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Public Transport Users' Committee
01/02/2007
Transport Minister Tavish Scott today announced the appointment of John Elliot as Convener of the Public Transport Users' Committee for Scotland.
Mr Elliot has worked in Public Transport since 1965 and held various positions from Bus Conductor to Managing Director. He is currently Chief Executive of Traveline Scotland and mainly concerned with the provision of Public Transport information.
Mr Elliot sat on working groups advising on the development of the National Concessionary Fare Scheme and is also interested in the development if Integrated Ticketing in Scotland. He is currently Chairman of One Ticket Limited who provide integrated ticketing for Public Transport customers in South East Scotland.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and has held a lifelong interest in the customer facing issues relevant to Public Transport. He does not hold any other Ministerial appointments.
The appointment will be for three years and will run from February 1, 2007 to January 31, 2010. The post is part-time and attracts a daily allowance of £150 per day for a time commitment of one day per month, after the three-month induction phase.
During the induction phase the time commitment is expected to be around three days a month. In addition he will be invited to join sub-committees or to attend occasional meetings on behalf of the Committee which may bring a further time commitment of around six days per annum.
Members will be appointmented to fill 11 posts on the PTUC in due course.
The PTUC was established by the Public Transport Users' Committee for Scotland Order 2006.
It is a new advisory public body that came into being on January 1, 2007.
The PTUC will be responsible for representing effectively the interests of public transport users. The PTUC will consider and make recommendations to Scottish Ministers relating to public transport services in, from and to Scotland and it shall consider and make recommendations about other matters if asked to do so.
Ministerial public appointments are made in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland's Code of Practice.
All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process. However, in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees' political activity (if there is any to be declared) to be made public. John Elliot undertook no political activity in the past five years.
The consultation document "Proposals for a Public Transport User' Committee for Scotland" can be viewed at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/12/2295112/51122.
The responses can be viewed at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/05/02104016/0.
The report on the consultation can be viewed at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/01/Committee