- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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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.
Answer
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.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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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.
Answer
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.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2008
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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.
Answer
Data on the number of deaths from cervical cancer is available by year on the information services division website at:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/cancer_cervix_mort_m.xls.
The latest year for which mortality data are available is 2006.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 March 2008
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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.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-10994 on 15 April 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 15 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that it is appropriate to trap and translocate sparrowhawks from around pigeon lofts during the sparrowhawk breeding season and whether it has previously made any statements on this.
Answer
The Scottish Government will not support any project that runs the risk of trapping and relocating adult sparrowhawks while they have eggs in their nest or dependent young. Scottish ministers are not aware of any previous public statements being made on this issue.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what highest qualifications were attained by school leavers in each year since 1994-95, expressed as a percentage of all school leavers and broken down into (a) none at NQ Level 3 or above, (b) one or two at SCQF Level 3, (c) three or four at SCQF Level 3, (d) five or more at SCQF Level 3, (e) one or two at SCQF Level 4, (f) three or four at SCQF Level 4, (g) five or more at SCQF Level 4, (h) one or two at SCQF Level 5, (i) three or four at SCQF Level 5, (j) five or more at SCQF Level 5, (k) one or two at SCQF Level 6, (l) three or four at SCQF Level 6, (m) five or more at SCQF Level 6, (n) one or two at SCQF Level 7 and (o) three or more at SCQF Level 7.
Answer
The available information is given in the following table.
Highest Qualifications Attained by Leavers from Publicly-Funded Secondary Schools (Percentages)
| Year | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| Total Leavers (=100%) | 58,344 | 56,834 | 55,548 | 57,178 | 57,625 | 57,108 | 58,589 | 57,588 | 58,467 | 57,773 |
| No NQ @ SCQF level 3 or better | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| 1-2 @ SCQF Level 3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 3-4 @ SCQF Level 3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| 5+ @ SCQF Level 3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 1-2 @ SCQF Level 4 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| 3-4 @ SCQF Level 4 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.6 |
| 5+ @ SCQF Level 4 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.4 |
| 1-2 @ SCQF Level 5 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.4 |
| 3-4 @ SCQF Level 5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
| 5+ @ SCQF Level 5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| 1-2 @ SCQF Level 6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| 3-4 @ SCQF Level 6 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.0 |
| 5+ @ SCQF Level 6 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.4 |
| 1-2 @ SCQF Level 7 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
| 3+ @ SCQF Level 7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
Data on the highest qualifications of school leavers are not available in the format requested prior to 1997-98. However, the publication Scottish School Leavers and their Qualifications: 1986-87 to 1996-97 (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/statbull/ste2-00.htm) provides information on standard grade and higher awards obtained by leavers in that period.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 2 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to publish a proposal for legislation on protecting rural schools.
Answer
We intend to publish a set of proposals for comment in the form of a Consultation Paper at the end of April.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake research to discover whether combined multiple vaccines can aggravate underlying medical conditions leading to features of autistic spectrum disorder.
Answer
There is a wealth of scientific evidence that vaccines do not cause autism and as such there are no plans to undertake any further research in this area. The Scottish Government and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have however taken forward a jointly funded research programme in relation to autism, based on the agenda outlined in the MRC Review of Autism Research. The MRC has now committed over £3 million to new research. The awards range from clinical investigations in children and adults, to environmental risk factors, brain imaging and intervention studies. The Chief Scientist Office has also funded a number of studies into autism.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake research to establish levels of mitochondrial dysfunction in the autism population in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Government and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have taken forward a jointly funded research programme in relation to autism, based on the agenda outlined in the MRC review of autism research. The MRC has now committed over £3 million to new research. The awards range from clinical investigations in children and adults, to environmental risk factors, brain imaging and intervention studies. The Chief Scientist Office has also funded a number of studies into autism.
No research is currently planned on the explicit issue of levels of mitochondrial dysfunction in the autism population in Scotland. However, the Chief Scientist Office is open to proposals for further studies.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 25 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in light of the judgement by the US Attorney General on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services which found that combined multiple vaccinations received by a child significantly aggravated an underlying mitochondrial disorder predisposing her to deficits in cellular energy metabolism and manifested as a regressive encephalopathy with features of autism.
Answer
The details of the judgement in this case are sealed and much of what is being publicly suggested is speculation. What is known is that the child in question has an extremely rare genetic metabolic condition and as part of her neurological signs and symptoms, she has autistic-like features. There is a wealth of scientific evidence that vaccines do not cause autism and the circumstances of this case do not change that conclusion.
