- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list its 10 top priority road improvement initiatives and what action is being taken to implement them.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not operate a top-ten priority list of motorway and trunk road schemes.
The Scottish Government''s Motorway and Trunk Road Programme is contained in:
www.transportscotland.gov.uk/projects.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of S2 pupils did not achieve Level E in writing in each year since 1994-95.
Answer
The percentage of S2 pupils who did not achieve level E in writing based on teachers'' judgements in each year since 1999-2006 is contained in the table below:
| 5-14 National Survey | SSA1 |
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| 62 | 57 | 54 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 49 | 47 |
Notes:
1. Scottish Survey of Achievement.
Data prior to 1999 is not available.
SSA results are based on a sample of pupils, the national survey is based on a census of all pupils in Scotland. Results from the national survey may therefore not be directly comparable with the results of the SSA.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of S2 pupils did not achieve Level E in numeracy in each year since 1994-95.
Answer
In order to provide detail on the longer time series requested, information has been provided based on teachers'' judgements of mathematics collected through the Scottish Survey of Achievement and the previous 5-14 National Survey.
The percentage of S2 pupils who did not achieve Level E in maths based on teachers'' judgements from 1999-2006 is contained in the table below:
| 5-14 National Survey | SSA1 |
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| 58 | 53 | 49 | 46 | 45 | 41 | 40 | 36 |
Notes:
1. Scottish Survey of Achievement.
Data is not available prior to 1999.
Data on maths has been provided as a proxy for numeracy.
Scottish Survey of Achievement (SSA) results are based on a sample of pupils, the national survey was a census of all pupils in Scotland. Results from the national survey may therefore not be directly comparable with the results of the SSA.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of S2 pupils did not achieve Level E in reading in each year since 1994-95.
Answer
In order to provide detail on the longer time series requested, information has been provided based on teachers'' judgements of reading collected through the Scottish Survey of Achievement and the previous 5-14 survey.
The percentage of S2 pupils who did not achieve Level E in reading based on teachers'' judgements from 1999-2006 is contained in the table below:
| 5-14 National Survey | SSA1 |
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| 56 | 47 | 44 | 41 | 39 | 36 | 34 | 35 |
Notes:
1. Scottish Survey of Achievement.
Data is not available prior to 1999.
Scottish Survey of Achievement (SSA) results are based on a sample of pupils, the national survey was a census of all pupils in Scotland. Results from the national survey may therefore not be directly comparable with the results of the SSA.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18096 by Tavish Scott on 10 August 2005, which roads have had the highest number of (a) accidents and (b) fatalities in each of the last five years.
Answer
The following tables provide the statistics requested. Each sub-table lists only 20 roads, therefore, 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 A719 was not the only road which had three fatalities in 2002.
In the case of roads, such as the A1, which cross the border, the figures relate only to accidents which occurred in Scotland. As the roads listed vary in length, those roads with higher number of accidents may not necessarily reflect those with the highest intensity of accidents (number per mile).
| 2002 |
| Injury Road Accidents | Fatalities |
| Road | Number of Injury Road Accidents | Road | Number of Road Accident Fatalities |
| A8 | 341 | A82 | 12 |
| A90 | 242 | A77 | 10 |
| M8 | 223 | A90 | 10 |
| A9 | 219 | A9 | 9 |
| A82 | 209 | A75 | 8 |
| A77 | 177 | A1 | 7 |
| A92 | 149 | A8 | 7 |
| A7 | 140 | A74 | 6 |
| A71 | 131 | A96 | 6 |
| A814 | 128 | A947 | 5 |
| A1 | 112 | A977 | 5 |
| A803 | 105 | M74 | 5 |
| A96 | 104 | A814 | 4 |
| A761 | 100 | A823 | 4 |
| A89 | 98 | M90 | 4 |
| A81 | 93 | A719 | 3 |
| A85 | 92 | A72 | 3 |
| A70 | 87 | A832 | 3 |
| A73 | 87 | A91 | 3 |
| A78 | 86 | A93 | 3 |
| 2003 |
| Injury Road Accidents | Fatalities |
| Road | Number of Injury Road Accidents | Road | Number of Road Accident Fatalities |
| A8 | 315 | A9 | 21 |
| A90 | 255 | A90 | 14 |
| A82 | 229 | A77 | 12 |
| A9 | 227 | A96 | 11 |
| M8 | 190 | A72 | 7 |
| A77 | 173 | A82 | 7 |
| A92 | 159 | A770 | 5 |
| A71 | 149 | A811 | 5 |
| A7 | 127 | A85 | 5 |
| A1 | 120 | A92 | 5 |
| A89 | 120 | B7078 | 5 |
| A814 | 109 | A71 | 4 |
| A96 | 101 | A713 | 4 |
| A726 | 99 | A8 | 4 |
| A78 | 91 | A84 | 4 |
| A702 | 90 | A93 | 4 |
| A761 | 89 | A701 | 3 |
| A85 | 88 | A726 | 3 |
| A70 | 83 | A74 | 3 |
| A91 | 83 | A75 | 3 |
| 2004 |
| Injury road accidents | Fatalities |
| Road | Number of Injury Road Accidents | Road | Number of Road Accident Fatalities |
| A8 | 307 | A9 | 17 |
| A90 | 271 | A90 | 13 |
| M8 | 238 | A77 | 12 |
| A82 | 215 | A82 | 7 |
| A9 | 213 | A85 | 7 |
| A71 | 177 | A92 | 7 |
| A77 | 137 | A96 | 7 |
| A7 | 130 | A91 | 5 |
| A92 | 124 | A70 | 4 |
| A96 | 123 | A71 | 4 |
| A85 | 105 | M74 | 4 |
| A814 | 99 | A701 | 3 |
| A89 | 99 | A702 | 3 |
| A726 | 96 | A72 | 3 |
| A78 | 94 | A8 | 3 |
| A702 | 93 | A83 | 3 |
| A1 | 90 | A859 | 3 |
| A761 | 90 | A87 | 3 |
| A70 | 89 | A916 | 3 |
| A803 | 89 | A93 | 3 |
| 2005 |
| Injury Road Accidents | Fatalities |
