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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: S1W-19107

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 12 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents have occurred on the A907 between (a) Causewayhead and Alloa and (b) Alloa and Dunfermline in each of the last five years.

Data about injury road accidents are collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executive using the STATS 19 statistical report form. These returns cover only road accidents in which one or more people were injured: they do not cover damage only accidents.The table gives the numbers of road accidents which were identified in the STATS 19 returns as occurring on the stretch of the A907 between (a) Causewayhead (junction with the A9) and Alloa (junction with the B9096); and between (b) Alloa (junction with the B9096) and Dunfermline (junction with the A823 at Pilmuir Street) over the period 1996 to 2000 inclusive.It should be noted that the statistics given in the table are based upon the data which are held in the central statistical database, and which were collected by the police at the time of the accident and subsequently reported to the Executive. They may differ from any figures which the local authority would provide now, because they do not take account of any subsequent changes or corrections that the local authority may have made to the statistical information, for use at local level, about the location of each accident, based upon its knowledge of the road and area concerned.

Year	Number of injury road accidents that occurred on the A907 between Causewayhead (junction with the A9) and Alloa (junction with the B9096)	Number of injury road accidents that occurred on the A907 between Alloa (junction with the B9096) and Dunfermline (junction with the A823 at Pilmuir Street)
1996	10	23
1997	16	15
1998	9	24
1999	11	14
2000	7	22

Question reference: S1W-19434

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 9 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a breakdown by local authority area of the #20 million allocated for the buying of books and equipment that was announced on 26 October 2001.

The following table shows the amounts allocated to each authority. A circular setting out full details of the grant arrangements will be issued shortly to local authorities and copies will be available in the Parliament's Reference Centre.Additional financial resources for schoolsDistribution to authorities

	£000
Aberdeen City	682
Aberdeenshire	973
Angus	440
Argyll & Bute	356
Clackmannanshire	193
Dumfries & Galloway	608
Dundee City	548
East Ayrshire	491
East Dunbartonshire	496
East Lothian	342
East Renfrewshire	412
Edinburgh, City of	1,343
Eilean Siar	141
Falkirk	539
Fife	1,386
Glasgow City	2,245
Highland	913
Inverclyde	346
Midlothian	335
Moray	354
North Ayrshire	564
North Lanarkshire	1,357
Orkney Islands	99
Perth & Kinross	492
Renfrewshire	715
Scottish Borders	417
Shetland Islands	121
South Ayrshire	452
South Lanarkshire	1,236
Stirling	341
West Dunbartonshire	413
West Lothian	650
Total	20,000

Question reference: S1W-19067

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 9 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents have occurred on the Aberfoyle to Kilmahog stretch of the A821 in each of the past five years.

Data about injury road accidents are collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executive using the STATS 19 statistical report form. These returns cover only road accidents in which one or more people were injured: they do not cover damage only accidents.The table gives the numbers of injury road accidents which were identified in the STATS 19 returns as occurring on the stretch of the A821 between its junction with the A81 at Aberfoyle and its junction with the A84 at Kilmahog, over the period 1996 to 2000 inclusive. The figures also include any injury road accidents that occurred on the Loch Katrine spur section of the A821. It should be noted that the statistics given in the table are based upon the data which are held in the central statistical database, and which were collected by the police at the time of the accident and subsequently reported to the Executive. They may differ from any figures which the local authority would provide now, because they do not take account of any subsequent changes or corrections that the local authority may have made to the statistical information, for use at local level, about the location of each accident, based upon its knowledge of the road and area concerned.

Year	Number of injury road accidents that occurred on the A821 between its junction with the A81 at Aberfoyle and its junction with the A84 at Kilmahog
1996	5
1997	8
1998	8
1999	5
2000	4

Question reference: S1W-19066

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 9 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents have occurred on the (a) Baljaffrey to Carbeth and (b) Carbeth to Drymen stretches of the A809, in each of the past five years.

Data about injury road accidents are collected by the police and reported to the Scottish Executive using the STATS 19 statistical report form. These returns cover only road accidents in which one or more people were injured: they do not cover damage only accidents.The table gives the numbers of road accidents which were identified in the STATS 19 returns as occurring on the stretch of the A809 between (a) the junction with the B8050 and the junction with the B821 and between (b) the junction with the B821 and the junction with the A811, over the period 1996 to 2000 inclusive.It should be noted that the statistics given in the table are based upon the data which are held in the central statistical database, and which were collected by the police at the time of the accident and subsequently reported to the Executive. They may differ from any figures which the local authority would provide now, because they do not take account of any subsequent changes or corrections that the local authority may have made to the statistical information, for use at local level, about the location of each accident, based upon its knowledge of the road and area concerned.

Year	Injury road accidents which occurred on the A809 between the junction with the B8050 and the junction with the B821	Injury road accidents which occurred on the A809 between the junction with the B821 and the junction with the A811
1996	5	8
1997	9	8
1998	8	9
1999	12	3
2000	6	5

Question reference: S1W-19000

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 8 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) individuals and (b) organisations have made representations to it concerning the closure of its Environment and Rural Affairs Department local area offices in Stirling, Forfar and Dundee.

Since the announcement about the rationalisation of our offices in Central Scotland was made on 10 August 2001, we have received formal representations from Dundee and Stirling Councils, the Angus Branch of the Scottish National Farmers Union and the following MSPs:Cathie Craigie MSPBruce Crawford MSPAlex Johnstone MSPKeith Raffan MSPIain Smith MSPLetters from two individual farmers have also been received.

Question reference: S1W-19377

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 8 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers have met representatives of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland since 1 July 1999 and on which occasions.

Question reference: S1W-19371

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 8 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive on which occasions ministers or deputy ministers with responsibility for education have met representatives of St Mary's Episcopal Primary School in Dunblane since 1 July 1999.

Question reference: S1W-19373

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 8 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers have met representatives of the Independent Schools Tribunal since 1 July 1999 and on which occasions.

Question reference: S1W-19372

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 8 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers have met representatives of Community Learning Scotland since 1 July 1999 and on which occasions.

Ministerial colleagues and myself have met members of Community Learning Scotland board and/or staff at the following official meetings:Peter Peacock, October 1999, meeting with Community Learning Scotland BoardPeter Peacock, January 2000, meeting with the Scottish Youth Work PartnershipJack McConnell, May 2000, Eurodesk anniversaryPeter Peacock, September 2000, meeting with Scottish Youth Work Partnership Nicol Stephen, January 2001, meeting with Community Learning Scotland BoardNicol Stephen, May 2001, meeting with Scottish Youth Work PartnershipNicol Stephen, June 2001, meeting with Scottish Youth ParliamentNicol Stephen, August 2001, meeting with Community Learning Scotland - Youth Issues UnitMargaret Curran, September 2001, meeting with Scottish Community Development Alliance.

Question reference: S1W-19375

Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2001
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 8 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive which ministers have met representatives of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland since 1 July 1999 and on which occasions.