- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many road accidents there have been on the A1 in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) duelled and (b) single carriageway sections.
Answer
The number of personal injury accidents recorded on the A1 in each of the last five years broken down by (a) dual carriageway and (b) single carriageway sections is as shown in the following table.
A1 Personal Injury Accidents
| | Dual Carriageway | Single Carriageway | Total |
| 2003 | 22 | 25 | 47 |
| 2004 | 26 | 12 | 38 |
| 2005 | 33 | 22 | 55 |
| 2006 | 25 | 19 | 44 |
| 2007 | 28 | 19 | 47 |
| Total | 134 | 97 | 231 |
The figures quoted may differ slightly from those published elsewhere because they were extracted on a different date and the database may have changed between the two dates, e.g. due to late returns or corrections to earlier returns.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to upgrade the A1 between Dunbar and the Scottish Borders.
Answer
There are currently no plans to upgrade the A1 between Dunbar and the Scottish Borders. However, Transport Scotland’s strategic transport projects review is examining the longer term needs of Scotland’s national strategic transport network. This includes consideration of the A1, as part of the transport corridor between Edinburgh and the north east of England and beyond.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 July 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 July 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the last meeting of the A1 steering group took place.
Answer
The last meeting of the A1 Steering Group took place on 16 June 2003.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average broadband connection speed is in each local authority area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average broadband connection speed is in Scotland.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what contingency plans it has in place to protect the public from food shortages.
Answer
The Scottish Government recognises the vital role of all those working throughout the supply chain in ensuring the long-term capacity and capability of our food supply. We have established a Food group, under the Resilience Advisory Board for Scotland (RABS) structure, to bring together key people to define what the issues are that need to be considered and what more government could do to work with the food sector to tackle vulnerabilities during an emergency. This group met for the first time on 15 May 2008.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what questions relating to drug use are asked of new prisoners when they arive at prison and whether this information is retained.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Every prisoner, when admitted into custody, goes through health screening by a nurse. Prisoners are asked whether they have ever used solvents, drugs, alcohol and tobacco before historical and current usage is recorded and used to ascertain immediate clinical need and appropriate onward referral. A doctor then provides medical assessment and appropriate clinical intervention within the first 24 hours in custody. This information is recorded and retained in paper-based medical records.
Following admission into custody, an Integrated Case Management process is initiated and records kept electronically.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 May 2008
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive what questions relating to drug use are asked of new prisoners when they arrive at prison and whether this information is retained.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to reduce the annual running costs of Forestry Commission Scotland.
Answer
Spending by Forestry Commission Scotland is approved by the Parliament annually through the Budget Bill. The bill sets out their expenditure limits, but we also expect all of our directorates and their agencies to contribute to our efficiency targets.
As part of this, Forestry Commission Scotland have undertaken an analysis of every woodland on the forest estate with a view to selling those areas delivering least against Scottish Government objectives and reinvesting the income on buying land and planting with trees that better meet Scotland''s needs. In addition, their agency, Forest Enterprise Scotland, who manage the estate, has been set a challenging budget which sees their spending remain flat for the next three years. This can only be achieved by producing real savings on their activities, but with no reduction of service to their customers.
- Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 7 May 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many sniffer dogs are used in the Scottish Prison Service to detect drugs.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The Scottish Prison Service Tactical Dog Unit have currently five drug detection dogs this being made up of three passive detection dogs and two proactive detection dogs.
