- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 29 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the schools in East Ayrshire where primary 1 pupils are in classes of 18 or under.
Answer
Information onindividual class sizes from the 2006 pupil census (the latest figuresavailable) is published on the internet and can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16412/PrimClassSizesSep06.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 29 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the schools in South Ayrshire where primary 1 pupils are in classes of 18 or under.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-6748 on 29 November 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 29 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that small schools are compatible with modern teaching methods, including the use of self assessment and peer assessment.
Answer
Curriculum forExcellence aims toprovide teachers with the flexibility to adopt new approaches to learning andteaching and its values, purposes and principles are not dependent onstructures. Likewise, we believe that good learning and teaching practices suchas self and peer assessment are beneficial to all children, irrespective ofschool size or type.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 29 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the schools in South Ayrshire where primary 3 pupils are in classes of 18 or under.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-6748 on 29 November 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 29 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the schools in South Ayrshire where primary 2 pupils are in classes of 18 or under.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-6748 on 29 November 2007. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, thesearch facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 29 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any minister will make a statement to the Parliament to update MSPs on the progress of Homecoming Scotland.
Answer
I made such astatement as part of the Tourism debate on 29 November 2007.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 29 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific events and projects it will support to celebrate the life and work of Robert Burns as part of Homecoming Scotland.
Answer
No specificallocations will be made to particular themes within the overall HomecomingScotland framework. Instead, events organisers are being asked by theHomecoming Scotland project team to put forward proposals for funding support,and these will then be assessed according to the project criteria of drivingtourism growth while linking to the themes of Homecoming Scotland, includingBurns. The results of that assessment will be known in April 2008. The projectteam is working with the World Burns Federation whichis being consulted on any Burns-related event plans.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what views it has on the specific recommendations of Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer, published by the World Cancer Research Fund.
Answer
Therecommendations of the World Cancer Research Fund report are in keeping withcurrent advice from the Scottish Government, Food Standards Agency Scotland and NHS Health Scotland on healthy eating, healthy weight and physical activity. This advice isdesigned to promote the maintenance of overall health, and prevention of arange of chronic diseases, including cancer.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 29 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what work it has undertaken to raise awareness in Scotland of Homecoming Scotland.
Answer
The HomecomingScotland project team are currently finalising plans for raising awarenesswithin Scotland through a PR and media campaign and inother ways. A prerequisite is to have a developed programme of events to use asa platform for this campaign.
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 29 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the link between physical activity and a reduced risk of people developing bowel and breast cancer, highlighted in Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer, published by the World Cancer Research Fund.
Answer
The ScottishGovernment’s physical activity strategy Let’s Make Scotland more Active,published in 2003, recognises that physical activity can be protective againstcertain cancers, in line with the recommendations of the World Cancer ResearchFund report. Our strategy makes recommendations for the minimum levels ofphysical activity required to reduce the risk of these cancers and otherdiseases, and sets targets and a strategic framework to support the majority of the population achieving these levels by 2022.
