- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with parties involved in the governance of the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project.
Answer
In addition to a numberof discussions held with Transport Initiatives Edinburgh ltd., separate meetingshave been held by John Swinney MSP and Malcolm Reed (Transport Scotland) with BAA Ltd and Network Rail.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what instructions it has given Transport Initiatives Edinburgh in order to resolve the governance issues with the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project as identified by the Auditor General for Scotland.
Answer
Transport InitiativesEdinburgh has been asked to provide information about Edinburgh Airport Rail Linkand has engaged in discussions with the Scottish Government that contribute to thereview of governance arrangements.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff have been made redundant at Transport Initiatives Edinburgh since May 2007.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-3633 on 6 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will end the suspension of active work and expenditure on the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project.
Answer
Once the resultsof the governance review are known, Transport Scotland will implement the Scottish Government’s view as to the best course ofaction to take for the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff at Transport Initiatives Edinburgh were working on the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project prior to the current suspension of active work on the project.
Answer
Twelve staff atTIE Ltd were working on EARL prior to the current suspension of avoidable work.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what instructions it has given Transport Initiatives Edinburgh regarding the future of the Edinburgh Airport Link project.
Answer
Transport Scotland instructed Transport Initiatives Edinburgh Ltd on 4 July 2007 that no more money should be spent on the EARL projectthan is strictly unavoidable during the current review of its governance and future.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will report to the Parliament on the outcome of its discussions with parties involved in the governance of the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project.
Answer
The results of theGovernance Review on EARL will be presented to Parliament before the end of September2007.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of staff made redundant at Transport Initiatives Edinburgh since May 2007 were working on the Edinburgh Airport Link project.
Answer
7 of the 14 staffmade redundant at Transport Initiatives Edinburgh Ltd since May 2007 wereworking on the EARL project.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it monitors the reliability of the broadband connections provided by BT under the contract to upgrade 378 non-commercial telephone exchange areas to provide broadband.
Answer
No, this is not coveredby the Scottish Government’s contract.
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 14 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial compensation is available to domestic and business consumers who suffer any disruption to their broadband connections to telephone exchanges upgraded by BT under the contract to upgrade 378 Scottish non-commercial telephone exchange areas to provide broadband.
Answer
The Scottish Government’scontract provides for infrastructure upgrade, but not customer service issues, anddoes not therefore deal with compensation. The reliability of broadband connectionsis a matter purely for a consumer’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) in conjunctionwith BT. Customers on non-commercial exchanges are treated in the same manner inthis respect as those on commercial exchanges. The response of ISPs to the disruptionof broadband services is covered by their standard terms and conditions.
