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Scottish Transport Group annual report and accounts for 1997/98.

Type

Unprinted papers

Date

3 November 1998

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

1st supplementary on transport costs and job creation in Scotland.

Asked by

Alasdair Morgan (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

3 November 1998

Reference

318 c668

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

Answered by

Donald Dewar (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

3 November 1998

Reference

318 c668

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, What additional steps he proposes to assist employment creation in the South of Scotland.

Asked by

Alasdair Morgan (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

3 November 1998

Reference

318 c668; 56105

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

Answered by

Donald Dewar (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

3 November 1998

Reference

318 c668

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep 98/951

Transport and planning. Draft National Planning Policy Guideline (NPPG) and draft Planning Advice Note (PAN). SODD. 1998.

Deposited by

Scottish Office Development Department

Type

Deposited papers

Date

27 August 1998

Reference

Dep 98/951

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many ambulances and similar vehicles operated in each of the Scottish Ambulance Service NHS Trusts 10 regional divisions are (a) under one year old, (b) between one and three years old, (c) between three and five years old, (d) between five...

Asked by

Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 July 1998

For answer on

29 July 1998

Answered on

29 July 1998

Mr. Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many ambulances and similar vehicles operated in each of the Scottish Ambulance Service NHS Trust's 10 regional divisions are (a) under one year old, (b) between one and three years old, (c) between three and five years old, (d) between five and seven years old and (e) over seven years old. [52540] Mr. Dewar: The information is set out in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of vehicles at 31 March 1998 by age band Ambulance Division (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Total Argyll and Clyde 19 27 36 21 29 132 Ayrshire and Arran 4 27 23 15 16 85 Dumfries and Galloway 1 11 22 12 7 53 Greater Glasgow 27 56 32 12 19 146 Fife 11 18 12 17 13 71 Lothian, Borders 27 34 28 44 25 158 Forth Valley, 23 29 28 5 40 125 Lanarkshire Grampian, Orkney, 13 31 31 31 12 118 Shetland Highland, Western Isles 9 27 30 22 10 98 Tayside 10 21 19 28 15 93 Total 144 281 261 207 186 1,079 Scotland AEU{1} 71 130 135 109 7 452 PTV{2} 47 94 84 86 154 465 Support{3} 26 57 42 12 25 162 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Accident and Emergency Units {2} Patient Transport Vehicles {3} Mobile Ambulance Control Units, Emergency Support Units, Response Units, Motorcycles, District Ambulance Officers' Cars and Workshop Vehicles

Date

29 July 1998

Reference

52540; 317 c290-2W;317 c290-1W

House

House of Commons

Travel Choices for Scotland White Paper. The Scottish Integrated Transport White Paper.

Type

White papers; Command papers

Notes

Received 22.07.98

Date

22 July 1998

Reference

Cm 4010

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

Statement on the Government's transport policy in Scotland. - Including ref to Cm 4010.

