Written question asked by Allan Stewart (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 January 1996. It was answered by Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Conservative) on Monday, 15 January 1996 on behalf of the Scottish Office.

Scottish Office

Question: What assessment he has made of the consequences of a move to Central European Time for Scotland.

Answer: Mr. Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the consequences for Scotland of a move to central European time; and if he will make a statement. [8097] Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Scottish Office statisticians have over the last 12 months undertaken substantial work to examine the likely effect of a move to CET on accident casualties. Preliminary results, which will be published shortly, will show that a change to CET would be broadly neutral in terms of the total number of road accident casualties in Scotland. The work is based on up-to-date analysis of Scottish accident data over a recent five-year period. It takes account of prevailing light conditions at over 20 locations in Scotland and the time of day when accidents took place.

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