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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S3W-36724

Asked by: Karen Whitefield, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many families in Scotland will face a reduction in child benefit as a result of changes proposed by the UK Government and how much they will lose on average.

Question reference: S3W-36725

Asked by: Karen Whitefield, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many families in Scotland will face a reduction in child tax credit as a result of changes proposed by the UK Government and how much they will lose on average.

As a result of the reforms to the tax and benefit system being introduced by the UK Government in 2011-12 and 2012-13, it is estimated that approximately 385,000 families in Scotland will lose or face a reduction in their child tax credit and working tax credit entitlement by 2012-13. It is estimated that these families will be £400 a year worse-off on average as a result of the reduction in their tax credits.

Question reference: S3W-36726

Asked by: Karen Whitefield, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many families in Scotland will be affected by the abolition of child trust funds and how much they will lose on average.

From 1 August 2010, child trust fund (CTF) payments to newly born children were more than halved and will cease entirely from 1 January 2011. Consequently, all families in Scotland with children born after December 2010 will receive no payment.

From 1 August 2010, the UK Government also stopped the additional age seven CTF payment worth between £250 and £500 which was previously paid into the CTF accounts of children turning seven. There are approximately 397,000 children under the age of seven in Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-36472

Asked by: Karen Whitefield, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many inpatient beds there were in NHS Lanarkshire in (a) April, (b) May, (c) June, (d) July and (e) August 2010, broken down by (i) specialism and (ii) hospital.

Question reference: S3W-36471

Asked by: Karen Whitefield, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 October 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS Lanarkshire records inpatient bed numbers available on a monthly basis.

Question reference: S3W-36354

Asked by: Karen Whitefield, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of road policing officers will be redeployed following the proposed restructuring of Strathclyde Police’s road policing department.

Question reference: S3W-36356

Asked by: Karen Whitefield, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on whether the proposed restructuring of Strathclyde Police’s road policing department will have an adverse effect on road safety.

Question reference: S3W-36357

Asked by: Karen Whitefield, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many officers were deployed by Strathclyde Police’s road policing department in each of the last three years and how many are projected to remain in the department following the proposed restructuring.

Question reference: S3W-36355

Asked by: Karen Whitefield, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the proposed restructuring of Strathclyde Police’s road policing department will have on the number of officers policing roads.

Question reference: S3W-36358

Asked by: Karen Whitefield, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 September 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in meeting its road casualty reduction targets of (a) 40% in fatalities and (b) 55% in serious injuries over the 2010 to 2020 period and what additional progress it expects to achieve in 2011.

The Scottish Government is committed to GB targets for casualty reduction in the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2010. The targets, compared with the average for 1994-98 are:

40% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured;

50% reduction in the number of children killed or seriously injured, and

10% reduction in the slight casualty rate.

By 2009, all deaths and serious injuries in Scotland were 49% below the baseline, while child deaths and serious injuries were 69% and slight injuries 38% below their base lines.

On 15 June 2009 the Scottish Government launched a Road Safety Framework for Scotland for the period to 2020. The Framework set challenging targets for casualty reduction in Scotland to commence from 1 January 2011 after the GB targets period ends. The new targets compared to the average for 2004-08 are:

40% reduction in the number of people killed, with a milestone of 30% by 2015;

55% reduction in the number of people seriously injured, with a milestone of 43% by 2015;

50% reduction in the number of children killed, with a milestone of 35% by 2015, and

65% reduction in the number of children seriously injured, with a milestone of 50% by 2015.

Progress against the targets will be given in Reported Road Casualties Scotland published annually by the Scottish Government.