Asked by

Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 July 1998

For answer on

22 July 1998

Answered on

22 July 1998

Mr. Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the Government's transport policy in Scotland. [51819] Mr. Dewar: I have today published "Travel Choices for Scotland" the Government's White Paper on Integrated Transport in Scotland. The White Paper fulfils our manifesto commitment and sets out the Government's aims for a sustainable, effective and integrated transport system appropriate for the needs of Scotland's people, environment and economy. The White Paper is complementary to the United Kingdom White Paper presented to the House by my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister on 20 July 1998, Official Report, columns 784-88. We will encourage each local authority to develop an integrated Local Transport Strategy suited to local circumstances and needs, drawing together all the resources and planning functions of the authority and in co-operation with local public transport operators, the community and business. We will consult on the details of implementation. We will also publish consultative draft planning guidance on Transport and Planning. We will establish a Scottish Public Transport Fund from which local authorities can bid for assistance for key value for money developments for their local public transport network consistent with their Local Transport Strategy. For buses, legislation will be brought forward to allow bus Quality Partnerships between local authorities and operators to have a statutory basis. Where these arrangements have been shown to be unable to bring about satisfactory improvements to service levels and quality, legislation will allow for local authorities to introduce Quality Contracts to ensure provision. To help address the problems of traffic congestion and poor local air quality legislation will be brought forward to enable local authorities to introduce local road user charges and a levy on workplace parking as part of their Local Transport Strategy. An appropriate proportion of the net revenues raised would be available for authorities to invest in value for money improvements to the local transport network, increasing opportunities and choice. We will consult on the details before any legislation is brought forward. Legislation on road use charging will be framed to allow for charging on motorways and trunk roads. We will establish a new Trunk Roads development budget to fund technical studies and other preparatory work to allow the legislation to be implemented as speedily as practically possible. Net revenues raised from any such charging could be used to help meet cost of improvements and upgrading to the network that might not otherwise have been affordable. We will assist the development of informal Regional Transport Partnerships to improve and co-ordinate transport planning across individual local authority boundaries. We will consult on the way forward for these partnerships and on the role of the National Transport Forum at a Scotland level. We will also discuss with the National Transport Forum targets for measuring progress in delivering our agenda. The GB Strategic Rail Authority will be established with the Scottish Executive having a major influence over rail services in Scotland. The Authority will help deliver improvements in terms of fares and the quality and reliability of services. We are committed to improving the opportunities for rail freight. We will work with transport operators and user groups to produce a Scottish National Public Transport Timetable and to develop better through ticketing arrangements. We will commission a Scottish Airports and Air Service Study to contribute to the development of a UK airports policy. We will continue long-term support for operation and development of Caledonian MacBrayne ferries and secure the long-term provision of lifeline ferry services to Orkney and Shetland. We will bring forward legislation to extend Freight Facilities Grants to coastal shipping. We will develop a process to ensure that all new major policy initiatives or changes are consistent with our transport policy. We will also ensure that transport policy reflects policies on health promotion, on increased walking and cycling, on economic development and on social exclusion including exploring the scope to apply discounted fare schemes more widely. The proposals in the White Paper represent a first critical step in developing a transport system that covers peoples' transport needs across Scotland. It will begin a new chapter in the history of Scottish transport.

Date

22 July 1998

Reference

51819; 316 c561-2W

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will announce his plans for allocating total expenditure within his responsibility for 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02. - Inc tables and ref to 313 c1195-1215, 11 June 1998.

