- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what matching funding has been sought from private investors for the City of Edinburgh Rapid Transit scheme.
Answer
I refer Mr MacAskill to my answer to question S1W-9165.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to ensure adequate public transport links to the Waterfront development at Granton.
Answer
This is a matter for the City of Edinburgh Council. The Scottish Executive is represented alongside the City of Edinburgh Council and Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothians on the Edinburgh Waterfront Monitoring Group. This group has identified traffic and transport issues as key aspects of the comprehensive area redevelopment proposals.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will insist on a deadline by which the City of Edinburgh Rapid Transit scheme must be operative as a condition of the payment of the public funds already committed or of any future funds to be made available.
Answer
No. The implementation of the project is a matter for City of Edinburgh Council.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 4 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the amount is of proposed future private investment in the City of Edinburgh Rapid Transit scheme.
Answer
When the application for Transport Challenge Fund support was submitted to the Scottish Office in June 1996, the council envisaged that the private sector contribution would be £28.5 million. The precise amount of private sector investment in any contract agreed is a matter for City of Edinburgh Council.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 1 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support improved rail access from Lanarkshire to Edinburgh.
Answer
Under the provisions made in the UK Transport Bill, introduced on 1 December 1999, the Scottish Ministers will be able to issue directions and guidance to the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) for passenger rail services that begin and end in Scotland (effectively the ScotRail franchise). Since the Bill has not completed its passage through Parliament at Westminster, the Scottish Ministers are not yet able to exercise these powers.
We will, however, shortly be consulting on strategic priorities for Scotland's railways as part of the process of developing these directions and guidance to the SRA. During this process we will give consideration to a wide range of issues, including proposals for improved rail access from Lanarkshire to Edinburgh.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 1 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for park and ride railway stations on the M8.
Answer
I refer Mr MacAskill to my answer to question S1W-5369 on 13 April.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 1 September 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much increased funding will be made available for transport in Scotland under the comprehensive spending review and when will this be available.
Answer
I refer Mr MacAskill to answer given to S1W-9019.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 31 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to propose any rail projects to the Strategic Rail Authority and, if so, to provide details of these projects.
Answer
The directions and guidance issued by the Scottish Executive to the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) for passenger rail services that start and end in Scotland will reflect the Executive's strategic priorities for the provision of passenger rail services throughout Scotland. We intend to issue a consultation paper shortly on those priorities. In drawing up the directions and guidance we will work closely with the SRA and in so doing ensure that it is fully appraised of the range of projects currently under consideration across the Scottish network.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 31 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visitors to Scotland from abroad come in liquid petroleum gas fuelled vehicles and, if it does not hold this information, whether it proposes to carry out a study on this.
Answer
This information is not collected. We do not propose to carry out such a study.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 31 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public liquid petroleum gas outlets there are in each local authority area.
Answer
The information is not held by the Scottish Executive. The Liquid Petroleum Gas Association website (
http://www.lpga.co.uk/) lists known sites of Automotive liquid petroleum gas fuelling points in the UK.
