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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S3W-11376

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many days the Clyde Tunnel was closed to all vehicles in each year from 1997 to 2007, broken down by month.

Question reference: S3W-11374

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many days the Erskine Bridge was closed to high-sided vehicles in each year from 1997 to 2007, broken down by month.

Question reference: S3W-11377

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many days one side of the Clyde Tunnel was closed to all vehicles in each year from 1997 to 2007, broken down by month.

This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. Records of traffic closures are held on paper by Glasgow City Council but are not collated electronically for statistical purposes.

However, since 1997 three major structural repair contracts in 1999, 2000 and 2002 have required the closure of one traffic bore during the day for an extended period. In total these aggregate to approximately 200 days. More recently closure of one side from 7pm each night was required to allow the replacement of internal cladding which was achieved with only minor traffic flow disturbance.

In addition, short closures of one side of the tunnel are required an average of four times per week for breakdowns, over-height vehicles, debris on the road and other operational issues.

Question reference: S3W-11375

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many days the Erskine Bridge was closed to all vehicles in each year from 1997 to 2007, broken down by month.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-7136, on 11 December 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Accurate figures on closures of the Erskine Bridge are only available from 2001 onwards.

There were no full closures in 2007 after 9 November.

Question reference: S3W-11379

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many accidents involving vehicles were reported on the A82 en route to and from the Erskine Bridge in each year from 1997 to 2007, broken down by month.

Only accidents which cause a personal injury are recorded by the police and Transport Scotland. The number of injury accidents between 1997 and 2007 on the A898 slip roads which connect the A82 to and from the Erskine Bridge are listed in the following table. Each entry in the table represents one accident.

Year	Month	Accident Severity
1997	February	Slight
2000	March	Slight
2000	March	Serious
2000	August	Slight
2001	September	Slight
2001	December	Slight
2002	January	Slight
2002	February	Slight
2005	July	Slight
2005	October	Slight
2006	November	Slight
2006	December	Slight
2006	December	Slight

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.

Question reference: S3W-11389

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average price is of an off-peak rail ticket between Helensburgh Central station and Glasgow (a) Queen Street and (b) Central stations.

Question reference: S3W-11384

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many trains were cancelled between Milngavie station and Glasgow (a) Queen Street and (b) Central stations in each year from 1997 to 2007, broken down by month.

Question reference: S3W-11383

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many trains were delayed between Milngavie station and Glasgow (a) Queen Street and (b) Central stations in each year from 1997 to 2007, broken down by month.

Question reference: S3W-11388

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average price is of a peak-rate rail ticket between Dalmuir station and Glasgow (a) Queen Street and (b) Central stations.

Question reference: S3W-11386

Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 April 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many trains were cancelled between Helensburgh Central station and Glasgow (a) Queen Street and (b) Central stations in each year from 1997 to 2007, broken down by month.