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Question reference: S3W-11904

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many casualties have resulted from road accidents on the A723 in each year since 1999, broken down by severity.

The following table shows the number of reported casualties involved in accidents, identified as occurring on the A723.

Road Accident Casualties on the A723 by Severity, 1999 to 2006

Year	Killed	Serious	Slight	All Severities
1999	1	6	62	69
2000	0	14	54	68
2001	1	11	55	67
2002	2	5	57	64
2003	1	9	54	64
2004	0	10	48	58
2005	1	2	44	47
2006	0	7	49	56

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-11900

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents have occurred on the B755 in each year since 1999, broken down by driver age group.

The following table shows the number of reported accidents identified as occurring on the B755. An accident can involve one or more vehicles and the drivers in each individual accident may belong to different age groups. Therefore, the figures provided show the total number of injury accidents on the B755 together with a breakdown of the age groups of the drivers or riders who were involved.

Injury Road Accidents on the B755 Between 1999 and 2006

Year	Total Injury Accidents	Drivers or Riders of Vehicles Involved in Accidents
Year	Total Injury Accidents	Unknown/Under 17	17-22	23-29	30-59	60 and Over
1999	1	1	1	0	0	0
2000	2	0	0	1	4	0
2001	5	1	2	0	5	1
2002	5	0	1	1	5	2
2003	7	0	1	1	6	2
2004	4	0	2	0	6	0
2005	2	0	1	1	2	0
2006	5	0	2	2	5	1

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-11903

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents have occurred on the B758 in each year since 1999, broken down by driver age group.

The following table shows the number of reported accidents identified as occurring on the B758. An accident can involve one or more vehicles and the drivers in each individual accident may belong to different age groups. Therefore, the figures provided show the total number of injury accidents on the B758 together with a breakdown of the age groups of the drivers or riders who were involved.

Injury Road Accidents on the B758 between 1999 and 2006

Year	Total Injury Accidents	Drivers or Riders of Vehicles Involved in Accidents
Year	Total Injury Accidents	Unknown/Under 17	17-22	23-29	30-59	60 and Over
1999	15	0	4	7	8	4
2000	12	2	2	2	17	1
2001	13	0	6	2	15	1
2002	7	1	0	3	8	1
2003	11	0	0	3	14	0
2004	9	0	1	2	9	2
2005	7	0	1	3	9	0
2006	8	0	1	2	11	1

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-11898

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents have occurred on the A724 in each year since 1999, broken down by driver age group.

The following table shows the number of reported accidents identified as occurring on the A724. An accident can involve one or more vehicles and the drivers in each individual accident may belong to different age groups. Therefore, the figures provided show the total number of injury accidents on the A724 together with a breakdown of the age groups of the drivers or riders who were involved.

Injury Road Accidents on the A724 Between 1999 and 2006

Year	Total Injury Accidents	Drivers or Riders of Vehicles Involved in Accidents
Year	Total Injury Accidents	Unknown/Under 17	17-22	23-29	30-59	60 and Over
1999	51	4	12	15	54	3
2000	46	6	6	14	46	9
2001	43	4	14	6	45	3
2002	33	5	10	7	32	0
2003	30	3	1	10	30	1
2004	42	0	10	10	48	8
2005	44	3	6	11	48	9
2006	31	0	4	5	32	6

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-11901

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents have occurred on the B7071 in each year since 1999, broken down by driver age group.

The following table shows the number of reported accidents identified as occurring on the B7071. An accident can involve one or more vehicles and the drivers in each individual accident may belong to different age groups. Therefore, the figures provided show the total number of injury accidents on the B7071 together with a breakdown of the age groups of the drivers or riders who were involved.

Injury Road Accidents on the B7071 Between 1999 and 2006

Year	Total Injury Accidents	Drivers or Riders of Vehicles Involved in Accidents
Year	Total Injury Accidents	Unknown/Under 17	17-22	23-29	30-59	60 and Over
1999	18	1	9	5	13	4
2000	16	0	3	5	21	0
2001	28	3	5	9	27	9
2002	15	0	3	2	21	2
2003	15	2	5	4	12	2
2004	17	0	7	5	14	1
2005	15	0	4	3	14	6
2006	12	0	4	4	10	2

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-11897

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents have occurred on the A723 in each year since 1999, broken down by driver age group.

The following table shows the number of reported accidents identified as occurring on the A723. An accident can involve one or more vehicles and the drivers in each individual accident may belong to different age groups. Therefore, the figures provided show the total number of injury accidents on the A723 together with a breakdown of the age groups of the drivers or riders who were involved.

Injury Road Accidents on the A723 Between 1999 and 2006

Year	Total Injury Accidents	Drivers or Riders of Vehicles Involved in Accidents
Year	Total Injury Accidents	Unknown/Under 17	17-22	23-29	30-59	60 and Over
1999	47	1	16	16	45	6
2000	49	5	14	15	53	7
2001	41	1	16	14	40	7
2002	51	2	12	16	45	9
2003	44	2	12	14	49	6
2004	41	2	19	9	39	5
2005	36	0	10	14	37	7
2006	44	0	11	12	49	5

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-11902

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents have occurred on the B7012 in each year since 1999, broken down by driver age group.

The following table shows the number of reported accidents identified as occurring on the B7012. An accident can involve one or more vehicles and the drivers in each individual accident may belong to different age groups. Therefore, the figures provided show the total number of injury accidents on the B7012 together with a breakdown of the age groups of the drivers or riders who were involved.

Injury Road Accidents on the B7012 between 1999 and 2006

Year	Total Injury Accidents	Drivers or Riders of Vehicles Involved in Accidents
Year	Total Injury Accidents	Unknown/Under 17	17-22	23-29	30-59	60 and Over
1999	5	1	0	2	6	0
2000	9	0	3	4	8	2
2001	5	2	1	2	3	2
2002	7	0	1	1	9	1
2003	8	1	3	3	9	0
2004	4	2	1	0	5	0
2005	5	0	1	1	5	0
2006	10	0	4	2	7	1

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-11899

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents have occurred on the A72 in each year since 1999, broken down by driver age group.

The following table shows the number of reported accidents identified as occurring on the A72. An accident can involve one or more vehicles and the drivers in each individual accident may belong to different age groups. Therefore, the figures provided show the total number of injury accidents on the A72 together with a breakdown of the age groups of the drivers or riders who were involved.

Injury Road Accidents on the A72 Between 1999 and 2006

Year	Total Injury Accidents	Drivers or Riders of Vehicles Involved in Accidents
Year	Total Injury Accidents	Unknown/Under 17	17-22	23-29	30-59	60 and Over
1999	52	2	17	10	51	12
2000	49	2	11	9	47	10
2001	61	3	13	12	66	11
2002	73	4	20	17	66	13
2003	71	2	22	12	67	14
2004	57	1	21	16	52	4
2005	64	2	22	14	56	13
2006	59	1	16	15	59	12

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-11929

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified audiologists it estimates will be available to the NHS in Scotland by 2012 via the graduate diploma in audiology course delivered by Queen Margaret University.

Question reference: S3W-11924

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with NHS Education for Scotland in relation to success of the delivery of the BSc honours degree in audiology, the graduate diploma in audiology and the continuing professional development courses at Queen Margaret University.