Question reference: S5W-32324
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 5 October 2020
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Current status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 26 October 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the response by the Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands on 20 August 2020 (Official Report, c.41) on the introduction of road equivalent tariff (RET) on ferry routes across the Pentland Firth, when further work on fares to establish an agreed mechanism for delivering RET for Orkney and Shetland will be completed.
Answer
Further to my answer to your previous question S5O-04489 on 20 August 2020, I can confirm that we have been able to restart work to consider fares on ferry routes across the Pentland Firth. However, this work is at an early stage and is subject to the continued resource pressures of COVID-19. I therefore do not have a material update to provide at this time, nor am I in a position to provide a completion date.
I reiterate my undertaking to keep you updated as this work progresses.
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