- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage change there has been in seating capacity on (a) eastern and (b) central ScotRail services since September 2018.
Answer
Since September 2018 there has been a 33% increase in seating on Eastern services and 11% increase to services in Central Scotland.
As more of the new fleet of Hitachi Class 385’s and High Speed Trains are introduced this will allow existing, refurbished diesel trains to be cascaded onto other routes enabling more seats and services to be provided across the country during 2019-20.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Green Bus Fund has been distributed, broken down by (a) spend and (b) project type.
Answer
There have been eight rounds of the Scottish Green Bus Fund (SGBF). Funding amounting to £17.2 million has seen the introduction of 475 low carbon vehicles to the fleet. SGBF award details are published on the Transport Scotland website at:
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- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many public charge points for electric vehicles have been installed since September 2018.
Answer
A total number of 173 public charge points have been added to the ChargePlace Scotland network since September 2018, with a further 150 in the final process of being added to the network. In addition to the comprehensive ChargePlace Scotland network, we continue to work with industry including commercial public charge point providers to maximise investment in and increase the availability of public charging in Scotland..
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what change there has been in the number of ultra-low emissions vehicles in the public sector fleet since September 2018.
Answer
The Scottish Government has, through Transport Scotland’s Switched on Fleets initiative, supported orders for over 700 ultra-low emission vehicles in the public sector since September 2018. This brings the total number of ultra-low emission vehicles supported by the Scottish Government since 2014 to over 1250, with plans to extend that number further this year.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle charge points have been installed since September 2018.
Answer
The Scottish Government has supported the completed installation of 1369 electric vehicle charge points in homes, businesses and communities across Scotland, including 173 public charge points since September 2018, with a further 150 public charge points in the final process of being installed. In addition to the comprehensive ChargePlace Scotland network, we continue to work with industry including commercial public charge point providers to maximise investment in and increase the availability of public charging in Scotland.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what change there has been in the number of green buses in the public fleet since September 2018.
Answer
Between March 2018 and March 2019, the number of green buses operating in Scotland changed from 577 to 793, an increase of 216. Data is not available to detail the change in the number of green buses in Scotland since September 2018.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many "electric towns" have been established since September 2018, and how many there will be by 31 December 2019.
Answer
Transport Scotland’s Switched on Towns and Cities initiative was announced in June 2018. The challenge fund attracted a number of bids from Local Authorities and 5 successful applications received funding, averaging £2.4m each over 2 fiscal years. The successful bids were from Dundee, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow and Stirling.
With the programme expected to have further funding rounds, making up to 5 awards in each round, we will be on course to developing up to 10 electric towns and cities in Scotland by December 2019.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many low-carbon jobs there have been in the West Scotland region in each of the last five years.
Answer
The estimates for low carbon and renewable energy jobs in Scotland are not published by the Scottish Government, but instead they are compiled and published by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) in their "UK Environmental Accounts: Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy Survey". The dataset and methodology, including breakdown by sector and technology, are available on the ONS website. The dataset does not include a breakdown for Scottish Parliamentary regions, including West Scotland.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many remote sensing air quality monitors on local and trunk roads there are, and how this compares with September 2018.
Answer
There are currently no remote sensing air quality monitors on local and trunk roads. The Scottish Government will introduce such sensors to the trunk road network initially from August 2019.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it has developed greenways for walking and cycling since September 2018.
Answer
Sustrans Scotland is working with a range of stakeholders to create a Greenways Concept and Plan and will present findings to Transport Scotland by November 2019, with two pilot projects in urban areas being planned for delivery in 2020-21 onwards.