- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of adults travel to work by bus, also broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency.
Answer
(a) Local authority figures are available from the Scottish Household Survey (SHS). Figures are published online as part of the SHS Transport: Local Area Analysis web tables. Table 1 shows the relevant data and can found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Transport-Travel/PubTranAcrScot.
(b) Although the SHS has a large sample that covers the whole of Scotland, it has some geographical limitations because of the sample sizes in small local authorities and because it is designed to be representative only at national and local authority level. Results are not available at Scottish Parliamentary Constituency level.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many bus passengers there have been in Moodiesburn in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is not collected or held by Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation bus companies are required to undertake before altering a route.
Answer
Bus companies are not required to undertake any consultation before altering a route. However, they are required to notify relevant local authorities of service changes 14 days prior to submitting their application to the Traffic Commissioner. Bus companies are required to submit applications for service changes to the Traffic Commissioner 56 days prior to the date on which the changes are due to take place.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the satisfaction levels are of bus passengers in the Coatbridge and Chryston constituency.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this data. Although the Scottish Household Survey has a large sample that covers the whole of Scotland, it has some geographical limitations because of the sample sizes in small local authorities and because it is designed to be representative only at national and local authority level.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what surveys have been carried out on passenger satisfaction on buses in the Moodiesburn area.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not carried out any specific survey, however, the Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is asked of a sample of households across Scotland each year and includes questions on passenger satisfaction. Although the SHS has a large sample that covers the whole of Scotland, the results are not representative below local authority level.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it gives to bus companies regarding routes.
Answer
The provision of local bus services is generally a matter for individual bus operators, who use their own commercial judgement on service routes and frequencies. The Scottish Government does not give any guidance to bus operators regarding routes.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that bus services in the Moodiesburn area would have been better organised if the proposed members’ Bill on the regulation of bus services, which was lodged on 1 December 2009, had been passed.
Answer
The Scottish Government is not in a position to speculate on how the proposed members'' Bill may have affected bus services in Moodiesburn.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what penalties there are for bus companies that do not meet the terms of their contractual agreements.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not have contractual agreements with bus companies for the provision of services. We do not hold information on the penalty clauses in contracts between bus companies and third parties, which would be a matter for them.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many buses travelled between Moodiesburn and Glasgow on 21 February 2011
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold information on bus service operations centrally including those between Moodiesburn and Glasgow. We expect bus services to run to their registered timetables. Specific information about services should be referred to the Traffic Commissioner at The Stamp Office, 10 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EG.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what surveys have been carried out on passenger satisfaction on buses.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not carried out any specific surveys about passenger satisfaction on buses in recent years. However, the annual Scottish Household Survey and includes questions on passenger satisfaction.
