Part of Portfolio Question Time – in the Scottish Parliament at 2:00 pm on 13 June 2024.
Fiona Hyslop
Scottish National Party
2:00,
13 June 2024
We are supporting our commitment to make Scotland’s roads safe for all with a record £36 million investment in road safety in 2024-25 to reduce casualties and risks on our roads. That includes the road safety improvement fund, which each local authority can access to improve road safety on their networks.
The Scottish Government collaborates with all local authorities via our local partnership forums, which are part of the governance structure of the road safety framework to 2030, and various other road safety forums. Those forums give us the capability to improve communication between local and national levels.
Road Safety Scotland has developed a full suite of learning and resources for three to 18-year-olds, which is available on its website.
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