Question reference: S4W-09631
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 14 September 2012
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 28 September 2012
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it (a) has considered the recommendations of the report and comparative study commissioned by Scotland's Campaign against Irresponsible Drivers (SCID) from the University of Dundee School of Law into the information available to the bereaved families of victims of road collisions and (b) plans to implement any of these recommendations through the introduction of legislation or changes in operational practice.
Answer
Officials in the Justice Directorate and in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) are presently considering the terms of the report commissioned by the Scottish Campaign against Irresponsible Driving (SCID) entitled Access in Europe by a bereaved family to information gathered during an investigation into a fatal road collision.
The investigation of road traffic fatalities and the provision of information to bereaved relatives is the responsibility of COPFS. Policies are already in place to ensure that the appropriate information is provided to bereaved relatives as quickly as possible.
Keith Brown, the Minister for Transport and Veterans, met representatives from SCID to discuss the report on 19 September. COPFS have written to SCID about the content of the report and have invited them to meet officials to discuss it further.