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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 MSPs 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: S4W-10102

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the £40 million of additional funding for housing, announced in the 2013-14 draft budget, includes any Barnett consequentials and, if so, how much.

Question reference: S4O-01400

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when the budget lines will be identified in relation to the transfer of £250 million from DEL resource to DEL capital as announced in the 2013-14 draft budget.

Question reference: S4W-09858

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the annual saving will be as a result of the reductions to the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Project funding announced on 4 July 2012.

The Scottish Government remains committed to the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme and the electrification of the Scottish network. The estimated cost for the initial phase that was announced on 4 July is £650 million. The timing, specification and cost of future phases are yet to be determined. The Office of Rail Regulation will confirm Network Rail’s funding requirements to deliver our overall High Level Output Specification.

Any reductions in costs for the delivery of passenger services will be determined by bids received through the competitive procurement process for the ScotRail franchise.

Question reference: S4O-01371

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what impact its recent announcement regarding the Schools for the Future programme will have on Dumfries and Galloway Council's learning town initiative consultation.

Question reference: S4W-09759

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-08955 by Keith Brown on 21 August 2012, on what date (a) ScotRail and (b) Network Rail were advised of the findings of Transport Scotland's review of the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme.

Question reference: S4W-09757

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when the decision to reduce the budget for the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme from £1 billion to £350 million was signed off.

Question reference: S4W-09758

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when repayment of the loan from Network Rail for the construction of the revised Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme will start.

Question reference: S4W-09755

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the revised Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme announced on 4 July 2012 has been subject to a Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) appraisal.

Question reference: S4W-09760

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the report by Jacobs Consultancy on the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme will be published in full and, if so, when.

Question reference: S4W-09756

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Statement of Funds Available in The Scottish Ministers’ High Level Output Specification published on 21 June 2012 includes the estimates for the revised Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme announced on 4 July 2012.

The Statement of Funds Available (SoFA) published alongside the High Level Output Specification (HLOS) on 21 June 2012 set out the public financial resources that are, or are likely to become, available to support the overall programme of activity specified in the HLOS, including the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP).

The SoFA is purely a planning assumption on the level of public subsidy that is available to support Network Rail's operation, maintenance, renewal and enhancement of the rail infrastructure for the five-year Control Period to 2019 in line with the requirements of the HLOS. It does not set out funding limits for EGIP or any other individual investments.

It is the responsibility of the Office of Rail Regulation to determine the overall funding required by Network Rail to deliver the Scottish Ministers' HLOS and this is expected by October 2013.

The prioritisation of EGIP phases announced on 4 July meant that a broad programme of rail investment could be specified within the HLOS.