- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 29 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic accidents there were on the B758 in each of the last five years and, of these, how many resulted in fatalities and serious injuries, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Data about injury road accidentsare collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executive using the Stats19 statistical report form. These returns cover only road accidents in which oneor more people were injured and which become known to the police. The returns donot cover “damage only” accidents or accidents of which the police are unaware becausethey were not reported by the public.
The table below gives the totalnumber of reported injury road accidents which were identified in the Stats 19 returnsas occurring on the B758 between 2001 and 2005 and, of these, how many resultedin fatalities or serious injuries. All occurred within the area of South LanarkshireCouncil. Figures for 2006 should become available in June.
It should be noted that the statisticsgiven as follows are based upon the data which are held in the central statisticaldatabase and which were collected by the police at the time of the accident andsubsequently reported to the Executive. They may differ from any figures which thelocal authority would provide now, because they do not take account of any subsequentchanges or corrections that local authorities may have made to the statistical information,for use at local level, about the location of each accident, based upon their knowledgeof the roads and areas concerned.
Reported Injury RoadAccidents Occurring on the B758, by Severity
| Accident Severity | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Fatal or serious | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| All severities | 13 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 29 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will commission a route action plan study for the B758.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-32666 on 29 March 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 29 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when the last safety audit was carried out on the B758 and which parts of the route were covered by it.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-32666 on 29 March 2007. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in Scotland were declared bankrupt in each year since 1997.
Answer
The Accountant in Bankruptcymaintains the Register of Insolvencies in Scotland. Details of bankruptcies are compiled by financial year.The following table gives the number of bankruptcies for the financial years 1996-97to 2005-06.
| Financial Year | Number of Bankruptcies in Scotland |
| 1996-97 | 2,534 |
| 1997-98 | 2,701 |
| 1998-99 | 2,701 |
| 1999-2000 | 3,110 |
| 2000-01 | 3,185 |
| 2001-02 | 3,193 |
| 2002-03 | 3,228 |
| 2003-04 | 3,309 |
| 2004-05 | 3,521 |
| 2005-06 | 5,423 |
Source: Accountant in Bankruptcy.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 22 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what survey work has been carried out on railway stations to assess their accessibility.
Answer
First ScotRail carried out asurvey of all of their stations within six months of taking over the franchisein October 2004. The resulting information about stations has been published aspart of the disabled Persons Protection Policy and can be found on the FirstScotRail website. This information is continually being revised to take accountof completed improvements.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 22 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Access for All fund is being used to improve railway stations in Scotland.
Answer
The Access for All fund isbeing used to tackle accessibility problems at stations so that people withdisabilities, the elderly and infirm as well as those with heavy luggage andpushchairs, have an unobstructed and obstacle free path from the stationentrance to the platform.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 22 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria were used to determine the order in which railway stations would have works to improve accessibility.
Answer
I am pleased to inform youthat on 19 March 2007 Barrhead and Cupar stations were added to the listfor access for all improvements. The criteria used for selecting these stationsincluded footfall, areas where there are fewer alternative transport modesavailable, interchange facilities and location of alternative stations.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 22 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the results of any surveys undertaken to assess the accessibility of railway stations.
Answer
Yes.
Access surveys are beingcarried out as part of the Network Rail works at the stations selected forAccess for All funding. Information from these surveys will be published. Anyother surveys of accessibility at railway stations carried out on behalf of the Scottish Executive will be published.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 12 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-31839 by Hugh Henry on 28 February 2007, whether it will answer the second part of the question in relation to the cost of advertising the helpline.
Answer
Further to my answer toquestion S2W-31839 on 28 February 2007, no significant costs were incurred by either advertisingthe helpline on the Scottish Executive website or by issuing a news release.£111.28 was paid to INCAS to meet the costs of a mailing to its membership.All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 12 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-31849 by Rhona Brankin on 26 February 2007, what types of target and measurement mechanism will be included in its national race equality strategy and action plan.
Answer
These are issues forconsideration in the further development of the national strategy and actionplan so I am not in a position to confirm at this time, but I can say thatprogress measures, timescales, monitoring and reporting arrangements are key inthe successful delivery of the strategy and will therefore feature.
