Questions and answers

Question reference: S4O-01411

Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to assist small business in Angus.

Question reference: S4O-01320

Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of the World Health Organization.

Question reference: S4O-01256

Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to work with local authorities to improve performance in relation to the planning system.

Question reference: S4O-01207

Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to improve access to public sector contracts for small companies.

Question reference: S4O-01024

Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on providing selective dorsal rhizotomy on the NHS.

Question reference: S4W-06568

Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 April 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether average speed cameras deter speeding.

The only permanent average speed camera system used for enforcement in Scotland is operated by the Strathclyde Safety Camera Partnership on the A77. Surveys conducted during 2005 before the installation of the camera system showed that on average almost 16.5% of all traffic was travelling in excess of the relevant speed limits. This dropped substantially following installation of the system in July of that year, and five years later the there was still a marked reduction in traffic speeds with on average only 6% of traffic exceeding the limits. Average vehicle speeds also reduced by 3% during the same comparative period which in real terms means the average speed of traffic is at least 9 mph below the actual limit where the cameras have been installed.

Question reference: S4W-06571

Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 April 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how long it expects average speed cameras to be deployed on the M90 north of the Forth Bridge.

Question reference: S4W-06569

Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 April 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many motorists have been caught exceeding the average speed limit and (b) what the average speed has been on the M90 north of the Forth Bridge since the introduction of average speed cameras on this road.

Enforcement of the temporary 40 mph speed limit on the M90 north of the Forth Road Bridge commenced on 31 October 2011. The total number of motorists caught and issued with a Notice of Intended prosecution for exceeding the speed limit by the average speed camera system during the period from the beginning of November 2011 to the end of March 2012 is just over 3,300. The average speed of traffic travelling through the enforced area was 39 mph over the same four month period.

Question reference: S4W-06287

Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many care home residents there are, and how many are self-funding.

Question reference: S4O-00777

Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the claim by the EIS that “many College Boards of Management have become emasculated by powerful College Executive Groups led by powerful Principals.’’

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