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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: S3W-26841

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the performance of the £3 million contract awarded to Queen Margaret University in 2005 under the auspices of the Audiology Modernisation Programme to deliver the graduate diploma in audiology course, the BSc honours degree in audiology and the continuing professional development courses for existing audiologists.

Question reference: S3W-25542

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people hold car licences, also broken down by age group.

Question reference: S3W-25551

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11904 by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2008, how many casualties have resulted from road accidents on the A723 in each year since 2006, broken down by severity.

The following table shows the number of reported casualties resulting from road accidents, identified as occurring on the A723.

Road Accident Casualties on the A723 by Severity, 2006-08

Year	Killed	Serious	Slight	All Severities
2006	0	7	49	56
2007	0	4	57	61
2008	0	2	41	43

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-25546

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11909 by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2008, how many casualties have resulted from road accidents on the B7012 in each year since 2006, broken down by severity.

The following table shows the number of reported casualties resulting from road accidents, identified as occurring on the B7012.

Road Accident Casualties on the B7012 by Severity, 2006-08

Year	Killed	Serious	Slight	All Severities
2006	0	4	11	15
2007	0	0	6	6
2008	0	0	4	4

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-25544

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic accidents involving drivers under the age of 25 have occurred in Blantyre in each year since 1999.

The following table shows the number of reported injury road accidents in which at least one of the drivers involved was under 25 in electoral wards in the Blantyre area.

Accidents Involving Drivers Under the Age of 25 in Blantyre, 1999 to 2008

1999	24
2000	14
2001	22
2002	21
2003	19
2004	20
2005	19
2006	14
2007	19
2008	15

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Note:

Electoral wards - Blantyre West, Burnbank Blantyre, Coatshill Blantyre, High Blantyre and Udston.

Question reference: S3W-25555

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11900 by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2008, how many road accidents have occurred on the B755 in each year since 2006, broken down by driver age group.

The following table shows the number of reported road accidents identified as occurring on the B755.

Injury Road Accidents on the B755 Between 2006-08

		Drivers or Riders of Vehicles Involved in Accidents
Year	Total Injury Accidents	Unknown/ Under 17	17-22	23-29	30-59	60 and over
2006	5	0	2	2	5	1
2007	4	0	1	1	3	2
2008	1	0	0	1	0	0

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-25557

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11898 by Stewart Stevenson on 30 April 2008, how many road accidents have occurred on the A724 since 2006, broken down by driver age group.

The following table shows the number of reported road accidents identified as occurring on the A724.

Injury Road Accidents on the A724 Between 2006-08

		Drivers or Riders of Vehicles Involved in Accidents
Year	Total Injury Accidents	Unknown/ Under 17	17-22	23-29	30-59	60 and over
2006	31	0	4	5	32	6
2007	37	1	8	8	37	8
2008	33	1	8	10	27	8

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-25545

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11910 by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2008, how many casualties have resulted from road accidents on the B758 in each year since 2006, broken down by severity.

The following table shows the number of reported casualties resulting from road accidents, identified as occurring on the B758.

Road Accident Casualties on the B758 by Severity, 2006-08

Year	Killed	Serious	Slight	All Severities
2006	0	2	13	15
2007	0	1	12	13
2008	0	0	13	13

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-25550

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11905 by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2008, how many casualties have resulted from road accidents on the A724 in each year since 2006, broken down by severity.

The following table shows the number of reported casualties resulting from road accidents, identified as occurring on the A724.

Road Accident Casualties on the A724 by Severity, 2006-08

Year	Killed	Serious	Slight	All Severities
2006	0	5	39	44
2007	0	5	38	43
2008	0	5	40	45

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).

Question reference: S3W-25547

Asked by: Tom McCabe, MSP for Hamilton South, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11908 by Stewart Stevenson on 29 April 2008, how many casualties have resulted from road accidents on the B7071 in each year since 2006, broken down by severity.

The following table shows the number of reported casualties resulting from road accidents, identified as occurring on the B7071.

Road Accident Casualties on the B7071 by Severity, 2006-08

Year	Killed	Serious	Slight	All Severities
2006	0	0	16	16
2007	0	0	27	27
2008	0	2	20	22

Source: Scottish Government (STATS 19 return).