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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S6W-04915

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 21 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it recommends that cyclists wear a helmet.

Wearing a helmet is a matter of personal choice, not a requirement.

The wearing of cycle helmets is covered by the Highway Code and is a matter reserved to the UK Government. It recommends wearing a cycle helmet which conforms to current regulations, is the correct size and securely fastened, if cyclists choose to do so.

The Scottish Government is committed to improving the safety of all vulnerable road users through a variety of means including the building of safe, high quality active travel infrastructure, providing training and encouraging good road user behaviour with mutual respect.

Question reference: S6W-04895

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 21 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what cycling projects it has supported in each of the regional transport partnership areas, and how much funding it has provided for these in each year since 2017.

Question reference: S6W-04894

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 December 2021

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 2017.

The following table presents the total number of fatal and serious accidents for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. However, the information on the total number of fatal and serious accidents for 2021 are only available up to the date stated in the table.

	Fatal and Serious Collisions 2017 to 2021
Route	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		TOTAL
Route	Serious	Fatal	Serious	Fatal	Serious	Fatal	Serious	Fatal	Serious ‎ up to 7 Sept	Fatal ‎ up to 13 Dec
A1	5	2	7	1	3	0	9	1	6	0	34
A6091	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	8
A68	3	0	7	2	5	0	2	2	5	0	26
A7	1	1	4	2	4	0	2	0	4	0	18
A701	3	0	6	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	16
A702	8	1	1	3	4	0	4	0	4	0	25
A720	2	0	10	0	10	1	4	0	2	0	29
A725	4	0	4	1	5	0	5	0	2	0	21
A726	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	6
A737	7	1	5	0	7	0	4	0	3	0	27
A738	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
A75	7	3	8	1	7	2	7	1	10	2	48
A751	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A76	3	1	11	2	5	0	4	2	5	1	34
A77	13	4	10	1	17	2	10	0	6	1	64
A78	13	0	12	0	7	0	10	2	9	0	53
A8	3	1	2	0	4	1	3	1	3	0	18
A82	25	7	20	4	27	7	22	5	16	6	139
A828	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	9
A83	7	1	6	2	17	0	6	1	3	1	44
A830	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	7
A835	0	0	2	4	5	1	2	0	2	0	16
A84	7	1	5	0	7	0	3	1	0	1	25
A85	11	1	15	0	13	4	11	0	3	4	62
A86	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7
A87	4	0	4	2	5	1	7	0	5	1	29
A876	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4
A887	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
A889	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
A893	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A898	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
A9	15	5	27	10	35	6	19	2	15	4	138
A90	27	2	19	1	26	3	19	5	11	1	114
A92	10	0	15	0	10	1	16	2	4	0	58
A95	5	1	2	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	15
A956	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
A96	12	2	11	1	16	5	9	3	8	2	69
A972	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
A977	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
A985	1	0	3	0	4	2	3	2	1	0	16
A99	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5
M8	12	1	14	1	21	1	16	6	23	3	98
M74	7	2	7	5	21	5	17	1	9	3	77
M73	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	7
M77	4	0	5	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	14
M80	4	1	5	0	8	1	3	0	2	1	25
M823	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
M876	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	6
M898	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M9	5	0	5	2	6	1	5	1	4	0	29
M90	6	0	5	0	8	1	4	1	3	1	29
TOTAL	248	38	271	49	328	49	246	39	184	36	1488

Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland. 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).

• Transport Scotland only holds accident information for the trunk road network.

• 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. The evidence from other police forces within the UK that introduced the same system is that this increase will be around 20%. 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-04889

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the Electric A9 project, including (a) how many electric vehicle (EV) charge points (i) have been installed to date, (ii) will be installed in total and (iii) have been installed by ChargePlace Scotland, and (b) what the planned completion date is for installation of all the EV charge points.

There are now over 150 chargers throughout the Electric A9 corridor, in a variety of locations including charging hubs and rural communities.

The number of chargers will continue to grow as the number of electric vehicles in Scotland does, providing electric vehicle charging provision for long distance journeys, alongside local charging for businesses and residents, and charging at destinations.

To date, the Electric A9 has been funded by Scottish Ministers and chargers are part of the ChargePlace Scotland, which provides the back office provision and network. ChargePlace Scotland don’t own or operate charge points, this is predominantly done by local authorities along the route. We anticipate that commercially funded chargers will also be installed along the route of the A9 increasing the total number of chargers available in future years.

Question reference: S6W-04752

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether Abellio will be able to report its experience of running the ScotRail franchise after the service has been nationalised.

Question reference: S6F-00633

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2021

To ask the First Minister how many missing person investigations have been carried out in 2021.

Question reference: S6F-00615

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2021

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

Question reference: S6F-00614

Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2021

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to ensure that vulnerable individuals are able to access support from charities and community groups over the festive period despite any required COVID-19 measures.

Question reference: S6F-00612

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2021

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the recent survey by the Educational Institute of Scotland, which found that at least 50% of teachers said their wellbeing was poor or very poor.

Question reference: S6F-00607

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2021

Question to be taken in Chamber.