- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33168 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2025, what specific criteria are used to determine that all 140 overbridges and overpasses on the A90 are in an “acceptable condition.”
Answer
Bridges are inspected in accordance with the National Standard CS 450 Inspection of Highway Structures and the condition is ranked and prioritised in accordance with the requirements of The Inspection Manual for Highway Structures Volume 1 and the Transport Scotland Structures Manual.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33168 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2025, what the expected (a) timeline and (b) costs are for completing ongoing repairs to the A90 Finavon Bridge, which was damaged during Storm Babet.
Answer
The current estimated costs are £716,432.40. However, this may increase as the investigation and design for the permanent works progresses.
Construction is anticipated to be complete by the end of September 2025. However, investigations and permanent works design are still ongoing. Ecological factors at the site will also severely affect the available construction window
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33168 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2025, what funding has been allocated for maintenance and repair work on the A90 overbridges and overpasses over the last five years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-33160 on 22 January 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33161 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2025, how many of the 2,297 street lights on the A90 are fitted with LED bulbs.
Answer
2296 of the 2297 streetlights on the A90 are fitted with LED bulbs.
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 10 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it is raising awareness and understanding of uterine cancer as the most common gynaecological cancer.
Answer
Our most recent Detect Cancer Earlier campaign – Be The Early Bird – first launched on March 2023, aiming to reduce fear of cancer and empower those with possible symptoms to act early. Following successful independent evaluation, the campaign re-ran in September 2023 and August 2024 to prompt health-seeking behaviour.
In parallel, a Detect Cancer Earlier roadshow visited communities across Scotland in March and September 2024 to reinforce key messages, with further activity planned for March 2025.
We continue to work with NHS Scotland to ensure that the NHS Inform website provides cancer information that best meets patient needs, including symptoms and treatments for uterine cancer.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what most recent assessment it has made of the value for money of media training provided to (a) ministers and (b) civil servants.
Answer
Media training offers Ministers and civil servants skills to represent the Scottish Government professionally and effectively in media appearances. Since 2016, all media training for Ministers or civil servants has been provided by Scottish Government Communications Division staff at no additional cost. Executive Agencies are responsible for their own training provision and information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 10 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects on the distances that children and young people under 25 with cancer have to travel for their treatment, including on the number of individuals treated outside of Scotland for any part of their care.
Answer
Scottish Government does not collect this data.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what enforcement measures are in place to address road traffic offences on each trunk road, including any specific measures on the A90 and its section north of Dundee.
Answer
Enforcement of road traffic offences is the independent responsibility of Police Scotland. Alongside general enforcement activity by Police Scotland, there is also the operation of safety cameras in some stretches of trunk roads.
The Scottish Safety Camera Programme supports enforcement through national operational prioritisation and deployment of safety camera resources in accordance with the Scottish Safety Camera Programme Handbook. Safety Camera enforcement locations can be found at Safety Camera Locations — Police Scotland Safety Cameras.
Average speed cameras on the A90 became operational over a 51 mile stretch between Dundee-Stonehaven in Oct 2017, including 15 cameras in each direction. Prior to their installation 3 in 5 drivers were exceeding the speed limit on the A90, that is now 1 in 100.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many flagpoles it has, broken down by height, and what the maintenance costs have been in each of the last 15 years.
Answer
The Scottish Government has 8 flag poles of the following lengths:
59 ft (18m) x 2; 56 ft (17m) x 2; and 48 ft (14.6m) x 4
We do not hold any information on specific maintenance costs associated with these poles.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government which national flags it has purchased in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
A breakdown of flags purchased since 2017 is shown in the table below. The Scottish Government does not hold information on flag purchases prior to 2017.
Year of Purchase | National Flag |
2017 | Scotland |
2018 | Scotland |
2019 | Scotland |
2019 | United Kingdom Iceland |
2020 | Scotland United Kingdom |
2021 | Scotland United Kingdom |
2022 | Scotland Ukraine |
2023 | Scotland Denmark Ireland France Germany Iceland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Spain Sweden Ukraine |
2024 | Ukraine |