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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-02839

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it had with Donald Trump or the Trump Organization regarding offshore wind development plans in Aberdeen Bay between October 2008 and August 2011.

Question reference: S4W-02841

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any discussions between either Donald Trump or the Trump Organization and (a) the developers or (b) any other third party regarding offshore wind development plans in Aberdeen Bay between October 2008 and August 2011 and, if so, what organisations and on what dates.

Question reference: S4W-02838

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it had with Donald Trump or the Trump Organization regarding offshore wind development plans in Aberdeen Bay between May 2007 and October 2008.

Question reference: S4W-02840

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any discussions between either Donald Trump or the Trump Organization and (a) the developers or (b) any other third party regarding offshore wind development plans in Aberdeen Bay between May 2007 and October 2008 and, if so, what organisations and on what dates.

Question reference: S4W-02786

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 30 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to promote cycling among young people.

The Scottish Government promotes the sport of cycling among young people through sportscotland. In the year 2010-11, sportscotland awarded Scottish Cycling over £635,000, part of which is designed to enable the sport’s governing body, Scottish Cycling, develop capacity building in clubs and develop more competitive opportunities for young people in a structured and supportive environment. Since 2006, club membership has increased significantly in all categories especially women and youths.

Question reference: S4W-02836

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether further preliminary work is required on the Borders Railway project and, if so, whether this will involve additional costs.

Question reference: S4W-02837

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with BAM Construction UK regarding the construction costs of the Borders Railway project.

Question reference: S4W-02785

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what cycling projects it supported in 2010-11 and has supported in 2011-12.

The Scottish Government has supported the following cycling projects in both 2010-11 and 2011-12:

Local authority led projects supported through the Cycling, Walking and Safer Streets grant;

The Smarter Choices, Smarter Places programme currently running in seven local authority areas which encourages active travel and travel behaviour change, including the promotion of cycling;

The building of the National Cycle Network, community links and safe routes to schools delivered by Sustrans in partnership with local authorities;

The package of cycling measures delivered by Cycling Scotland such as Bikeability Scotland, Pedal for Scotland, Scottish Cycle Friendly Communities Fund, the “Give Me Cycle Space” campaign to raise awareness of child cyclists and the promotion of Bike Week in Scotland;

The Climate Challenge Fund which is open to communities who wish to promote emissions reduction including cycling projects such as the “Better Way to Work” project in Edinburgh, and

Local projects including the Bike Station in Edinburgh for the Build your own Bike courses aimed at young people who are not in education but can learn a skill and share it with their peers and the wider community, and the East Dunbartonshire Cycle Co-op Community Bike Library to enable children to undertake their Bikeability Scotland cycle training.

Question reference: S4W-02835

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects work to begin on the Borders Railway project.

Question reference: S4W-02783

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made toward achieving its Cycling Action Plan for Scotland target of 10% of all journeys to be by bike by 2020.

The Cycling Action Plan for Scotland (CAPS) was published only last year in June 2010. Cycling Scotland is charged with reporting progress on the actions in CAPS to Scottish Ministers on an annual basis with the first report due in May 2012. This first report will include one full financial year of Scottish Government and Transport Scotland investment in cycling.

The second meeting of the CAPS Delivery Forum took place on 2 September 2011 when all stakeholders who have an action to deliver provided a progress update. In addition to the CAPS Delivery Forum, there are regular meetings between Transport Scotland and Cycling Scotland officials to monitor and track progress.

Cycling to work and to school will continue to be measured by the Scottish Household Survey and the Sustrans’ Hands Up Survey of how children travel to school.