Written Question · S3W-32880 · Session 3
How much it would cost it to extend the Road Equivalent Tariff pilot to all ferry routes on the Clyde and to the Argyll islands.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it would cost it to extend the Road Equivalent Tariff pilot to all ferry routes on the Clyde and to the Argyll islands.
The answer
It is estimated that the additional revenue cost of extending the Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) pilot to all ferry routes on the Clyde and the Argyll islands is in the range of £10 million to £14 million per annum.
The £10 million figure assumes an increase in patronage, and hence increased fares revenue, equivalent to the impact currently being experienced on the RET pilot routes.
The £14 million figure assumes that there is no additional patronage effects as a consequence of lower RET fares.
These figures are based on an analysis of the following routes “ Oban to Craignure; Fishnish to Lochaline; Fionnphort to Iona; Tarbert Loch Fyne to Portavadie; Kennacraig to Islay; Tayinloan to Gigha; Wemyss Bay to Rothesay; Colintraive to Rhubodach; Ardrossan to Brodick; Claonaig to Lochranza; Largs to Cumbrae Slip, and Gourock to Dunoon.
The £10 million figure assumes an increase in patronage, and hence increased fares revenue, equivalent to the impact currently being experienced on the RET pilot routes.
The £14 million figure assumes that there is no additional patronage effects as a consequence of lower RET fares.
These figures are based on an analysis of the following routes “ Oban to Craignure; Fishnish to Lochaline; Fionnphort to Iona; Tarbert Loch Fyne to Portavadie; Kennacraig to Islay; Tayinloan to Gigha; Wemyss Bay to Rothesay; Colintraive to Rhubodach; Ardrossan to Brodick; Claonaig to Lochranza; Largs to Cumbrae Slip, and Gourock to Dunoon.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-32880 by reference.