Chamber and committees

February 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

A breakdown of the loan funding provided to Prestwick Airport by financial year is included in the following table.

 * the figure for 2017-18 represents potential loan funding as this is the amount allocated within the budget.

Decisions on the Regularly Funded Organisations are a matter for Creative Scotland. Details of the criteria and assessment process used are published on the Creative Scotland website http://www.creativescotland.com/funding/latest-information/funded-organisations/the-regular-funding-network-2018-21/the-process.

Creative Scotland’s Board has reviewed decisions on the Regular Funding Network and announced on 6 February 2018 that a further 5 organisations will now receive regular funding, including the Dunedin Consort.

ScotRail’s performance is reported by railway industry periods (13 periods in a year) therefore the information is contained below in this format,

Over the last year the number of ScotRail services subject to skip-stopping was 5,980 trains and this equates to 0.78 percent (part of period 10 falls in the 2018 calendar year).

The member will be aware that the independent review underway will propose steps for improvement, and aim to reduce the number of incidents of skip-stopping.

The Scottish Government does not routinely hold skip stopping information at route level.

The member will be aware that an independent review of train service performance is underway which will propose steps for improvement, and aim to reduce the number of incidents of skip-stopping.

The ScotRail Franchise contract does not contain a commitment for ScotRail to routinely publish information on skip stopping.

However my officials at Transport Scotland will work with ScotRail to review the level of information that can be published.

I refer the member to the answer to question to S5W-14218 on
9 February 2018. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

Benny Higgins is currently leading work to develop an Implementation Plan for a Scottish National Investment Bank. The Implementation Plan will provide recommendations on the scope and scale of the bank, as well as governance, capitalisation and state aid. The Plan will be published in late February.

I refer the member to the answer to question to S5W-14218 on
9 February 2018. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.