make any commitment about financial support for rail links to Glasgow Airport.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to facilitate the progress of the Glasgow Airport direct rail link.
Answer
On 25 July six invitations were issued to tender for the feasibility study referred to in my answer to question S1W-17421. Bids are due back in early September with a view to awarding the contract in time for work to start in November.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 28 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has commissioned on airport rail links; when any such studies (a) were commissioned and (b) will report, and what the cost will be of any such studies.
Answer
In August 2000, the Scottish Executive, the former Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the then Shadow Strategic Rail Authority jointly commissioned Booze, Allen and Hamilton to carry out an indicative financial and economic feasibility study to look at potential rail options for rail links to Glasgow and Edinburgh airports. Booze, Allen and Hamilton produced their final report in March 2001.
As I indicated in my answers to questions S1W-17421 and S1W-17422, the Scottish Executive is in the process of commissioning a more detailed study which will build on the initial scoping work carried out by Booze, Allen and Hamilton. The study is expected to take about eight months to complete.The cost of these studies is commercially restricted information.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 21 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to facilitate progress of the Glasgow north/south CrossRail scheme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17424.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 21 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with ScotRail concerning the Glasgow north/south CrossRail scheme.
Answer
The development of local transport initiatives is the responsibility of the relevant local authority, and in the case of the Strathclyde area, SPTE. No approach has been made to the Scottish Executive by SPTE for funds or support for this project. On this basis, any discussion with ScotRail at this stage would serve no purpose.
