- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spent under the Scotland Rural Development Programme in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11, broken down by delivery scheme.
Answer
Scotland Rural Development Programme 2007-13
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2007-08
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2008-09
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2009-10
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2010-11
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Rural Development Contracts Rural Priorities
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£0.000
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£0.000
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£23.128
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£77.247
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Rural Development Contracts Land Managers Options
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£0.000
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£0.000
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£1.718
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£2.379
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Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation Grant Scheme
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£0.000
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£1.734
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£3.714
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£7.799
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LEADER
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£0.000
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£0.000
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£3.225
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£8.198
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Skills Development Scheme
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£0.000
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£0.000
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£0.304
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£0.402
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Forestry Challenge Funds
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£0.000
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£0.008
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£0.053
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£0.358
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Crofting Counties Agricultural Grant Scheme
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£0.000
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£0.000
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£0.425
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£1.415
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Less Favoured Area Support Scheme
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£56.961
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£59.905
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£62.714
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£56.676
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Total Payments
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£56.961
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£61.647
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£95.281
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£154.474
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Legacy Schemes from Previous Rural Development
Programme 2000-06
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2007-08
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2008-09
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2009-10
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2010-11
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Land Management Contract Menu Scheme
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£19.685
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£18.610
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£18.348
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£17.650
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Woodland Grant Scheme
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£4.338
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£2.449
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£2.088
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£3.383
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Scottish Forestry Grant Scheme
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£22.282
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£6.337
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£9.278
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£8.371
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Environmentally Sensitive Areas
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£4.620
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£3.150
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£2.040
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£0.840
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Organic Aid Scheme
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£4.890
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£4.510
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£2.810
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£1.720
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Countryside Premium Scheme
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£3.800
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£2.710
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£1.500
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£0.734
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Rural Stewardship Scheme
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£22.020
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£16.540
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£12.800
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£7.500
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Habitats Scheme
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£0.180
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£0.140
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£0.130
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£0.110
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Farm Woodland Scheme
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£0.520
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£0.044
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£0.410
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£0.350
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Scottish Forestry Grant Scheme - Farmland Premium
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£1.150
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£1.210
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£1.190
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£1.160
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Farm Woodland Premium Scheme
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£4.910
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£3.920
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£3.150
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£2.520
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Total Payments
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£88.395
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£59.619
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£53.744
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£44.338
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Note: Spend is reported in UK financial years as £ million.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 16 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the road accident rate was on the A1 between Dunbar and the border with England in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010 and is in 2011, broken down by (i) single and (ii) dual carriageway sections.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-291 on 16 June 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 16 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the fatal road accident rate was on the A1 in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010 and is in 2011, broken down by (i) single and (ii) dual carriageway sections.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-291 on 16 June 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 16 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the accident rate was on the A1 in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010 and is in 2011, broken down by (i) single and (ii) dual carriageway sections.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-291 on 16 June 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 16 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the accident rate was on trunk roads in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010 and is in 2011, broken down by (i) single and (ii) dual carriageway sections.
Answer
The accident data for the period 2008-10 is provided in the following table. Transport Scotland analyses the safety performance of the trunk road network using a database of injury accidents compiled by Scotland’s Police forces. This is the most reliable and consistent evidenced data available and is collated and analysed on an annual basis for each full calendar year. No data is yet available for 2011.
A1 Trunk Road: Personal Injury Accident and Three Year Accident Rate, in Comparison with the Trunk Road Network
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2008 Accident Numbers
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2009 Accident Numbers
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2010 Accident Numbers
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Three Year Total Accident Numbers
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Three Year Average Accident Rate per 100 million veh. km
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Dual
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Single
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Dual
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Single
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Dual
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Single
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Dual
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Single
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Dual
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Single
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Scottish Trunk Road
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499
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1125
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487
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1101
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459
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946
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1445
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3172
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7.4
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19
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Scottish Trunk Road (Fatal)
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13
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39
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11
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43
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14
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40
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38
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122
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0.2
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0.7
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A1 Trunk Road
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26
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17
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25
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17
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27
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13
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78
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47
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7.35
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17.6
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A1 Trunk Road (Fatal)
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3
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1
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3
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0.09
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1.12
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A1 Dunbar to Border
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2
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12
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7
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17
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3
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13
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12
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42
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10.15
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15.74
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A1 Dunbar to Border (Fatal)
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3
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0
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3
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0
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1.12
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The rates that have been provided are based on 2009 annual average daily traffic flows and the last three full years’ accident statistics. This is the normal practice when providing accident rates across the trunk road network to ensure consistent approach when reporting on accident rates.
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, for example due to late returns or corrections to earlier returns. The rates are calculated using sample annual average daily traffic flows recorded in 2009.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 16 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the fatal road accident rate was on the A1 between Dunbar and the border with England in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010 and is in 2011, broken down by (i) single and (ii) dual carriageway sections.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-291 on 16 June 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 16 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the fatal accident rate was on trunk roads in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010 and is in 2011, broken down by (i) single and (ii) dual carriageway sections.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-291 on 16 June 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 9 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will produce a timetable forthe road-based improvements on the A1 between Edinburgh and north east England.
Answer
The Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) provides a robust framework of schemes, the delivery of which will be considered in each spending review.
A timetable for undertaking the road based improvements will therefore be set in the context of overall affordability and our commitments to other STPR proposals.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 9 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to upgrade the A1 between Dunbar and the border with England.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-40373 on 17 March 2011. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 9 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what form the road-based improvements on the A1 between Edinburgh and north east England, highlighted in the Strategic Transport Projects Review, will take.
Answer
The road based improvements will include measures to ensure the road is safe and suitably maintained for the expected levels of traffic, for instance, realigning sections of road, individual junction improvements and creating additional overtaking opportunities where appropriate.