- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has paid for hotel rooms and associated expenses in respect of EU-related visits in each year since 1997 and how many officials attended such visits in each year.
Answer
The information is not heldby the Scottish Executive in the format requested.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the highest price paid for a hotel room used by Executive officials visiting Brussels has been since 1997.
Answer
The information requested isnot held centrally by the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many road deaths, other than those on motorways or trunk roads, have occurred in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested ispublished annually in Road Accidents Scotland, copies of which areavailable in the Parliament’s Reference Centre. The figures for each year from1999 to 2003 (inclusive) are given in Table 36 of Road Accidents Scotland2003 (Bib. number 34523). The figures for 1997 and 1998 can be found inTable 36 of Road Accidents Scotland 2001 (Bib. number 25584). Thecorresponding figures for 2004 are not yet available, but will be publishedlater this year.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 10 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive which 20 roads have had the highest number of (a) accidents and (b) fatalities in each of the last five years.
Answer
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 data include the road class and number, if any. Figures for the numbers of accidents on individual roads can only be produced from the central statistical database in cases where the roads are of class M, A(M), A and B.
The following tables provide the statistics requested. They are based upon data 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 relevant local authorities would provide now, because they do not take account of any subsequent changes or corrections that local authorities may have made to the statistical information, for use at a local level, about the location of each accident, based upon their knowledge of the roads and areas concerned.
Each sub-table lists only twenty roads. In some cases, other roads may have the same numbers of injury road accidents, or fatalities, as the last road shown in a particular sub-table. For example, the A68 was not the only road which had 3 fatalities in 2000.
In the case of roads, such as the A1, which cross the border, the figures relate only to accidents which occurred in Scotland.
| 2000 |
| Injury road accidents | Fatalities |
| Road | Number of injury road accidents | Road | Number of road accident fatalities |
| A8 | 354 | A9 | 15 |
| A82 | 244 | A90 | 10 |
| A90 | 231 | A82 | 9 |
| M8 | 228 | A96 | 9 |
| A9 | 202 | M8 | 9 |
| A77 | 168 | A85 | 8 |
| A71 | 163 | A1 | 7 |
| A814 | 148 | A83 | 7 |
| A89 | 141 | M74 | 7 |
| A92 | 135 | A702 | 5 |
| A7 | 132 | A71 | 5 |
| A96 | 120 | A8 | 5 |
| A70 | 105 | A93 | 5 |
| A1 | 103 | A76 | 4 |
| A761 | 103 | A77 | 4 |
| A725 | 102 | A89 | 4 |
| A702 | 101 | A92 | 4 |
| A78 | 96 | A95 | 4 |
| A85 | 95 | B701 | 4 |
| A803 | 91 | A68 | 3 |
| 2001 |
| Injury road accidents | Fatalities |
| Road | Number of injury road accidents | Road | Number of road accident fatalities |
| A8 | 327 | A9 | 21 |
| A90 | 259 | A90 | 18 |
| M8 | 246 | A85 | 8 |
| A82 | 233 | A92 | 8 |
| A9 | 196 | A77 | 7 |
| A77 | 178 | A82 | 7 |
| A71 | 153 | A701 | 6 |
| A7 | 140 | A71 | 5 |
| A89 | 127 | A78 | 5 |
| A814 | 119 | A8 | 5 |
| A92 | 113 | A83 | 5 |
| A96 | 107 | A91 | 5 |
| A70 | 105 | A70 | 4 |
| A1 | 104 | A811 | 4 |
| A761 | 92 | B9152 | 4 |
| A726 | 90 | M8 | 4 |
| A85 | 90 | A1 | 3 |
| A702 | 89 | A709 | 3 |
| A725 | 88 | A713 | 3 |
| A78 | 87 | A75 | 3 |
| 2002 |
| Injury road accidents | Fatalities |
| Road | Number of injury road accidents | Road | Number of road accident fatalities |
| A8 | 341 | A82 | 12 |
| A90 | 243 | A77 | 10 |
| M8 | 242 | A90 | 10 |
| A9 | 219 | A9 | 9 |
| A82 | 208 | A75 | 8 |
| A77 | 176 | A1 | 7 |
| A92 | 149 | A8 | 7 |
| A7 | 140 | A74 | 6 |
| A814 | 139 | A96 | 6 |
| A71 | 130 | A814 | 5 |
| A1 | 112 | A947 | 5 |
| A803 | 105 | A977 | 5 |
| A96 | 104 | M74 | 5 |
| A761 | 99 | A823 | 4 |
| A89 | 97 | M90 | 4 |