Asked by

Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 July 1998

For answer on

14 July 1998

Answered on

14 July 1998

Mr. Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will announce his plans for allocating total expenditure within his responsibility for 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02. [50861] Mr. Dewar: The tables outline my plans for allocating the total expenditure for Scotland within my responsibility. The tables have been drawn up in accordance with the new public expenditure arrangements announced by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 11 June 1998, Official Report, columns 1195-1201. Thus they identify separately capital and current expenditure within the Departmental Expenditure Limit, Annually Managed Expenditure and resources which fall outwith my Department's Assigned Budget but form part of the Total Budget. The plans, which are based firmly upon the operation of the Barnett formula provide for an additional £4bn of spending within the Departmental Spending Limit over the 3 years to 2002. In allocating these resources, I have placed particular emphasis on education, health and housing. For education my proposals will ensure that all 3 year-olds will have the right to a free nursery place by 2002 and that by 2002 there will be 5,000 new classroom assistants in Scottish primary schools, giving a ratio of one adult for every 15 children. I will be establishing a new Excellence Fund to help deliver higher standards in schools and a promise of 42,000 more students entering Scottish colleges will guarantee that Scotland realises its economic potential as a "knowledge economy" of the future. My second priority is to finance the creation of the most modern health service in Europe. My proposals will ensure that waiting lists will come down and stay down as the service invests for modernisation. By 2000, every hospital, clinic and GP surgery will be linked electronically to facilitate new developments such as one-stop clinics and instant personal booking for hospital appointments. An additional £300m will be made available for housing. This will support the first steps towards a new future for Scotland's council houses built around the principles of greater community ownership and more private investment in our housing stock. Beyond these core priorities I am making provision for the establishment of Parliament, including the construction of a world class Parliament building which will be the symbol of the new democracy in Scotland. The plans also include investment and redeployment of resources across the range of my other programmes. With industry and training I am a planning a radical shift from investment in physical infrastructure to a greater emphasis on human capital, and new investment in the commercialisation of research and the promotion of entrepreneurship. I am also planning major new investment in transport, where I will be establishing a new Scottish Public Transport Fund to encourage new public transport initiatives. This is an excellent settlement for Scotland, demonstrating the concrete steps we are taking to encourage growth and employment, and to provide efficient and modern public services. Table 1--Scottish Office Budget Summary _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 £ 1998-99 £ 1999-2000 £ 2000-01 £ 2001-02 £ Growth over CSR million million million million million period per cent. Departmental expenditure 12,809 13,071 13,768 14,431 15,045 15.1 limit{1,} {2} of which: capital 1,429 1,571 1,624 1,707 1,831 16.6 expenditure Annually managed expenditure CAP 324 345 300 282 309 -10.4 Housing support grant 16 13 13 13 13 0.0 Total assigned budget{3} 13,148 13,429 14,080 14,726 15,367 14.4 New deal for 10 29 27 27 27 -9.1 schools{4},{5} Non-domestic rates{6} 1,326 1,395 1,441 1,473 1,510 8.2 Total budget{7} 14,484 14,853 15,548 16,225 16,904 13.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Under the new public expenditure control arrangements and devolution, the Barnett formula used to determine Scottish expenditure applies to the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) in place of the former Scottish Block. Full details of the definitional changes between the DEL and the Control Total were given in the "Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 1998", published in June. {2} Includes provision for the Crown Office, which will be within the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament. {3} Total budget assigned to the Scottish Parliament. There are some differences between the coverage of the Assigned Budget and the former Scottish Block, the main one being the exclusion of non-domestic rates. Figures here include expenditure on Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance of around £37 million per year which is included in the DEL but excluded from the Assigned Budget for control purposes until 1999-2000. {4} Includes around £1 million for the New Deal for Young People in 1997-98 and £3 million for Childcare in 1998-99. {5} Total expenditure financed by the Windfall Tax and administered by the Scottish Office. The majority of expenditure on the New Deal is administered for all of Great Britain by DfEE and DSS. Total expenditure in Scotland on the New Deal is projected to be over £450 million in the period 1997-2002. {6} Figures for future years uprated in line with the RPI. {7} Total Scottish public spending within the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament or administered by the Scottish Executive. Table 2--Budget by programme _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 £ 1998-99 £ 1999-2000 £ 2000-01 £ 2001-02 £ Growth over CSR million million million million million period per cent. Central government support for: Local Authority current 5,431 5,448 5,688 5,864 6,014 10.4 expenditure{1} Local Authority 336 359 345 356 392 9.2 non-housing capital expenditure{2} Other programme expenditure Agriculture, fisheries 514 517 478 464 496 -4.0 and food{3} Arts, libraries and 86 77 80 82 84 8.7 sport Further, higher and 941 914 1,013 1,070 1,136 24.3 other central government education (excluding student support) Student support{4} 346 357 320 308 299 -16.2 Health 4,354 4,624 4,924 5,214 5,534 19.7 Housing{5} 422 498 524 634 655 31.6 Industry, enterprise and 589 599 555 558 608 1.6 training{6} Law, order and 452 460 487 488 508 10.3 protective services{7} Crown office 47 49 51 51 51 3.1 Other environmental 336 328 323 325 327 -0.4 services Scottish Parliament and 0 0 55 80 47 -- staff Other public services 155 160 183 194 191 19.5 Roads and transport{8} 242 245 267 270 282 15.1 Social work 63 66 74 77 81 23.8 European social funds 161 123 153 163 173 40.7 and European regional development fund New deal for schools{9} 10 29 27 27 27 -9.1 Total budget 14,484 14,583 15,548 16,226 16,904 13.