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Mobile camera vans are deployed to contribute to Scotland’s road safety vision and road safety targets as set out in the Scottish Governments Road Safety Framework to 2020 through targeted camera enforcement and improving driver behaviour. The minimum requirements for new mobile camera sites are set out in the Scottish Safety Camera Programme Handbook of Rules and Guidance (the “Handbook”) (https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/4798/scottish-safety-camera-programme-handbook2.pdf ), with evidence of collisions and speeding required. The days and hours of mobile enforcement deployment should reflect local collision and speeding profiles and include consideration of weekend and 24-hour deployment.

The number of officers and civilian staff required to operate them, and what the average hourly cost is of operating a unit, is a matter for Police Scotland. The information requested is not held centrally.

The projected use for the station in the first year of its operation was in the range of 500,000 to 600,000 passengers; a projected monthly or four-weekly patronage was not advised.

Railway station demand is reported in four-week periods. Since the station opened, reported passenger demand has been as follows:

In the longer-term, the use of the station is expected to grow substantially. This is because of significant planned development in the area around the station. This includes some 1,500 new homes immediately north of the station, for which there is passive provision for a footbridge.

Information on the number of additional support needs teachers which are filled (Full Time Equivalent) by local authority since 2007 is provided in the following table below:

Information on the number of additional support needs teachers which are filled (Full Time Equivalent) by Parliamentary region since 2011 is provided in the following table. Information is only available from 2011 onwards:

Information on vacancies by local authorities and Parliamentary regions is not held.

Since 1 February 2017, inpatient mental health services have been transferred out of the Mulberry Ward at Stracathro Hospital as part of temporary contingency arrangements which were put in place to ensure patient safety. This is resulting in inpatient services that had been provided within the Mulberry Ward Susan Carnegie Centre now being provided within the Carseview Centre in Dundee.

The Scottish Government does not hold information on the reasons for classroom teachers and additional support teachers have for leaving the profession. Therefore no analysis is possible of this information.

This information is not held centrally.

The Scottish Government is committed to supporting teaching as a high status profession that plays a critical role in society.

We are aiming to raise moral and esteem through our inspirational ‘Teaching Makes People’ recruitment campaign which aims to generate a longer term shift in perception about teaching as a career and has drive a 19% increase in PDGE student intakes to Scottish universities. We are also investing in high quality professional leaning for teachers through the Scottish College for Educational Leadership and by supporting teachers to undertake professional learning at masters level.

Allied to this we have also announced concrete proposals to address workload issues designed to allow teachers to focus on teaching.

Planning and related appeals are decided by independent reporters from the Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals (DPEA) balancing competing interests in decision making and are subject to published targets for the issue of their decisions.

In the last five years, no injury accidents at the A90 Toll of Birness junction have occurred in the hours of darkness, therefore there is no evidence to suggest that street lighting would reduce the risk of accidents occurring and we have no plans to install it.

The recent tragic fatal accident on 5 April 2017 did not occur at the junction itself and took place in daylight. There have been no other fatal accidents at the junction in the last ten years.

The First Minister visited the United States between 2 and 7 April attending events and meetings in California and New York.

The visit focused on promoting trade and investment, boosting tourism, sharing best practice across the public and private sector and promoting Scottish innovation and entrepreneurship. I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-08856 on 20 April 2017 for more details on the visit. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

Transport arrangements for the visit were made in line with Scottish Government's sustainable Travel Strategy.