| A81 | 93 | A719 | 3 |
| A85 | 92 | A72 | 3 |
| A70 | 87 | A832 | 3 |
| A73 | 87 | A91 | 3 |
| A78 | 87 | A93 | 3 |
| 2003 |
| Injury road accidents | Fatalities |
| Road | Number of injury road accidents | Road | Number of road accident fatalities |
| A8 | 310 | A9 | 20 |
| A90 | 256 | A90 | 13 |
| A82 | 231 | A77 | 12 |
| A9 | 227 | A96 | 11 |
| M8 | 202 | A72 | 7 |
| A77 | 174 | A82 | 7 |
| A92 | 159 | A770 | 5 |
| A71 | 149 | A85 | 5 |
| A814 | 130 | A92 | 5 |
| A7 | 127 | B7078 | 5 |
| A89 | 124 | A71 | 4 |
| A1 | 120 | A713 | 4 |
| A726 | 101 | A8 | 4 |
| A96 | 100 | A93 | 4 |
| A78 | 91 | A701 | 3 |
| A702 | 90 | A726 | 3 |
| A85 | 88 | A74 | 3 |
| A70 | 83 | A75 | 3 |
| A91 | 83 | A78 | 3 |
| A761 | 82 | A811 | 3 |
| 2004 |
| Injury road accidents | Fatalities |
| Road | Number of injury road accidents | Road | Number of road accident fatalities |
| A8 | 305 | A9 | 17 |
| A90 | 269 | A90 | 13 |
| M8 | 247 | A77 | 12 |
| A82 | 217 | A82 | 7 |
| A9 | 209 | A85 | 7 |
| A71 | 176 | A92 | 7 |
| A77 | 138 | A96 | 7 |
| A7 | 129 | A91 | 5 |
| A92 | 121 | A70 | 4 |
| A96 | 120 | A71 | 4 |
| A814 | 110 | M74 | 4 |
| A85 | 105 | A701 | 3 |
| A89 | 103 | A702 | 3 |
| A726 | 94 | A72 | 3 |
| A702 | 93 | A8 | 3 |
| A1 | 90 | A83 | 3 |
| A78 | 90 | A859 | 3 |
| A91 | 89 | A87 | 3 |
| A70 | 88 | A916 | 3 |
| A761 | 88 | A93 | 3 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by John Scott on 10 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the average temperature has been in the (a) Scottish Parliament building, (b) MSP block and (c) media tower in each of the last 12 months.
Answer
(a) It is not currently possible to determine the average temperature for the whole building based on the information logged to date for individual areas.
(b) The average temperature recorded in a representative number of MSP rooms over the last year is 22.3 degrees Celsius.
(c)The average temperature recorded in a sample of rooms in the press tower since 23 Oct 04 to 3 Aug 05 is 21.67 degrees Celsius.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by John Scott on 10 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it has investigated the costs involved in installing air-conditioning throughout the Scottish Parliament building.
Answer
The SPCB has not investigated the cost of installing air conditioning throughout the building. Holyrood has been designed as a low energy, environmentally friendly building. Air conditioning would compromise the energy efficiency of the building.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by John Scott on 10 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the monthly cost is of cleaning all the windows of the Scottish Parliament building.
Answer
The total cost for window cleaning from 1 August 2005 to 31 July 2005 was £35304.64. This is equivalent to a monthly window cleaning cost of £2942.05.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by John Scott on 10 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many electric fans have been (a) requested by and (b) distributed to parliamentary and MSPs’ staff in the last 12 months.
Answer
Since arrival at Holyrood, Helpdesk records show that 88 requests have been made for fans.
Twenty-three fans have been issued in the last 12 months, the majority in the latter half of June and July 2005.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by John Scott on 10 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the highest temperature recorded in a (a) MSP’s and (b) media tower office has been in the last 12 months.
Answer
The highest temperature recorded within a representative number of MSP offices over the last 12 months is 26.5 degrees Celsius.
The highest temperature recorded in a sample of rooms in the media tower between 23 Oct 04 and 3 Aug 05 is 27.05 degrees Celsius.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by John Scott on 10 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how much has been spent on maintaining the landscaped areas of the Scottish Parliament complex.
Answer
Approximately £12,000 exc. VAT has been spent on grounds maintenance since practical completion. This includes watering, grass cutting, weeding, feeding and litter picking.
