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Scottish Executive does not hold records of contracts for the period 1999 to 2000.

The Home Insulation Scheme which ran in 2009-10 and 2010-11 offered free loft top-up insulation and access to virgin loft insulation or cavity wall insulation through the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) scheme. In some cases the measures available through CERT would be free to the householder and in others there would have been a client contribution to pay. Of the 7,444 loft and cavity wall insulation measures installed information is not held on how many were provided free. The information shown is therefore restricted to the loft top-up measures which are known to have been provided free to every household.

The scheme also generated 45,600 referrals for measures under the Energy Assistance Package.

An overview of Home Insulation Scheme activity is provided at the Energy Saving Trust website.

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/scotland/Take-action/Grants-and-offers/Home-Energy-Scotland/Free-and-discounted-insulation/Overview-of-Home-Insulation-Scheme-activity#All%20HIS%20phases.

Data on the Universal Home Insulation Scheme will be published shortly.

I received the interim report of the Forum from its chair, Professor David Sigsworth last week. The findings are being considered and I will respond to Parliament shortly. The interim report will be published soon.

Scottish Ministers will report to the Parliament on energy-efficient discount schemes, as required under section 66 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, during the summer.

The Final Ferries Plan will provide details of future investment and of how we will ensure that funding priorities can be met over the period of the Ferries Plan to 2022.

The completed Final Ferries Plan will be published later this year.

Training provided by Caledonian MacBrayne between 2002 and September 2006 and by CalMac Ferries Ltd from October 2006 to 2011 is as follows:-

In addition, between 2006 and the current year CalMac Ferries Ltd has sponsored 11 officer cadets per year. CalMac Ferries Ltd currently sponsor a total of 32 deck or engineer officer cadets. The officer cadets are all employed by Clyde Marine Training Limited and are sponsored by CalMac Ferries Ltd.

The information requested is not held centrally.

This information is not held centrally. Bus operators must register local services with the Office of the Traffic Commissioner. There is a search facility for bus service registrations on the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency website at:

http://www.tan.gov.uk/tanen/VOSA_SelfServiceOpBusRegSearch_New.asp.

The Scottish Government provides annual grants to the bus industry (£50 million in the current financial year), the aim of which is to keep fares at affordable levels and enable bus operators to run services that might not otherwise be commercially viable. This substantial subsidy, Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG), supports the overall bus network.

Information on the punctuality of bus services is not held centrally.

Table 6 in Bus and Coach Statistics: 2010-11 provides information on bus ticket prices. This can be found at:

http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/files/documents/public-transport/Bus_and_Coach_Statistics_2010-11.pdf.

Tables 13 of Scottish Household Survey: Transport Local Area Analysis 2009-10 provides information on the bus passenger experience. This can be found at:

http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/node/7644.