Questions and answers

Question reference: S6W-23331

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had any meetings with the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) to discuss any alleged cases of conflict of interest in relation to SNIB employees while involved in SNIB investments in external companies.

Question reference: S6O-02932

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the total cost to date of its Building a New Scotland series of papers.

Question reference: S6W-23597

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) fatal and (b) serious accidents there have been on each road in the trunk road and motorway network in each year since 2019.

The following table presents the total number of fatal and serious accidents for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. However, the information on the total number of fatal and serious accidents for 2023 are only available up to the date stated in the following table.

	Fatal and Serious Collisions 2019 to 2023
Route	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		TOTAL
Route	Serious	Fatal	Serious	Fatal	Serious	Fatal	Serious	Fatal	Serious ‎ up to 1 Nov	Fatal ‎ up to 5 Dec
A1	3	0	9	1	7	0	9	3	4	3	39
A6091	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	8
A68	5	0	2	2	9	0	3	1	10	0	32
A7	4	0	2	0	5	0	2	1	4	1	19
A701	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	7
A702	4	0	4	0	5	0	1	2	5	2	23
A720	10	1	4	0	5	0	3	1	4	0	28
A725	5	0	5	0	3	1	7	2	11	0	34
A726	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	2	1	10
A727	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
A737	7	0	4	0	5	0	2	0	2	0	20
A738	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
A75	7	2	7	1	11	2	11	1	13	1	56
A76	5	0	4	2	9	1	7	1	10	1	40
A77	17	2	10	0	9	1	10	2	5	1	57
A78	7	0	10	2	12	0	8	3	9	0	51
A8	4	1	3	1	4	0	3	0	6	0	22
A82	28	7	22	5	30	5	20	5	31	3	156
A828	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	6
A83	17	0	6	1	7	1	7	1	5	1	46
A830	3	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	12
A835	5	1	2	0	2	0	3	1	4	1	19
A84	7	0	3	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	17
A85	13	4	11	0	5	3	12	0	7	4	59
A86	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	5	0	13
A87	5	1	7	0	8	1	4	0	7	2	35
A876	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
A887	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
A889	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
A898	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
A9	36	6	19	2	24	3	25	12	28	4	159
A90	26	3	19	5	21	3	14	3	11	4	109
A92	10	1	16	2	8	0	11	2	7	3	60
A95	4	0	2	0	2	0	3	1	5	0	17
A956	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
A96	16	5	9	3	13	2	12	1	18	0	79
A972	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6
A977	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
A985	4	2	3	2	4	0	3	1	3	0	22
A99	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6
M73	2	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	4	1	13
M74	21	5	17	1	17	4	19	1	14	2	101
M77	1	0	3	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	12
M8	21	1	16	6	32	5	23	3	16	2	125
M80	8	1	3	0	3	2	4	0	2	0	23
M823	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
M876	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5
M898	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
M9	6	1	5	1	6	0	5	1	5	1	31
M90	9	1	4	1	5	1	7	0	4	0	32
TOTAL	333	49	246	39	294	39	262	54	273	40	1629

Date Extracted – 06-12-2023

Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database

Notes: Statistics for Police Scotland

Date Period: 01-04-2021 – 01-11-2023 (latest date available for serious)

Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available at the time of retrieving the data from Transport Scotland’s accident manager system. The following are potential reasons for an accident not appearing on our system:

Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
The accident information Transport Scotland holds is subject to change. E.g. we receive late returns from Police Scotland, who are responsible for recording details of injury accidents.
Annual Scottish accident figures are published by Transport Scotland on a yearly basis and can be found by entering Reported Road Casualties Scotland into your search engine.
From summer 2019, Police Scotland introduced a new system for recording traffic collisions. Due to improved recording and categorisation processes, it is expected that there will be an increase in the number of casualties and accidents on Scottish roads that are classified as serious. This increase would not reflect an actual change in the severity of accidents occurring on Scottish roads, but would instead reflect more accurate recording.
Statisticians within the Department for Transport have devised a method for adjusting the road casualty figures to ensure that they can be compared over time on a consistent basis. Transport Scotland’s Key Reported Road Casualties and Reported Road Casualties statistics publications will present both adjusted and unadjusted figures.

