- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost is of the (a) driver-only operated and (b) guard-operated class 385 trains that have been ordered by ScotRail.
Answer
This is an operational decision for ScotRail.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government which ScotRail stations are unstaffed.
Answer
There are 214 unstaffed stations in Scotland. Further details are available on the ScotRail website;
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether the class 385 trains that have been ordered by ScotRail will be configured to retain the role of the guard regarding (a) safety and (b) controlling door operations.
Answer
The ScotRail franchise sets out our requirements for service provision, including that the franchisee must use all reasonable endeavours to have a second member of staff on each train. Beyond this ministers do not specify the method of train operation.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2016
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 30 June 2016
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on the industrial dispute between the RMT and ScotRail.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 30 June 2016
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 24 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when its research into the tied-pub sector will be (a) completed and (b) published.
Answer
Research into the tied pub sector is expected to be completed and published in autumn 2016. Its findings will be published on the Scottish Government website.
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- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the final cost is of the process of the tender for the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services Contract.
Answer
The costs of tendering to transport Scotland from October 2014 to date is 拢901,000. The estimated total cost through to project completion, November 2016, is 拢1.1 million.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2016
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of post offices on town centre economies.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2016
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 22 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates the current Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport has visited the Royal Alexandra Hospital and when she last visited the children's ward.
Answer
In the role of Health Secretary, I last visited the Royal Alexandra Hospital on 25 February 2015.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00318 by Humza Yousaf on 8 June 2016, whether it will list each proposed change to the contract that was deemed to be non-compliant, also broken down by the section of the instructions to participants that it fell under.
Answer
Serco Caledonian Ferries Ltd鈥檚. Tender is commercially confidential. Their final tender contained numerous amendments which sought to alter the economic balance of the contract, including changes to the risk-reward mechanism. Their final tender was deemed non-compliant under paragraph 1.1.3 in the Invitation to Submit Final Tender: Volume 2: Instructions to Participants.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00318 by Humza Yousaf on 8 June 2016, whether Serco Caledonian Ferries Ltd鈥檚 final bid for the contract contained information that Transport Scotland had previously objected to or rejected during the tender period and, if so, what this was.
Answer
The terms of the competition allowed participants to put forward proposals for amendments to the draft contract for consideration by Transport Scotland, before the final tender documents were issued. Both participants suggested changes up to this point, some of which were rejected by Transport Scotland and therefore not reflected in the invitation to submit final tender documentation.