What the timescales are for ministerial decisions on the approval of regional transport plans.

Answered Asked by Patrick Harvie Green Lodged 30 May 2007

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescales are for ministerial decisions on the approval of regional transport plans.

The answer

Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 Jun 2007 · 12 days after it was lodged, on time

There is no statutory deadlinefor the approval of regional transport strategies. The Transport (Scotland) Act2005 section 6(1)(b) required the Regional Transport Partnerships to submit theirfirst transport strategies by 31 March 2007. The document Scotland’s Transport Future: Guidanceon Regional Transport Strategies states that ministers will aim to approve orreturn submitted strategies within three months.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-00387 by reference.