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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for ��˿�� 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

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Question reference: S5O-03187

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances it believes that a fatal accident inquiry should be mandatory into a murder committed by a prisoner subject to a curfew condition.

Question reference: S5W-22490

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on the A737 Dalry bypass project, broken down by supplier.

While the value of the main construction contract for this project is £31.2M excluding VAT, the total project costs include costs associated with land compensation, utility diversions, design, preparation and works supervision, etc.

Consequently, the investment to date for the A737 Dalry Bypass is £43,469,202.17 which has been broken down by supplier in the following table:

Supplier	Total
APS Group (Scotland) Limited	368.89
Big Partnership Group Limited	8,761.33
British Telecommunications PLC	1,182,007.33
Farrans Roadbridge JV	30,923,264.23
Halcrow Group Limited	35,257.29
Ian Farmer Associates (1998) Limited	836,574.47
Morton Fraser	123,187.52
Mouchel Fairhurst JV	6,351,443.36
Network Rail	8,850.25
Registers of Scotland	3,480.00
SAC Commercial Ltd	12,556.25
Scotland Gas Networks Limited	2,242,474.41
Scotland TranServ	530,421.86
Scottish Water	399,661.50
Sky High Plc	26,383.54
SP Distribution Limited	260,219.17
TMP Worldwide	23,989.36
Valuation Office Agency	60,374.13
Ground Investigation Compensation	25,043.95
Land Compensation	414,883.33
Grand Total	43,469,202.17

It may be helpful to note that the above list contains only those who supply directly to Transport Scotland and the figures provided are inclusive of VAT.

All payments Transport Scotland makes over £25,000 are published in monthly expenditure reports and are available at: .

Question reference: S5O-03141

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs has had with the Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands regarding the importance of ferry services to Arran’s tourism industry.

Question reference: S5W-22271

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the proposed workplace parking levy will not apply to parking spaces for disabled people.

Question reference: S5W-21479

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5F-03037 by John Swinney on 7 February 2019 (Official Report, c. 9), what information it has regarding how many employers in each local authority area provide 11 or more staff parking spaces for employees.

Question reference: S5W-21475

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5F-03037 by John Swinney on 7 February 2019 (Official Report, c. 9), what (a) economic modelling and (b) impact assessment it will carry out on the possible impact of workplace parking levies.

Question reference: S5W-21482

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5F-03037 by John Swinney on 7 February 2019 (Official Report, c. 9), which organisations are the 10 largest private employers in each parliamentary region, also broken down by which it has met to discuss (a) employee travel to work and (b) workplace parking levies.

The Scottish Government met with a number of organisations to discuss the principle of a Workplace Parking Levy following the commitment given at the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee to explore Local Authorities’ appetite for these powers. These meetings were with COSLA on 8 and 23 January 2019 and 19 February; with Regional Transport Partnerships (RTPs) on 9 January; with the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) on 10 January and with City of Edinburgh Council on 5 February. The Scottish Government met with the Federation of Small Business on 19 February. In addition, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, the Economy and Fair Work and the Minister for Public Finance and the Digital Economy met the main business representative organisations (Scottish Chambers of Commerce, CBI Scotland, FSB Scotland, IoD Scotland, SCDI and Scottish Financial Enterprise) to discuss the budget on 5 February ,where Workplace Parking Levies was one of the topics discussed.

Question reference: S5W-21480

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, S5F-03037 by John Swinney on 7 February 2019 (Official Report, c. 9), what analysis it has carried out of the potential modal shift that could be achieved through workplace parking levies.

Question reference: S5W-21481

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5F-03037 by John Swinney on 7 February 2019 (Official Report, c. 9), how many public transport timetable changes would be required in travel-to-work areas to ensure that (a) 50, (b) 60, (c) 70, (d) 80, (e) 90 and (f)100% of employees could travel to work without use of a private car in less than (i) one hour, (ii) two hours and (iii) three hours.

Question reference: S5W-21476

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5F-03037 by John Swinney on 7 February 2019 (Official Report, c. 9), which organisations it has met to discuss workplace parking levies, and on what dates.

The Scottish Government met with a number of organisations to discuss the principle of a Workplace Parking Levy following the commitment given at the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee to explore Local Authorities’ appetite for these powers. These meetings were with COSLA on 8 and 23 January and 19 February; with Regional Transport Partnerships (RTPs) on 9 January; with the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) on 6 January and with City of Edinburgh Council on 5 February. The Scottish Government met with the Federation of Small Business on 19 February. In addition, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, the Economy and Fair Work and the Minister for Public Finance and the Digital Economy met the main business representative organisations (Scottish Chambers of Commerce, CBI Scotland, FSB Scotland, IoD Scotland, SCDI and Scottish Financial Enterprise) to discuss the budget on 5 February where Workplace Parking Levies was one of the topics discussed.