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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.

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Question reference: S4W-10823

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason mitigation recommended by the environmental impact report on the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line in respect of noise from freight trains to operate only between 0700 and 1100 was not implemented before the trains began to operate.

Question reference: S4W-10811

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to restrict overnight freight services on the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line to reduce noise and vibration disturbance for residents.

Question reference: S4W-10829

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether households equidistant from the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line have been treated differently in relation to mitigation and, if so, for what reason.

Question reference: S4W-10833

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many households deemed to have been affected by noise or vibration from freight train traffic on the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line have been offered mitigation measures.

Question reference: S4W-10828

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many households on the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line that are immediate neighbours of properties that have been provided with mitigation have now been offered testing for noise and vibration for the first time.

Question reference: S4W-10825

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what compensation has been offered to households on the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line where mitigation has now been put in place for the period during which no mitigation was in place.

Question reference: S4W-10826

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many households were offered testing for (a) daytime and (b) nighttime noise and vibration levels from freight trains on the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line.

Question reference: S4W-10818

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the standards being used to allocate nighttime noise mitigation in relation to the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line are those included in volumes 2 and 3 of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway (Route Re-opening) and Linked Improvements (Scotland) Bill Environmental Statement.

Volumes two or three of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway (Route Re-opening) and Linked Improvements (Scotland) Bill Environmental Statement (2003) does not include standards for the allocation of night time noise mitigation.

The criteria for night time noise mitigation being applied to the
Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway line were adopted after the commencement of night time freight trains in 2008, consistent with parliamentary consideration of Acts for other Railway projects, including the Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006 and Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Act 2007.

Question reference: S4W-10816

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what effect the introduction of freight trains has had on property prices along the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line.

Question reference: S4W-10813

Asked by: Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to carry out environmental impact studies of overnight services on the the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine railway line and between Hunterston and Kincardine.