To ask the Scottish Executive why over £60 million has been paid to Skye Bridge Ltd when the agreed costs to be collected by the concessionaire as announced on the statutory identification statement were to be “£23.64 million at July 1990 prices”.

The contractually agreed costs to be recovered by the concessionaire were expressed in 1991 prices discounted at six per cent a year to 1991 base year. The amounts received by Skye Bridge Limited include more than £33 million in toll revenues and compensation payments, and £26.75 million to end the tolling concession. Both these figures are stated in cash terms.