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Answer · Michael Matheson · 23 Mar 2021

The Scottish Government only holds personal injury accident data. The Scottish Government does not hold information resulting in damage only accidents.
Details are as follows:
Personal Injury Accident Statistics - A90 Dundee (from the Emmock Roundabout at William Fitzgerald Way) to Stonehaven (at the Slug Road overbridge).
Year – 2016
Number of personal injury accidents
April – June
5
July – September
3
October – December
7
 
Year – 2017
Number of personal injury accidents
January – March
6
April – June
5
July – September
4
October – December
6
 
Year – 2018
Number of personal injury accidents
January – March
3
April – June
2
July – September
7
October – December
3
 
Year – 2019
Number of personal injury accidents
January – March
6
April – June
2
July – September
5
October – December
9
 
Year – 2020
Number of personal injury accidents
January – March
6
April – June
0
July – September
5
October – December*
1
* data is only available until 30 October 2020
1. Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database
2. Date data extracted: 16 March 2021
3. Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available. The following are potential reasons for an accident not appearing on our system:
4. Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
5. Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
6. Transport Scotland only holds accident information for the trunk road network.
7. The accident information Transport Scotland holds is subject to change. E.g. we receive late returns from Police Scotland, who are responsible for recording details of injury accidents.
8. Annual Scottish accident figures are published by Transport Scotland on a yearly basis and can be found by entering Reported Road Casualties Scotland into your search engine.

Answer · Jeane Freeman · 19 Mar 2021

The information requested on how many specialist (a) osteoporosis nurse positions are filled and vacant, broken down by NHS board is not centrally collected.
The information requested on how many radiography positions are filled in each of the NHS Boards can be found in the following table:
NHSScotland Allied Health Professionals with a specialty of Radiography, staff in post by NHS Board (Whole Time Equivalent) as at Dec 2020.
NHS Boards
Staff in Post as at Dec 2020
NHSScotland
2442.3
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
172.8
NHS Borders
32.8
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
44.8
NHS Fife
109.0
NHS Forth Valley
90.3
NHS Grampian
207.3
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
769.7
NHS Highland
122.8
NHS Lanarkshire
181.0
NHS Lothian
411.4
NHS Orkney
5.8
NHS Shetland
9.8
NHS Tayside
201.7
NHS Western Isles
9.1
NHS Golden Jubilee
74.0
Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System (SWISS).
Information on how many radiography positions are vacant in each of the NHS Boards is not centrally available.
Scotland-level data on vacancies for Consultants, Nursing & Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals for March, June and December 2020 is not available.
Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on collation of more detailed data by Boards, reduced vacancy data was reported for March, June and December 2020.

Answer · Michael Matheson · 23 Mar 2021

I can confirm that the construction cost for this project is currently estimated to be £18m, which is well within the 2014 construction cost estimate of £26m.

Answer · Michael Matheson · 23 Mar 2021

The construction of the A92/A96 Haudagain Improvement project is progressing. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the measures to combat the impact of the pandemic, as confirmed in the recent publication of the Infrastructure Investment Plan in December 2020 completion has changed from the original published date of Spring 2021 and is now anticipated in Winter 2021.
While this date is subject to any further impacts of the pandemic and unforeseen circumstances such as the effects of exceptional weather, Transport Scotland is working with the contractor to review the programme of work and identify any actions which may help to mitigate delays where possible.

Answer · Clare Haughey · 24 Mar 2021

The information requested is shown for 2018-19 and 2019-20, the latest complete financial year available in the table which has been placed in the Parliament’s reference centre - bib number (62333).