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes non-domestic rate payments, which are outside the DEL {2} The requirement that local authorities must use 50 per cent. of non-housing capital receipts to redeem debt will be abolished from 1 August 1998. This will allow local authorities to raise an estimated £75 million per annum extra from asset sales {3} Includes market support under the CAP, which is outside the DEL {4} Reflects the new Resource Accounting treatment of student loans announced in the "Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 1998", hence it includes total expenditure on student grants, but only the subsidy element of student loans {5} Expenditure funded through the Capital Receipts Initiative is now included in the DEL. Housing figures also include Housing Support Grant, which is outside the DEL {6} This line covers industry, enterprise and training expenditure administered by the Scottish Office only. Further expenditure administered by other departments on the New Deal is projected to be around £75 million in 1998-99, and almost £90 million per year in each 1999-2000 to 2001-02 {7} A large proportion of spending on law, order and protective services is included under central government support to local authorities {8} Includes support to nationalised industries {9} Includes around £1 million for the New Deal for Young People in 1997-98 and £3 million for Childcare in 1998-99. Additional support for schools' capital expenditure is included in support for non-housing local authority capital expenditure above Table 3--Scottish Office Budget Summary in real terms (1997-98 prices) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 £ 1998-99 £ 1999-2000 £ 2000-01 £ 2001-02 £ Real growth over million million million million million CSR period per cent. Departmental expenditure 12,809 12,703 13,041 13,336 13,564 6.8 limit{1,} {2} of which: capital 1,429 1,526 1,538 1,578 1,651 8.1 expenditure Annually managed expenditure CAP 324 335 284 260 278 -16.9 Housing support grant 16 12 12 12 11 -7.2 Total assigned budget{3} 13,148 13,050 13,337 13,608 13,854 6.2 New deal for schools{4,} 10 29 25 25 24 -15.7 {5} Non-domestic rates{6} 1,326 1,356 1,365 1,361 1,362 0.4 Total Budget{7} 14,484 14,435 14,727 14,994 15,240 5.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Under the new public expenditure control arrangements and devolution, the Barnet formula used to determine Scottish expenditure applies to the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) in place of the former Scottish Block. Full details of the definitional changes between the DEL and the Control Total were given in the "Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 1998", published in June {2} Includes provision for the Crown Office, which will be within the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament {3} Total budget assigned to the Scottish Parliament. There are some differences between the coverage of the Assigned Budget and the former Scottish Block, the main one being the exclusion of non-domestic rates. Figures here include expenditure on Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance of around £37 million per year which is included in the DEL but excluded from the Assigned Budget for control purposes until 1999-2000 {4} Includes around £1 million for the New Deal for Young People in 1997-98 and £3 million for Childcare in 1998-99 {5} Total expenditure financed by the Windfall Tax and administered by the Scottish Office. The majority of expenditure on the New Deal is administered for all of Great Britain by DfEE and DSS. Total expenditure in Scotland on the New Deal is projected to be over £450 million in the period 1997-2002 {6} Figures for future years uprated in line with the RPI {7} Total Scottish public spending within the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament or administered by the Scottish Executive. Table 4--Budget by programme in real terms (1997-98 prices) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 £ 1998-99 £ 1999-2000 £ 2000-01 £ 2001-02 £ Real growth over million million million million million CSR period per cent. Central government support for: Local Authority current 5,431 5,294 5,388 5,419 5,422 2.4 expenditure{1} Local Authority 336 349 327 329 354 1.3 non-housing capital expenditure{2} Other programme expenditure Agriculture, fisheries 514 503 453 429 448 -11.0 and food{3} Arts, libraries and 86 75 76 76 76 0.8 sport Further, higher and 941 888 959 989 1,024 15.3 other central government education (excluding student support) Student support{4} 346 347 304 285 270 -22.3 Health 4,354 4,494 4,664 4,818 4,989 11.0 Housing{5} 422 484 496 585 591 22.1 Industry, enterprise and 589 582 526 515 548 -5.8 training{6} Law, order and 452 447 461 451 458 2.3 protective services{7} Crown Office 47 48 48 47 46 -4.4 Other environmental 336 318 306 300 294 -7.6 services Scottish Parliament and 0 0 52 74 42 -- staff Other public services 155 155 174 180 172 10.8 Roads and transport{8} 242 238 253 250 254 6.7 Social work 63 64 70 72 73 14.8 European Social Funds 161 119 145 151 156 30.5 and European Regional Development Fund New Deal for schools{9} 10 29 25 25 24 -15.7 Total Budget 14,484 14,435 14,727 14,994 15,240 5.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes non-domestic rate payments, which are outside the DEL {2} The requirement that local authorities must use 50 per cent. of non-housing capital receipts to redeem debt will be abolished from 1 August 1998. This will allow local authorities to raise an estimated £75 million per annum extra from asset sales {3} Includes market support under the CAP, which is outside the DEL {4} Reflects the new Resource Accounting treatment of student loans announced in the "Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 1998", hence it includes total expenditure on student grants, but only the subsidy element of student loans. {5} Expenditure funded through the Capital Receipts Initiative is now included in the DEL. Housing figures also include Housing Support Grant, which is outside the DEL {6} This line covers Industry, enterprise and training expenditure administered by the Scottish Office only. Further expenditure administered by other departments on the New Deal is projected to be around £75 million in 1998-99, and almost £90 million per year in each of 1999-2000 to 2001-02 {7} A large proportion of spending on law, order and protective services is included under central government support to local authorities {8} Includes support to nationalised industries {9} Includes around £1 million for the New Deal for Young People in 1997-98 and £3 million for Childcare in 1998-99. Additional support for schools' capital expenditure is included in support for non-housing local authority capital expenditure above

