- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2001
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Answered by Allan Wilson on 8 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will fund extended opening of community sports facilities.
Answer
The provision of leisure facilities, including community sports facilities, is a matter for individual local authorities in accordance with the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive who is responsible and accountable for decisions made on financial allocation to local authorities in respect of criminal justice services given that allocations are based on a funding formula and follow discussions with the Association of Directors of Social Work and CoSLA.
Answer
The Scottish Executive takes these decisions, based on the formula approach agreed with CoSLA in 1998. It was agreed at that time that the formula would be reviewed after two years. The first phase of that review has now been completed.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2000
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what allowance is made, in determining financial allocations, for the cost of providing criminal justice services in remote or rural areas because of factors such as higher travel costs and lack of economy of scale, and what allowance is planned for these factors in next year's allocation.
Answer
The formula for the distribution of financial resources between local authorities for the delivery of core criminal justice social work services is currently being reviewed by a joint Scottish Executive/CoSLA working group. The provision of rural services is one of the issues to be considered by the group during the second stage of the review.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2001
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will answer questions S1W-10764, S1W-10767 and S1W-10768, lodged on 31 October 2000.
Answer
I can confirm that question S1W-10764 was answered on 25 January. Questions S1W-10767 and S1W-10768 were answered today.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2001
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that any expansion of nursery provision will not lead to the diminution of the place of the Scots language in pre-school provision.
Answer
The Executive aims to provide a part-time pre-school education place for every three and four-year-old whose parents wish it by April 2002. Within the principles set by the Curriculum Framework for Children 3 to 5, providers are free to adjust the content of learning programmes to reflect the cultural preferences of parents. The framework makes clear that a child's home language should always be valued.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2001
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that training for nursery nurses will include the promotion and development of pupils' Scots language skills.
Answer
Qualifications held by nursery nurses are developed by the Scottish Qualifications Authority based on occupational standards determined by the industry itself, through the relevant National Training Organisation. The Executive has no direct involvement.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2001
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to encourage the production of material in the Scots language which is suitable for use with pre-school children.
Answer
The provision of support materials for pre-school children is a matter for each centre to decide, taking account of the Curriculum Framework for Children 3 to 5 and any parental cultural preferences.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2001
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to make Health Education Board for Scotland advertisements targeted at young people available in more accessible formats, such as with subtitles.
Answer
HEBS is concerned to ensure that all its advertisements and materials are available in formats which meet the particular needs of the various interests and groups which the board seeks to target. For example, key elements of its television advertisements are designed to communicate without sound. Certain materials are produced in different languages, such as those for ethnic communities, and others in braille and video with subtitles. HEBSWeb incorporates a large text/text only facility for people with impaired sight.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2001
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Answered by Angus MacKay on 26 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to amend the status of sportscotland in its review of non-departmental public bodies.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer I gave to question 12267 on 25 January.
- Asked by: Irene McGugan, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 January 2001
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 26 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the current withdrawal of the DTZ Pieda Consulting report on the future of raspberry breeding in Scotland from its website will have implications for the consultation on this issue.
Answer
Other than a possible short extension of the consultation period beyond the current closing date of 2 February 2001.
