Questions and answers

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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)

Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

Question reference: S3W-01988

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many journeys were made by HGVs across the Forth Road Bridge in each of the last three years.

This information is a matterfor the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA) and can be accessed on FETA’swebsite at: www.feta.gov.uk.

FETA records information fortraffic and revenue purposes on vehicles that cross the bridge, with a singlecategory for all vehicles in excess of 3.5 tonnes. The figures within thiscategory for each of the last three calendar years (northbound only) are shown inthe following table.

Year	Vehicles over 3.5 tonnes
2004	703,824
2005	728,810
2006	716,699

Question reference: S3W-01994

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has ruled out charging tolls on the new Forth road crossing once it has been completed.

Question reference: S3W-01992

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive where and when the public information exhibitions on the new Forth road crossing announced by the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change (Official Report c. 1132) will take place.

Question reference: S3W-01995

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 06 July 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 July 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers to be a tolerable minimum lifespan for the proposed new Forth road crossing.

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