Date

14 July 1998

Reference

316 c137-42W;316 c137-41W; 50861

House

House of Commons

Modern public services for Britain: investing in reform. Comprehensive spending review: new public spending plans 1999-2002.

Type

White papers; Command papers

Notes

Received 14.07.98

Date

14 July 1998

Reference

Cm 4011

House

House of Commons

Sewel, Lord

When they hope to announce the conclusions of their review of the roads programme in Scotland. [HL 2146].

Asked by

Lord Hogg of Cumbernauld (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 June 1998

Reference

HL 2146; 590 c118-9WA

House

House of Lords

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the responsibilities in respect of the (a) regulation of and (b) payment of subsidy to the railways to be transferred to the Scottish Parliament.

Asked by

John Marek (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 June 1998

Reference

43132; 313 c84W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep 00/543

Records from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency of applications and authorisations for international shipments of radioactive waste. SO. 1998.

Deposited by

Scottish Office

Type

Deposited papers

Date

1 June 1998

Reference

Dep 00/543

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what records (a) he and (b) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency keep of (i) applications and (ii) authorisations for international shipments of radioactive waste; if he will place a copy of such records in the Library. - Ref to copy of records...

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 May 1998

Reference

311 c268W; 39932

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the additional number of bus services which will be established as a result of the rural transport funding package announced by his Department in March. - Includes finance figure.

Asked by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 April 1998

Reference

310 c587-8W; 38667

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office;Scottish Grand Committee

1st supplementary on problems caused by lack of transport and numbers of seasonable jobs, and that transport costs should be met.

Asked by

Baroness Michie of Gallanach (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Grand Committee

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

2 March 1998

Reference

SGC c8

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office;Scottish Grand Committee

What steps he is taking to overcome difficulties faced by new deal clients in rural areas.

Asked by

Baroness Michie of Gallanach (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Scottish Grand Committee

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

2 March 1998

Reference

SGC c8

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office;Scottish Grand Committee

Answered by

Brian Wilson (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Grand Committee

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

2 March 1998

Reference

SGC c8

House

House of Commons

Scottish Office;Scottish Grand Committee

Answered by

Brian Wilson (Labour)

Answering body

Scottish Grand Committee

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

2 March 1998

Reference

SGC c8

House

House of Commons

Librarians' tools

Type

House

Session

Month

Department

Member

Primary member

Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

Subject

Publisher