Questions and answers

Question reference: S3W-11731

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have been recorded in Fife in each year since 2000-01 for offences under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 relating to sales of alcohol to those under the age of 18 and how many prosecutions for these offences are presently pending.

The available information is given in the following table. The Scottish Government court proceedings database does not hold data on pending cases and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service''s case management system does not record pending cases in a comparable format to the data provided.

Persons Proceeded Against for Selling Alcohol to Persons under 18¹, in Fife Courts,

2000-01 to 2005-06

	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Persons Proceeded Against	6	1	-	5	1	-
Persons with a Charge Proved	3	1	-	3	-	-

Note: 1. Where main offence. Includes prosecutions under Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 sections 68(1)and 90A(2).

Question reference: S3W-11732

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any targets have been set for the detection and prosecution of offences as a result of the introduction of test purchasing of alcohol.

Question reference: S3W-11164

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list its 10 top priority road improvement initiatives and what action is being taken to implement them.

Question reference: S3W-11054

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of S2 pupils did not achieve Level E in reading in each year since 1994-95.

In order to provide detail on the longer time series requested, information has been provided based on teachers'' judgements of reading collected through the Scottish Survey of Achievement and the previous 5-14 survey.

The percentage of S2 pupils who did not achieve Level E in reading based on teachers'' judgements from 1999-2006 is contained in the table below:

5-14 National Survey						SSA¹
1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
56	47	44	41	39	36	34	35

Notes:

1. Scottish Survey of Achievement.

Data is not available prior to 1999.

Scottish Survey of Achievement (SSA) results are based on a sample of pupils, the national survey was a census of all pupils in Scotland. Results from the national survey may therefore not be directly comparable with the results of the SSA.

Question reference: S3W-11052

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of S2 pupils did not achieve Level E in numeracy in each year since 1994-95.

In order to provide detail on the longer time series requested, information has been provided based on teachers'' judgements of mathematics collected through the Scottish Survey of Achievement and the previous 5-14 National Survey.

The percentage of S2 pupils who did not achieve Level E in maths based on teachers'' judgements from 1999-2006 is contained in the table below:

5-14 National Survey						SSA¹
1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
58	53	49	46	45	41	40	36

Notes:

1. Scottish Survey of Achievement.

Data is not available prior to 1999.

Data on maths has been provided as a proxy for numeracy.

Scottish Survey of Achievement (SSA) results are based on a sample of pupils, the national survey was a census of all pupils in Scotland. Results from the national survey may therefore not be directly comparable with the results of the SSA.

Question reference: S3W-11053

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of S2 pupils did not achieve Level E in writing in each year since 1994-95.

The percentage of S2 pupils who did not achieve level E in writing based on teachers'' judgements in each year since 1999-2006 is contained in the table below:

5-14 National Survey						SSA¹
1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
62	57	54	50	49	48	49	47

Notes:

1. Scottish Survey of Achievement.

Data prior to 1999 is not available.

SSA results are based on a sample of pupils, the national survey is based on a census of all pupils in Scotland. Results from the national survey may therefore not be directly comparable with the results of the SSA.

Question reference: S3W-11166

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the feasibility reports into the dualling of the A9 between Perth and Pitlochry to be (a) completed and (b) published.

An executive summary of the feasibility report into dualling of the A9 between Perth and Blair Atholl is available at:

http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/reports/publications-and-guidance/road/a9-perth-to-blair-atholl-route-improvement-strategy-study-executive-summary.

More detailed work has now been commissioned to develop the design of the dualling between Luncarty and Pass of Birnam. That work is expected to be completed later this year.

Question reference: S3W-11165

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18096 by Tavish Scott on 10 August 2005, which roads have had the highest number of (a) accidents and (b) fatalities in each of the last five years.

The following tables provide the statistics requested. Each sub-table lists only 20 roads, therefore, in some cases, other roads may have the same numbers of injury road accidents, or fatalities, as the last road shown in a particular sub-table. For example, the A719 was not the only road which had three fatalities in 2002.

In the case of roads, such as the A1, which cross the border, the figures relate only to accidents which occurred in Scotland. As the roads listed vary in length, those roads with higher number of accidents may not necessarily reflect those with the highest intensity of accidents (number per mile).

2002
Injury Road Accidents		Fatalities
Road	Number of Injury Road Accidents	Road	Number of Road Accident Fatalities
A8	341	A82	12
A90	242	A77	10
M8	223	A90	10
A9	219	A9	9
A82	209	A75	8
A77	177	A1	7
A92	149	A8	7
A7	140	A74	6
A71	131	A96	6
A814	128	A947	5
A1	112	A977	5
A803	105	M74	5
A96	104	A814	4
A761	100	A823	4
A89	98	M90	4
A81	93	A719	3
A85	92	A72	3
A70	87	A832	3
A73	87	A91	3
A78	86	A93	3

2003
Injury Road Accidents		Fatalities
Road	Number of Injury Road Accidents	Road	Number of Road Accident Fatalities
A8	315	A9	21
A90	255	A90	14
A82	229	A77	12
A9	227	A96	11
M8	190	A72	7
A77	173	A82	7
A92	159	A770	5
A71	149	A811	5
A7	127	A85	5
A1	120	A92	5
A89	120	B7078	5
A814	109	A71	4
A96	101	A713	4
A726	99	A8	4
A78	91	A84	4
A702	90	A93	4
A761	89	A701	3
A85	88	A726	3
A70	83	A74	3
A91	83	A75	3

2004
Injury road accidents		Fatalities
Road	Number of Injury Road Accidents	Road	Number of Road Accident Fatalities
A8	307	A9	17
A90	271	A90	13
M8	238	A77	12
A82	215	A82	7
A9	213	A85	7
A71	177	A92	7
A77	137	A96	7
A7	130	A91	5
A92	124	A70	4
A96	123	A71	4
A85	105	M74	4
A814	99	A701	3
A89	99	A702	3
A726	96	A72	3
A78	94	A8	3
A702	93	A83	3
A1	90	A859	3
A761	90	A87	3
A70	89	A916	3
A803	89	A93	3

2005
Injury Road Accidents		Fatalities
Road	Number of Injury Road Accidents	Road	Number of Road Accident Fatalities
A8	270	A82	10
A90	235	A90	9
M8	220	A85	7
A82	212	A92	7
A9	192	A947	6
A77	153	A1	5
A71	143	A75	5
A96	139	A9	5
A7	125	A923	5
A92	120	A7	4
A1	110	A70	4
A814	105	A76	4
A89	94	A96	4
A803	90	A701	3
A70	87	A71	3
A761	84	A713	3
A726	76	A74	3
A85	73	A77	3
A702	72	A811	3
A721	72	A814	3

2006
Injury road accidents		Fatalities
Road	Number of Injury Road Accidents	Road	Number of Road Accident Fatalities
A8	301	A9	17
A90	242	A90	17
A9	234	A82	10
M8	224	A96	9
A82	184	A75	8
A7	145	A71	5
A71	144	A726	5
A77	132	A76	5
A814	113	A8	5
A92	109	A701	4
A96	101	A77	4
A89	97	A92	4
A726	95	A947	4
A1	91	A95	4
A85	86	A97	4
A761	82	M8	4
A73	81	A6105	3
A803	79	A72	3
A70	78	A84	3
A81	78	A91	3

Source: Scottish Government STATS 19 Returns.

Question reference: S3W-11700

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many women died from cervical cancer in Scotland in each year since 1990.

Question reference: S3W-10927

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 15 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive when a trial to trap and translocate sparrowhawks from around pigeon lofts (a) commenced and (b) will end, and who will carry out this task.

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