| Road | Number of Injury Road Accidents | Road | Number of Road Accident Fatalities |
| A8 | 270 | A82 | 10 |
| A90 | 235 | A90 | 9 |
| M8 | 220 | A85 | 7 |
| A82 | 212 | A92 | 7 |
| A9 | 192 | A947 | 6 |
| A77 | 153 | A1 | 5 |
| A71 | 143 | A75 | 5 |
| A96 | 139 | A9 | 5 |
| A7 | 125 | A923 | 5 |
| A92 | 120 | A7 | 4 |
| A1 | 110 | A70 | 4 |
| A814 | 105 | A76 | 4 |
| A89 | 94 | A96 | 4 |
| A803 | 90 | A701 | 3 |
| A70 | 87 | A71 | 3 |
| A761 | 84 | A713 | 3 |
| A726 | 76 | A74 | 3 |
| A85 | 73 | A77 | 3 |
| A702 | 72 | A811 | 3 |
| A721 | 72 | A814 | 3 |
| 2006 |
| Injury road accidents | Fatalities |
| Road | Number of Injury Road Accidents | Road | Number of Road Accident Fatalities |
| A8 | 301 | A9 | 17 |
| A90 | 242 | A90 | 17 |
| A9 | 234 | A82 | 10 |
| M8 | 224 | A96 | 9 |
| A82 | 184 | A75 | 8 |
| A7 | 145 | A71 | 5 |
| A71 | 144 | A726 | 5 |
| A77 | 132 | A76 | 5 |
| A814 | 113 | A8 | 5 |
| A92 | 109 | A701 | 4 |
| A96 | 101 | A77 | 4 |
| A89 | 97 | A92 | 4 |
| A726 | 95 | A947 | 4 |
| A1 | 91 | A95 | 4 |
| A85 | 86 | A97 | 4 |
| A761 | 82 | M8 | 4 |
| A73 | 81 | A6105 | 3 |
| A803 | 79 | A72 | 3 |
| A70 | 78 | A84 | 3 |
| A81 | 78 | A91 | 3 |
Source: Scottish Government STATS 19 Returns.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the feasibility reports into the dualling of the A9 between Perth and Pitlochry to be (a) completed and (b) published.
Answer
An executive summary of the feasibility report into dualling of the A9 between Perth and Blair Atholl is available at:
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/reports/publications-and-guidance/road/a9-perth-to-blair-atholl-route-improvement-strategy-study-executive-summary.
More detailed work has now been commissioned to develop the design of the dualling between Luncarty and Pass of Birnam. That work is expected to be completed later this year.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many women died from cervical cancer in Scotland in each year since 1990.
Answer
Data on the number of deaths from cervical cancer is available by year on the information services division website at:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/cancer_cervix_mort_m.xls.
The latest year for which mortality data are available is 2006.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 15 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when a trial to trap and translocate sparrowhawks from around pigeon lofts (a) commenced and (b) will end, and who will carry out this task.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-10994 on 15 April 2008. 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.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 15 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that it is appropriate to trap and translocate sparrowhawks from around pigeon lofts during the sparrowhawk breeding season and whether it has previously made any statements on this.
Answer
The Scottish Government will not support any project that runs the risk of trapping and relocating adult sparrowhawks while they have eggs in their nest or dependent young. Scottish ministers are not aware of any previous public statements being made on this issue.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what highest qualifications were attained by school leavers in each year since 1994-95, expressed as a percentage of all school leavers and broken down into (a) none at NQ Level 3 or above, (b) one or two at SCQF Level 3, (c) three or four at SCQF Level 3, (d) five or more at SCQF Level 3, (e) one or two at SCQF Level 4, (f) three or four at SCQF Level 4, (g) five or more at SCQF Level 4, (h) one or two at SCQF Level 5, (i) three or four at SCQF Level 5, (j) five or more at SCQF Level 5, (k) one or two at SCQF Level 6, (l) three or four at SCQF Level 6, (m) five or more at SCQF Level 6, (n) one or two at SCQF Level 7 and (o) three or more at SCQF Level 7.
Answer
The available information is given in the following table.
Highest Qualifications Attained by Leavers from Publicly-Funded Secondary Schools (Percentages)
| Year | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| Total Leavers (=100%) | 58,344 | 56,834 | 55,548 | 57,178 | 57,625 | 57,108 | 58,589 | 57,588 | 58,467 | 57,773 |
| No NQ @ SCQF level 3 or better | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| 1-2 @ SCQF Level 3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 3-4 @ SCQF Level 3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| 5+ @ SCQF Level 3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 1-2 @ SCQF Level 4 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| 3-4 @ SCQF Level 4 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.6 |
| 5+ @ SCQF Level 4 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.4 |
| 1-2 @ SCQF Level 5 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.4 |
| 3-4 @ SCQF Level 5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
| 5+ @ SCQF Level 5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| 1-2 @ SCQF Level 6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| 3-4 @ SCQF Level 6 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.0 |
| 5+ @ SCQF Level 6 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.4 |
| 1-2 @ SCQF Level 7 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
| 3+ @ SCQF Level 7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
Data on the highest qualifications of school leavers are not available in the format requested prior to 1997-98. However, the publication Scottish School Leavers and their Qualifications: 1986-87 to 1996-97 (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/statbull/ste2-00.htm) provides information on standard grade and higher awards obtained by leavers in that period.
