- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 5 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-9326 by Stewart Stevenson on 28 January 2010, whether it would be willing to discuss the potential for direct Edinburgh to Cardiff rail services with the Welsh Assembly Government with a view to making joint representations to the UK Government if the case for such services appears to be justified.
Answer
The Scottish Government is always willing to discuss enhancements to cross border rail services.
We would need to see clear evidence of the demand for a direct Edinburgh to Cardiff service before beginning discussions with the Welsh Assembly Government.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 4 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, further to the answer to question S3W-30709 by Alex Fergusson on 21 January 2010, how many individual journeys to mainland United Kingdom destinations for which it has paid in each of the last three years have been made by (a) air, (b) rail, (c) coach, and (d) private car
Answer
To extract the information, and to provide it in the format required by the member, would be disproportionate in costs. However, the member is invited to contact the Allowances Office to see whether it can be of some other assistance.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 4 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, further to the answer to question S3W-30709 by Alex Fergusson on 21 January 2010, how many individual journeys to Eurostar destinations for which it has paid in each of the last three years have been made by (a) air, (b) rail, (c) coach, and (d) private car.
Answer
To extract the information, and to provide it in the format required by the Member, would be disproportionate in costs. However, the member is invited to contact the Allowances Office to see whether it can be of some other assistance.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 28 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to have discussions with the Welsh Assembly Government over the potential for direct rail services between Edinburgh and Cardiff.
Answer
We have no plans to discuss this issue with the Welsh Assembly Government.
The Department for Transport is responsible for awarding franchises for cross border services in the UK.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Fergusson on 21 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it plans to develop a sustainable travel policy and, if so, what the process will be for developing it.
Answer
The SPCB will undertake a travel to work survey before the end of April 2010. The results of this survey and information being collected on parliamentary travel will be used to determine if the SPCB''s Travel Plan (2006) needs to be updated. It will also be used to determine if it would be beneficial to supplement the sustainable travel objectives of the SPCB''s environmental policy with a dedicated policy on sustainable travel.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many flights it has booked but not used since May 2007.
Answer
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate costs. Internal control arrangements are in place to ensure that all travel bookings require prior authorisation. In addition, the Scottish Government travel management provider has systems in place to allow for late cancellations if business requirements change.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nights in hotel rooms it has booked but not used since May 2007.
Answer
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate costs. The Scottish Government Hotel Booking Agent has systems in place to allow for late cancellations.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many flights it has wholly or partly paid for but not used since May 2007.
Answer
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate costs. Internal control arrangements are in place to ensure that all travel bookings require prior authorisation. In addition, the Scottish Government travel management provider has systems in place to allow for late cancellations if business requirements change.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nights in hotel rooms it has wholly or partly paid for but not used since May 2007.
Answer
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate costs. The Scottish Government Hotel Booking Agent has systems in place to allow for late cancellations.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Johnstone on 16 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it plans to install charging points for electric vehicles in the Parliament garage.
Answer
There is currently one electric charging point within the Parliament garage. The point was installed for an electric motorcycle used by Lothian and Borders Police.
