To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many open railway crossings there are in Scotland; and if he will list all those which are still to be fitted with barriers in accordance with the Stott recommendations.

The Health and Safety Executive's railway inspectorate has records of 24 open crossings in Scotland. The only crossing to be dealt with under Professor Stott's recommendations is the automatic open crossing at Rosarie, in the Grampian region, which is to be converted to an automatic half barrier crossing. No other changes, including reductions to the speed of trains over crossings, were required in Scotland.