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Data about injury road accidentsare collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executive using the Stats19 statistical report form.

Statistical information aboutthe factors which may have contributed to the occurrence of an injury road accidentis only available if it occurred since the start of 2005, when the Stats 19 specificationwas expanded to include such information. The following table gives the statisticswhich are now available. It must be emphasised that the contributory factors shown in the Stats 19 returnsreflect the reporting officer’s opinion atthe time of making the report, and are not necessarily the result of extensive investigation:subsequent enquiries could lead to a change in the opinion of the reporting officer.The Stats 19 contributory factors are largely subjective, and depend upon the skilland experience of the reporting officer in reconstructing the events which led directlyto the accident, based upon the information available at the time of making thereport.

Fatal and Serious Road Accidentsin 2005 for which One or Both of the Specified Contributory Factors were Recorded

Contributory Factor	Fatal and Serious Accidents in 2005 (Provisional)
Exceeding speed limit	144
Travelling too fast for conditions	289
One or both of these factors	409

 

Three points should be noted.First, the results from the first year of the collection of new statistical information like this could be subject to “teethingtroubles”. Second, the total is less than the sum of the figures for the two factorsbecause there were some accidents for which both factors were reported. Finally,these figures are “provisional” because the data for 2005 have not yet been finalised- for example, contributory factors have not been supplied for about 5% of the injuryroad accidents which were reported for 2005. It is hoped to obtain these detailsbefore the final figures for 2005 are produced. There may, however, be some accidentsfor which the reporting officers cannot identify any contributory factors.

Analyses of the final contributoryfactor data for 2005 will be included in Road Accidents Scotland 2005, which isscheduled to be published in November 2006.

The following table shows thenumber of staff in Scottish Executive core departments that resigned, were maderedundant, or were dismissed as a result of disciplinary action in each year since1999.

Reason for Leaving

Year	Resigned	Redundant	Dismissed
1999	189	4	7
2000	187	6	5
2001	200	29	5
2002	175	0	3
2003	134	0	2
2004	99	5	4
2005	113	0	4
2006 (up to end June)	54	0	0

 

The table does not include anumber of other ways staff leave the Scottish Executive, such as transferring toanother government department and leaving at normal retirement age.

This information is not heldcentrally.

None. The release of materialby Northern Constabulary is a matter for the Chief Constable of that police force.

The Scottish Children’s ReporterAdministration (SCRA) does not provide “provisional statistics” to the ScottishExecutive on youth justice. Officials and partners in other agencies regularly receivedata pre-publication. Quarterly and annual youth justice data are published on theSCRA website and laid in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

No meeting took placebetween Scottish Executive officials and Scottish Children’s ReporterAdministration (SCRA) staff on 16 May 2006.

With regard to youth justicereporting, no further requirements have been placed on SCRA in respect of newmeasures on which to report, and no directions have been made in respect of the presentation or analysis of data.

The Scottish Executive has notprovided any specific guidance to the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration(SCRA) since March 2005 in relation to the provision of information under the Freedomof Information (Scotland) Act 2002.Internal guidance produced forScottish Executive staff in relation to Freedom of Information request handlingis available via the Scottish Executive’s publication scheme on the website, andis therefore also available to Scottish Public Bodies and other agencies outwiththe Scottish Executive. The guidance is available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/FOI.

We are satisfied that the quarterlyand annual data published by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA)is robust.

The first run of the 2005-06data (including data on the final quarter of 2005-06) was undertaken by the ScottishChildren’s Reporter Administration on 1 and 2 June 2006in accordance with agreed reporting timelines.

This reflects the processadopted in respect of 2004-05 data, where priority was given to providing thefull set of data rather than one quarter only.

The Scottish Executive’s visionis that children and young people should be safe, healthy, nurtured, achieving,included, active and respected and responsible to achieve the best outcomes inlife. The role of parents in achieving these positive outcomes for children isfundamental and the Scottish Executiveaims to support parents in achieving this goal through a range of policies andprogrammes.