Question reference: S6W-23598

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much compensation ScotRail has awarded to passengers in each month or four-week recording period since the beginning of 2022, and what the estimated unclaimed compensation has been in each of these months or periods.

Question reference: S6O-02897

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when the previously ring-fenced £33 million of funding allocated to the agriculture sector as a result of the Bew Review will be returned to its budget for the portfolio covering agriculture.

Question reference: S6W-23604

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) injury and (b) non-injury road accidents on the A90 between Stonehaven and Aberdeen have been reported in each quarter since 1 April 2021.

There have been 2 personal injury accidents on the A90 between Stonehaven, where Slug Road crosses the A90, and Aberdeen, where Skene road (A944) intersects with the A90 since 1 April 2021.

Information on non-injury accidents is not held by the Scottish Ministers.

Year	Quarter	Date Range	Number of Personal Injury Accidents
2021	2	01-04-2021 to 30-06-2021	0
	3	01-07-2021 to 30-09-2021	0
	4	01-10-1021 to 31-12-2021	0
2022	1	01-01-2022 to 31-3-2022	0
	2	01-04-2022 to 30-06-2022	1
	3	01-07-2022 to 30-09-2022	0
	4	01-10-1022 to 31-12-2022	0
2023	1	01-01-2023 to 31-3-2023	0
	2	01-04-2023 to 30-06-2023	0
	3	01-07-2023 to 30-09-2023	1
	4	01-10-1023 to 01-11-2023	0

Date Extracted - 06-12-2023

Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database

Notes: Statistics for Police Scotland

Date Period: 01-04-2021 - 01-11-2023 (latest date available)

Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available. The following are potential reasons for an accident not appearing on our system

Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
The accident information Transport Scotland holds is subject to change. e.g. we receive late returns from Police Scotland, who are responsible for recording details of injury accidents.
Annual Scottish accident figures are published by Transport Scotland on a yearly basis and can be found by entering Reported Road Casualties Scotland into your search engine.
Statisticians within the Department for Transport have devised a method for adjusting the road casualty figures to ensure that they can be compared over time on a consistent basis.
Transport Scotland’s Key Reported Road Casualties and Reported Road Casualties statistics publications will present both adjusted and unadjusted figures.

Question reference: S6W-23602

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) injury and (b) non-injury road accidents on the A90 north of Aberdeen have been reported in each quarter since 1 April 2021.

There have been 28 personal injury accidents on the A90 north of Aberdeen from where the A944 intersects with the A90 to where the A90 meets the A98 in Fraserburgh since 1 April 2021 .

Year	Quarter	Date Range	Number of Personal Injury Accidents
2021	2	01-04-2021 to 30-06-2021	4
	3	01-07-2021 to 30-09-2021	3
	4	01-10-1021 to 31-12-2021	5
2022	1	01-01-2022 to 31-3-2022	2
	2	01-04-2022 to 30-06-2022	1
	3	01-07-2022 to 30-09-2022	3
	4	01-10-1022 to 31-12-2022	2
2023	1	01-01-2023 to 31-3-2023	4
	2	01-04-2023 to 30-06-2023	3
	3	01-07-2023 to 30-09-2023	1
	4	01-10-1023 to 01-11-2023	0

Date Extracted - 06-12-2023

Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database

Notes: Statistics for Police Scotland

Date Period: 01-04-2021 - 01-11-2023 (latest date available)

Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available. The following are potential reasons for an accident not appearing on our system

Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
The accident information Transport Scotland holds is subject to change. e.g. we receive late returns from Police Scotland, who are responsible for recording details of injury accidents.
Annual Scottish accident figures are published by Transport Scotland on a yearly basis and can be found by entering Reported Road Casualties Scotland into your search engine.
Statisticians within the Department for Transport have devised a method for adjusting the road casualty figures to ensure that they can be compared over time on a consistent basis.
Transport Scotland’s Key Reported Road Casualties and Reported Road Casualties statistics publications will present both adjusted and unadjusted figures.

