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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-30750

Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2010
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what access teachers have to continuous professional development courses that include co-operative education.

The Scottish Government, through its Determined to Succeed (DtS) strategy, has provided £60,000 funding for Co-operative Education Trust Scotland (CETS) during its two-year pilot stage (July 2005-07) to support the work and future development of educational resources under its Co-operate to Succeed banner.

Teachers can access Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities that included the co-operative education by attending courses offered by the Co-operative Education Trust Scotland (CETS). Other CPD opportunities can be found using CPD find on the Learning and Teaching Scotland website.

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/cpdscotland/cpdfind/searchcpd/index.asp.

Question reference: S3W-30753

Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2010
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers have been trained in co-operative education.

Co-operative Education Trust Scotland (CETS) have trained 184 teachers, covering 29 local authorities attended 13 CPD sessions covering a variety of resources.

Question reference: S3W-30751

Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2010
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that the co-operative model is included in business education in (a) schools, (b) further education and (c) higher education.

The steps the Scottish Government are taking to ensure that the co-operative model is included in business education

(a) schools

The co-operative model is consistent with the experiences and outcomes for learners and resources have been provided to support teachers.

These include Enterprise with Ethics: Social Enterprise in the Curriculum which was prepared by the Co-operative Education Trust Scotland and is available on the Learning and Teaching Scotland website.

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/resources/e/genericresource_tcm4561191.asp?strReferringChannel=eie.

Links are also provided to other organisations and resources such as the Young Co-operatives, an organisation helping secondary school students and other young people to establish and run their own cooperative businesses selling fairly traded products. http://www.youngco-operatives.coop/.

(b) further education, (c) higher education

Scottish Government supports the general concept of co-operative models in colleges where they align with key policies such as Curriculum for Excellence. However, because colleges and universities are autonomous bodies with responsibility for the courses they offer, it would not be appropriate for Scottish Ministers to stipulate the specific nature of business education courses.

Question reference: S3O-09174

Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 January 2010
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that the co-operative business model is included in the Determined to Succeed programme.

Question reference: S3W-30367

Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the A76 in East Ayrshire was treated with grit and salt between midnight on 23 and midnight on 24 December 2009.

Question reference: S3W-30373

Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times pavements and footpaths adjacent to the A77 in (a) Ballantrae, (b) Lendalfoot, (c) Girvan, (d) Kirkoswald, (e) Maybole and (f) Minishant were treated with salt and grit between midnight on 23 and midnight on 24 December 2009.

Question reference: S3W-30372

Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the A77 south of Ayr was cleared by a snow plough between midnight on 23 and midnight on 24 December 2009.

Question reference: S3W-30369

Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times pavements and footpaths adjacent to the A76 in (a) New Cumnock and (b) Mauchline were treated with salt and grit between midnight on 23 and midnight on 24 December 2009.

Question reference: S3W-30371

Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the A77 south of Ayr was treated with grit and salt between midnight on 23 and midnight on 24 December 2009.

Question reference: S3W-30370

Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what action was taken to clear snow from pavements and footpaths adjacent to the A76 in (a) New Cumnock and (b) Mauchline between midnight on 23 and midnight on 24 December 2009.