- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 20 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria Creative Scotland used in deciding to remove funding from the Dunedin Consort ensemble.
Answer
Decisions on the Regularly Funded Organisations are a matter for Creative Scotland. Details of the criteria and assessment process used are published on the Creative Scotland website http://www.creativescotland.com/funding/latest-information/funded-organisations/the-regular-funding-network-2018-21/the-process.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 20 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much financial support it will provide to (a) Voluntary Action Scotland, (b) the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and (c) the third sector interface network in 2018-19.
Answer
February 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 20 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) grants and (b) loans it has provided to Glasgow Prestwick Airport in each year since 2014.
Answer
A breakdown of the loan funding provided to Prestwick Airport by financial year is included in the following table.
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Year
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Loan funding (£m)
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2013-14
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4.5
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2014-15
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6.3
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2015-16
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10.0
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2016-17
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9.6
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2017-18
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9.4*
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* the figure for 2017-18 represents potential loan funding as this is the amount allocated within the budget.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 20 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much financial support it provided to (a) Voluntary Action Scotland, (b) the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and (c) the third sector interface network in each of the last three years.
Answer
The following table details the funding from the Scottish Government’s core Third Sector budget provided to Voluntary Action Scotland, SCVO and the 32 Third Sector Interfaces for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and also funding from the Scottish Government’s core Third Sector budget covering a period of 18 months from 1 April 2017 to 30 September 2018. This does not include funding for specific projects across Scottish Government. Funding beyond 30 September 2018 will be confirmed following agreement of the draft Scottish budget.
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Intermediary
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2014-15
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2015-16
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2016-17
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1 April 2017 – 30 September 2018
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Voluntary Action Scotland
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£250,000
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£255,515
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£250,000
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£375,000
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SCVO
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£1,259,934
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£1,435,143
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£1,327,832
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£1,805,858
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Third Sector Interface Network (32 TSI’s)
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£8,155,094
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£8,062,040
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£8,188,720
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£12,283,080
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- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 20 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much cargo has been transported through (a) Glasgow Prestwick, (b) Glasgow International and (c) Edinburgh Airport in each year since 2014.
Answer
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) publishes statistics covering freight volumes for Prestwick Airport, Glasgow Airport and Edinburgh Airport at: https://www.caa.co.uk/Data-and-analysis/UK-aviation-market/Airports/Datasets/UK-airport-data/.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 20 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many passengers have travelled through (a) Glasgow Prestwick, (b) Glasgow International and (c) Edinburgh Airport in each year since 2014.
Answer
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) publishes statistics covering passenger numbers for Prestwick Airport, Glasgow Airport and Edinburgh Airport at: https://www.caa.co.uk/Data-and-analysis/UK-aviation-market/Airports/Datasets/UK-airport-data/.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 20 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the recent General Court of the EU (8th Chamber) decision regarding Charleroi Airport and state aid will have on Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
Answer
None. The Scottish Government’s investment in Prestwick Airport is on a commercial basis, in the form of loan funding.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many trains on the Glasgow to (a) Helensburgh and (b) Balloch line have skipped stations in the last 12 months, broken down by month and also expressed as a percentage of all services.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not routinely hold skip stopping information at route level.
The member will be aware that an independent review of train service performance is underway which will propose steps for improvement, and aim to reduce the number of incidents of skip-stopping.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many rail services have been affected by station skipping in the last 12 months, broken down by month and also expressed as percentage of all services.
Answer
ScotRail’s performance is reported by railway industry periods (13 periods in a year) therefore the information is contained below in this format,
Over the last year the number of ScotRail services subject to skip-stopping was 5,980 trains and this equates to 0.78 percent (part of period 10 falls in the 2018 calendar year).
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Year/period
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FTS
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FTS %
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1617_11
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342
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0.6%
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1617_12
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364
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0.6%
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1617_13
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337
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0.6%
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1718_01
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365
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0.6%
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1718_02
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447
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0.8%
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1718_03
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372
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0.6%
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1718_04
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299
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0.5%
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1718_05
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389
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0.7%
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1718_06
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229
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0.4%
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1718_07
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631
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1.1%
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1718_08
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801
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1.4%
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1718_09
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828
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1.4%
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1718_10
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576
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1.1%
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Total
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5,980
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0.78%
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The member will be aware that the independent review underway will propose steps for improvement, and aim to reduce the number of incidents of skip-stopping.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will routinely publish ScotRail's performance in relation to station skipping.
Answer
The ScotRail Franchise contract does not contain a commitment for ScotRail to routinely publish information on skip stopping.
However my officials at Transport Scotland will work with ScotRail to review the level of information that can be published.