Extracts from Proceedings in the Scottish Parliament - June 21

Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on Freedom of Information Requests

Graham Simpson (Central Scotland) (Con):..I asked colleagues for examples. Brian Whittle has given some today, as has Jamie Greene, but here is a stonker from Liam Kerr. When he put the question:

"To ask the Scottish Government what the budgeted ongoing costs were for Edinburgh Gateway station, and what the actual ongoing maintenance costs have been",

he got this enlightening reply from Humza Yousaf:

"The operational and maintenance costs for individual stations on the Scotrail network is commercially sensitive information." [Written Answers, 15 June 2017; S5W-09540.]

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