Ken Skates ignores Welsh Transport Strategy / Bevan Review of Trawscymru and plans new Trawscymru route in North Wales.

_KEN SKATES AND BREACH OF THE MINISTERIAL CODE_

_22/11/2017_

(1) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME ON WHICH PAGE OF THE BEVAN FOUNDATION REPORT I CAN FIND THE PHRASE YOU ATTRIBUTE TO DR WINCKLER_  “”I SUGGEST THAT CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ROUTING SOME TRAWSCYMRU T3 JOURNEYS BETWEEN ABERYSTWYTH AND WREXHAM AS WELL AS BETWEEN BARMOUTH TO WREXHAM””_    (NB THIS HAS BEEN THE TECHNIQUE EMPLOYED BY YOUR OFFICIALS DAVID HALL AND SHEENA HAGUE WHEN COMPLETELY ALTERING THE TEXT OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS TO AVOID ANSWERING EMBARRASSING QUESTIONS THEY DID NOT WANT TO ANSWER AND DIVERT QUESTIONS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES)

(2) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER YOUR COPY OF THE BEVAN FOUNDATION REPORT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING PHRASE IN PARAGRAPH 2.12.in the words of DR WINCKLER_ “” __I RECOMMEND THAT FURTHER WORK BE DONE IN ADVANCE OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PROPOSED T3 SERVICE ON THE FEASIBILITY OF ITS OPERATION TO ABERYSTWYTH RATHER THAN BARMOUTH. “  _(NB THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON THE VIEWS OF STAKEHOLDERS TO THE REPORT NOT THE “”SUGGESTIONS”” OF A WELSH  GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL)

(3) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME ON WHAT DATE(S) IN 2014 WAS ROUTING THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH DISCUSSED AS YOU STATE IN YOUR LETTER.?

(4) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE NAME/JOB TITLE OF THE WELSH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL(S) WHO WERE INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ROUTING THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH.?

(5) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE NAME/JOB TITLE/ORGANISATION  OF THE OFFICIALS FROM EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS TO THE WELSH GOVERNMENT (LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND BUS SERVICE PROVIDERS) WHO WERE INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ROUTING THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH.?

(6) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT DOCUMENTATION THE WELSH GOVERNMENT HOLDS RELATING TO DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ROUTING THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH.. FOR EXAMPLE MEMOS,  EMAILS, MEETING NOTES, PERSONAL NOTES, REPORTS,ETC?

(7) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE CONCLUSIONS THAT RESULTED FROM DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ROUTING THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH AND THE REASON THAT ,AS YOU STATE IN YOUR LETTER, _“”A DECISION WAS TAKEN TO NOT PURSUE THIS OPTION””_ ?

(8) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER THE CONCLUSIONS AND DECISION (AFTER DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ROUTING THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH ) WERE SHARED WITH THE PARTNERS TO THE T2/T3 CONTRACTS IE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND BUS SERVICE PROVIDERS. ?

(9) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE NAME/JOB TITLE/ORGANISATION  OF THE OFFICIALS IN THOSE PARTNER ORGANISATIONS WHO WERE INFORMED OF THE CONCLUSIONS AND DECISION TO NOT PURSUE ROUTING THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH ?

(10) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER YOUR “”HIGH LEVEL”” REVIEW WILL CONSIDER THE REMIT FROM DR WINCKLER IE    “I RECOMMEND THAT FURTHER WORK BE DONE IN ADVANCE OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PROPOSED T3 SERVICE ON THE FEASIBILITY OF ITS OPERATION TO ABERYSTWYTH RATHER THAN BARMOUTH. “ _?  (BEARING IN MIND IT CANNOT NOW BE DONE IN ADVANCE OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE T3 AS THAT INTRODUCTION TOOK PLACE 3 YEARS AGO)

(11) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER YOUR “”HIGH LEVEL”” REVIEW WILL CONSIDER THE REMIT “”AMENDED”” AND PROVIDED BY YOUR “REASSURING OFFICIALS_” __ WHICH IS VASTLY DIFFERENT TO THE RECOMMENDATION BY DR WINCKLER        “”I SUGGEST THAT CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ROUTING SOME TRAWSCYMRU T3 JOURNEYS BETWEEN ABERYSTWYTH AND WREXHAM AS WELL AS BETWEEN BARMOUTH TO WREXHAM””_ ?