FOI/202400434389 · FOI · unclear
Transport Scotland consultations cost: FOI release
Information requested
“The following information under freedom of information legislation. The total cost to produce and analysis the following consultations?”
Islands Connectivity Plan: Strategic Approach and Vessels and Ports Plan Guidance on inclusive design for town centres and busy streets Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS3) Amendments to Scottish Road Works Regulations 2024 Draft regulations allocating bus service appeals to the Scottish Tribunals: consultation Cycling framework for active travel Scottish roadworks technical consultation 2022 Herring in the Firth of Clyde - setting the total allowable catch for 2022 Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 consultation on regulations allocating the new Transport Appeals to the General Regulatory Chamber Second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) Scotland's pavement parking prohibitions: pre-implementation directions and regulations for local authorities Aviation strategy Scotland's National Transport Strategy Impact Assessments Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2022 Membership of the National Smart Ticketing Advisory Board Implementing the bus provisions of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 Workplace Parking Licensing Regulations and Guidance A9 North Kessock to Tore Study - Preliminary Appraisal Consultation on Traffic Regulation Orders
Response
We do not breakdown time or cost spent on individual projects where they form normal ‘day-to-day’ tasks by our internal resources, including the production and analysis of consultations, and so we cannot provide information on consultations produced as part of normal working duties. For consultations that were produced as part of normal duties with no additional engagement or other costs, we have presented the overall cost as £0. There is also an annual internal recharge from Scottish Government to Transport Scotland for use of the Citizenspace platform, (the platform used by Scottish Government for consultation purposes), however this cannot be attributed to any individual consultation and is therefore not included below. The table shows the costs, outside of normal staff time, which apply to the consultations you have requested.
The consultation on A9 North Kessock to Tore Study was part of a larger option appraisal carried out by a single consultant. The cost of the entire project was £114,763.20 ex-VAT, however the vast majority of this figure was for other elements of the development, appraisal, and reporting of options in the A9 North Kessock to Tore study. Only a very small proportion of above figure was spent on the technical consultants preparing materials for the consultation and reporting its outcomes. Due to the latter activity being invoiced as part of the overall study, it is not possible to disaggregate specific costs attributable to the public consultation alone, which were so minor as to not warrant more detailed breakdown.
Similarly, for consultation 10 (STPR), whilst we have a breakdown of costs from the consultants for their time by broad work packages for STPR2 we did not have one specifically related to “consultation” “or “analysis”. Overall, £124,339.39 + VAT were spent on items which include the preparation and analysis of consultation 10. This is the combined costs of the public facing engagements which fed back into the reporting process, (in late 2019 and Spring 2020) but also the draft final recommendations in January 2022.
Consultation name Directorate/Division Cost 1. Islands Connectivity Plan: Strategic Approach and Vessels and Ports Plan TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £8,000 + VAT 2. Guidance on inclusive design for town centres and busy streets TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £0 3. Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS3) TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £11,773.29 + VAT 4. Amendments to Scottish Road Works Regulations 2024 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £0 5. Draft regulations allocating bus service appeals to the Scottish Tribunals: consultation EDUCATION AND JUSTICE £398.71 (VAT included 6. Cycling framework for active travel TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £0 7. Scottish roadworks technical consultation 2022 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £0 8. Herring in the Firth of Clyde - setting the total allowable catch for 2022 MARINE SCOTLAND £794.87 (VAT included) 9. Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 consultation on regulations allocating the new Transport Appeals to the General Regulatory Chamber EDUCATION AND JUSTICE £346.61 10. Second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) TRANSPORT SCOTLAND Not available separately 11. Scotland's pavement parking prohibitions: pre-implementation directions and regulations for local authorities TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £0 12. Aviation strategy TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £9,928.62 (VAT included 13. Scotland's National Transport Strategy Impact Assessments TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £25,201.41 +VAT 14. Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2022 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £0 15. Membership of the National Smart Ticketing Advisory Board TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £0 16. Implementing the bus provisions of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £10500.96 + VAT 17. Workplace Parking Licensing Regulations and Guidance TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £4472 + VAT 18. A9 North Kessock to Tore Study - Preliminary Appraisal TRANSPORT SCOTLAND Not available separately 19. Consultation on Traffic Regulation Orders TRANSPORT SCOTLAND £0
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