Answer · Jamie Hepburn · 23 Mar 2021

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has operational responsibility for our apprenticeship programmes in Scotland and administer them on behalf of the Scottish Government.
The annual Foundation Apprenticeship (FA) statistics are:Cohort 3 (2018-2020) – 1,535 FA StartsCohort 4 (2019-2021) – 3,445 FA Starts
The annual Modern Apprenticeship (MA) statistics are:2018-19 – 27, 270 MA Starts2019-20 – 27,875 MA Starts2020-21 Q3 – 10, 604 MA Starts
The annual Graduate Apprenticeship (GA) statistics are:2018-19 – 921 GA Starts2019-20 – 1,160 GA Starts
SDS do not report Scotland’s Apprenticeship Family statistics by month. Official Modern Apprenticeship statistics are published quarterly, including the number of starts. The Modern Apprenticeship 2020-21 Q4 (Year End) statistics will be published in June 2021. Foundation and Graduate Apprenticeship statistics are published on an annual basis.
Both Modern and Graduate Apprenticeship statistics are now formally recognised within our Apprenticeship delivery targets, opening up more opportunities in key highly skilled areas. Prior to the impacts of COVID-19, the Scottish Government consistently exceeded our annual Apprenticeship targets year on year.
COVID-19 has had an unprecedented effect on Scotland’s economy, creating challenges for businesses and individuals throughout Scotland. This has, and will continue to have, an impact on apprenticeship provision throughout the year.
The latest official statistics, covering April-December 2020, demonstrate the impact on apprenticeship starts following the positive steps during this period to ease restrictions and begin to open up the economy across the country.
The Quarter 3 statistics, published on 9 February 2021, show a positive increase in Modern Apprenticeship starts compared to the Quarter 2 statistics but are still lower than at the same point in previous years, reflecting the ongoing impact from COVID-19.
The table below provides a breakdown of the quarterly Modern Apprenticeship Starts since 2018-19 which are cumulative throughout the year.
Modern Apprenticeship starts by Quarter
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
Q1
4,126
4,336
910
Q2
12,976
13,719
3,633
Q3
19,895
21,240
10,604
Q4 (Year End)
27,270
27,875
N/A
The table below provides a breakdown of the annual Foundation Apprenticeship Starts since 2018/19. 
Cohort 3
(2018-2020)
Cohort 4
(2019-2021)
Foundation Apprenticeship starts by Year
1,535
3,445
The table below provides a breakdown of the annual Graduate Apprenticeship Starts since 2018-19. 
2018-19
2019-20
Graduate Apprenticeship starts by Year
921
1,160
Both Modern and Graduate Apprenticeship statistics are now formally recognised within our Apprenticeship delivery targets, opening up more opportunities in key highly skilled areas. Prior to the impacts of COVID-19, the Scottish Government consistently exceeded our annual Apprenticeship targets year on year.

Answer · Jamie Hepburn · 23 Mar 2021

Official Statistics are published quarterly by Skills Development Scotland, a breakdown by month is not available.
The total number of Modern Apprentices (MAs) recruited by each occupational grouping is published at the end of each year, as recruitment of apprentices is carried out throughout the year. The top three occupational groupings over the last three years have consistently been Construction, Sport, Health and Social Care and Hospitality and Tourism.
There are a large number of Small and Medium Enterprise businesses who take on smaller numbers of cohorts each year. The following table shows the top three employers who have recruited the largest number of MAs each year since 2018 and the volume of MA starts each year:2018-192019-202020-21BT - 372Arnold Clark – 402KFC – 154Arnold Clark – 316Asda Stores – 219BT – 102Asda Stores - 289BT - 214Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - 85
 The MA quarterly starts numbers are cumulative, the Q4 statistics are year-end. The tables below show MA starts each quarter since 2018, broken down by occupational grouping:Occupational Groupings2018-19 Q12018-19 Q22018-19 Q32018-19 Q4Administration & Related26673012681826Animal Care, Land & Water Based33151233290Automotive11665410001187Chemicals & Biotechnology Related0111823Construction & Related574332849256111Creative & Cultural Skills953100134Engineering & Energy Related60110813631515Financial Services113269493862Food & Drink35269910081221Hospitality & Tourism473110517912574Management151277477855Other Manufacture4775117177IT & Other Services31884713742331Personal Services173388586848Retail & Customer Service45496914902074Sport, Health & Social Care757182628284019Transport & Logistics2304868241223      Annual Total27270
 Occupational Groupings2019-20 Q12019-20 Q22019-20 Q32019-20 Q4Administration & Related23671411701558Animal Care, Land & Water Based11101197238Automotive926139251159Chemicals & Biotechnology Related6103031Construction & Related691373752216417Creative & Cultural Skills1575101161Engineering & Energy Related61103114631604Financial Services114347521663Food & Drink2805749271217Hospitality & Tourism472107716922388Management133276457723Other Manufacture296297152IT & Other Services442103816842352Personal Services83242416606Retail & Customer Service36981913251708Sport, Health & Social Care1031238739945446Transport & Logistics27161610201452      Annual Total27875
 Occupational Groupings2020/21 Q12020/21 Q22020/21 Q3Administration & Related2893253Animal Care, Land & Water Based*1662Automotive*51260Chemicals & Biotechnology Related--19Construction & Related2368433057Creative & Cultural Skills*817Engineering & Energy Related5215733Financial Services3282147Food & Drink6208472Hospitality & Tourism5176633Management27121303Other Manufacture*219IT & Other Services3196291028Personal Services-50195Retail & Customer Service769288Sport, Health & Social Care2249342584Transport & Logistics14133534* Disclosure control has been applied where figures are less than 5 or wheresuch small numbers can be identified through differencingTotal at the End of Q3 2020/21 10,604