Question reference: S6W-23600

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been killed in road accidents on the A90 between Dundee and Stonehaven in each quarter since 1 April 2021.

There has been 1 fatality as a result of road accidents on the A90 between Dundee (Emmock Roundabout) to Stonehaven, where Slug Road crosses the A90 since 1 April 2021.

Year	Quarter	Date Range	Fatal Casualties
2021	2	01-04-2021 to 30-06-2021	0
	3	01-07-2021 to 30-09-2021	0
	4	01-10-1021 to 31-12-2021	1
2022	1	01-01-2022 to 31-3-2022	0
	2	01-04-2022 to 30-06-2022	0
	3	01-07-2022 to 30-09-2022	0
	4	01-10-1022 to 31-12-2022	0
2023	1	01-01-2023 to 31-3-2023	0
	2	01-04-2023 to 30-06-2023	0
	3	01-07-2023 to 30-09-2023	0
	4	01-10-1023 to 01-11-2023	0

Date Extracted - 06-12-2023

Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database

Notes: Statistics for Police Scotland

Date Period: 01-04-2021 - 01-11-2023 (latest date available)

Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available. The following are potential reasons for an accident not appearing on our system

Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
The accident information Transport Scotland holds is subject to change. e.g. we receive late returns from Police Scotland, who are responsible for recording details of injury accidents.
Annual Scottish accident figures are published by Transport Scotland on a yearly basis and can be found by entering Reported Road Casualties Scotland into your search engine.
Statisticians within the Department for Transport have devised a method for adjusting the road casualty figures to ensure that they can be compared over time on a consistent basis.
Transport Scotland’s Key Reported Road Casualties and Reported Road Casualties statistics publications will present both adjusted and unadjusted figures.

Question reference: S6W-23599

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been killed in road accidents on the A90 north of Aberdeen in each quarter since 1 April 2021.

There have been 5 fatalities as a result of road accidents on the A90 north of Aberdeen from where the A944 intersects with the A90 to where the A90 meets the A98 in Fraserburgh since 1 April 2021.

Year	Quarter	Date Range	Fatal Casualties
2021	2	01-04-2021 to 30-06-2021	0
	3	01-07-2021 to 30-09-2021	1
	4	01-10-1021 to 31-12-2021	1
2022	1	01-01-2022 to 31-3-2022	1
	2	01-04-2022 to 30-06-2022	0
	3	01-07-2022 to 30-09-2022	1
	4	01-10-1022 to 31-12-2022	0
2023	1	01-01-2023 to 31-3-2023	0
	2	01-04-2023 to 30-06-2023	1
	3	01-07-2023 to 30-09-2023	0
	4	01-10-1023 to 01-11-2023	0

Date Extracted - 06-12-2023

Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database

Notes: Statistics for Police Scotland

Date Period: 01-04-2021 - 01-11-2023 (latest date available)

Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available. The following are potential reasons for an accident not appearing on our system

Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
The accident information Transport Scotland holds is subject to change. e.g. we receive late returns from Police Scotland, who are responsible for recording details of injury accidents.
Annual Scottish accident figures are published by Transport Scotland on a yearly basis and can be found by entering Reported Road Casualties Scotland into your search engine.
Statisticians within the Department for Transport have devised a method for adjusting the road casualty figures to ensure that they can be compared over time on a consistent basis.
Transport Scotland’s Key Reported Road Casualties and Reported Road Casualties statistics publications will present both adjusted and unadjusted figures.

Question reference: S6W-23601

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been killed in road accidents on the A90 between Stonehaven and Aberdeen in each quarter since 1 April 2021.

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