- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when orders will be published to upgrade the Ballinluig junction on the A9.
Answer
I expect the draft orders to be published in spring 2005.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the designs published on 11 April 2002 for the upgrade of the Ballinluig junction on the A9 have been subject to any review or have been revised.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-12126 answered on 24 November 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
<>http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on preparations to upgrade the Ballinluig junction on the A9 in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05.
Answer
The following table gives the information requested:
| (a) 2002-03 | £84,000 |
| (b) 2003-04 | £60,000 |
| (c) 2004-05 | £201,000 |
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects work to be completed on the upgrade of the Ballinluig junction on the A9.
Answer
Tendering and construction of a new junction is expected to take approximately two years from the date that all statutory procedures (including, if necessary, a public local inquiry) have been successfully completed.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average time taken is to prepare an environmental assessment on a project such as the proposal to upgrade the Ballinluig junction on the A9.
Answer
The environmental assessment is part of the design process and requires to be completed in parallel with the draft orders. Once an environmental consultant has been appointed an average timescale would be 18 to 24 months.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on upgrading the Ballinluig junction on the A9 since designs for the project were published on 11 April 2002.
Answer
A new consultancy appointment was made in October 2003 to take forward the detailed design of the scheme. Following this a topographical survey has been completed. Work on an environmental assessment is currently on-going.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it is planning to spend on preparations to upgrade the Ballinluig junction on the A9 in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08.
Answer
In 2004-05, £600,000 was spent. Expenditure beyond 2004-05 is subject to the satisfactory completion of the statutory procedures.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that the membership of its Working Group for Research into the Legal Services markets in Scotland includes sufficient consumer interest representation.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to S2W-11848, on 16 November 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that the membership of its Working Group for Research into the Legal Services markets in Scotland includes sufficient representation of lay opinion.
Answer
Yes. Membership includes representatives from the Scottish Consumer Council, Citizens Advice Scotland, the Office of Fair Trading, and the legal professional bodies, as well as academic researchers and representatives of the Scottish Executive. Membership of the group is consistent with its remit which requires specialised expertise to cover the consumer, economic, socio-legal and legal services market issues under consideration. The main role of the group is to ensure that the research fully explores the issues set out in its remit, whichtogether with the minutes of its meetings is available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Justice/Civil/17822/19316.
The research undertaken under the auspices of the Group has sought evidence from other organisations with an interest in the relevant issues: and the Executive will of course take into consideration any further relevant submissions put forward.
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for North Tayside, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 12 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to instruct the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) to make available the transcribed notes of the proceedings of a hearing by the SSDT if requested to by a party with an interest in the case.
Answer
The SSDT is an independentstatutory body whose constitution, procedure and powers are set out in schedule4 to the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980. As an independent body, the tribunal isresponsible for its own proceedings and Scottish Ministers have no powers toinstruct the tribunal.
