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.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether it will take steps to ensure that ferry services provided by Orkney Islands Council are included in Transport Scotland’s final long-term plan for vessels and ports on the Clyde and Hebrides and Northern Isles networks to 2045.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take through its Islands Connectivity Plan to replace the ageing fleet of large and small vessels operated by Orkney Islands Council.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the ferry and terminal replacement programme for (a) inter-island and (b) Northern Isles ferry services is fully funded.
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the impact that the Islands Growth Deal will have on demand for ferry services provided by (a) CalMac Ferries, (b) Orkney Ferries, (c) Serco NorthLink Ferries and (d) Shetland Islands Council.
To ask the Scottish Government how much Orkney Ferries Limited has spent on vessel maintenance in each year since 2010-11.
To ask the Scottish Government what its current minimum ferry service is for inter-island services operated by Orkney Islands Council.
To ask the Scottish Government what explicit, quantified (a) commitments and (b) targets it has set to ensure that seafloor habitats are (i) healthy and (ii) sustainable.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15219 by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023, whether it will provide an update on when an announcement will be made on the long-term solution for the A83 Rest and Be Thankful.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-16433 by Lorna Slater on 25 April 2023, whether the representatives of the Scottish public sector on the independent project board steering the work (a) commented on the specific final draft content and estimates of the Green Finance Institute and (b) gave specific approval to the estimated figures for Scotland, and whether it will publish the content of any such approvals given by those representatives.
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff Transport Scotland currently has, broken down by directorate.