- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what priority it places on ensuring that young people have continued access to modern apprenticeship schemes.
Answer
As announced in theSkills Strategy which we launched on 10 September I am pleased to confirm that wewill implement the conclusions of the modern apprenticeship (MA) consultation which demonstratesour on-going commitment to the programme.
The funding of theMA programme in Scotland is an operational matter for Scottish Enterpriseand Highlands and Islands Enterprise. The programme is demandled and is reliant on the willingness of employers to recruit, employ and supportMAs for the duration of their training.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to providing financial support to allow the current apprenticeship scheme at the Ministry of Defence base in Beith to continue when the present scheme ends in August 2007.
Answer
The funding of themodern apprenticeship (MAs) programme in Scotland is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. The programme is demand led andis reliant on the willingness of employers to recruit, employ and support MAs forthe duration of their training. Although the MoD have decided not to recruit anynew MAs I understand that Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire have assured the MoD thattheir existing MAs will continue to be funded for the duration of their training.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) about the continued training arrangements for those young people currently on the apprenticeship scheme at the MoD’s Beith base, scheduled to cease this month.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3259 on 28 August 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what importance it places on ensuring road safety for children.
Answer
Improving road safetyfor children and reducing the number of children killed or injured on Scotland’s roads is a key priority for the Scottish Government.
Road Safety Scotlandis implementing a road safety education strategy, which aims to ensure that allchildren receive a minimum of road safety education at every stage of their schoolcareer, linked to national education guidelines. Road Safety Scotland has developedroad safety education resources for all age groups from pre-school to upper secondary.Road Safety Scotland is working in partnership with the key road safety organisationsto coordinate efforts in this area.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it issues to education authorities to ensure that children are made aware of high speed rapid response traffic when receiving road safety lessons.
Answer
The Scottish Executivedoes not issue specific guidance on this to education authorities. However, “CrashMagnets”, a resource for upper secondary pupils, and a new resource for childrenwith additional support needs, being developed by Road Safety Scotland, highlightthe need to be alert to the presence and urgency of Fire and Rescue Service vehicles.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 20 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to renew funding support to local authorities for community warden schemes at the end of the current financial year.
Answer
Scottish Executivefunding to tackle antisocial behaviour is supporting community wardens in everylocal authority area in Scotland. It is for each local authorityto decide how best to allocate the resulting grant across all their antisocial behaviourservices, including community wardens, based on local needs and priorities.
Funding for antisocialbehaviour services will be considered as part of the forthcoming spending review.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue taking the action on sectarianism recommended by the previous administration in Sectarianism: Action Plan on Tackling Sectarianism in Scotland, published in January 2006.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S3W-2163 answered on 3 August 2007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to tackle sectarianism in communities.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S3W-2163 answered on 3 August 2007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website the search facility forwhich can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what priority it places on tackling sectarianism.
Answer
The Scottish Executive takesall forms of religious bigotry extremely seriously and is committed tocontinuing to drive the anti-sectarian agenda forward. By building on theachievements which have already been delivered through initiatives like theAction Plan on Tackling Sectarianism in Scotland; engaging with all faith communities; andcelebrating the diversity of modern Scotland, we will ensure that a holistic approach is taken tomeet the needs of faith groups at both government and community level.
- Asked by: Irene Oldfather, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 1 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to ensure that people under the age of 60 who are registered deaf and in receipt of a concessionary travel card do not temporarily lose their right to free travel if their existing card expires while they await an audiologist report to confirm their disability in order to qualify for a replacement card.
Answer
The onus is on the applicantto ensure that they obtain the appropriate supporting documentary evidence wellin advance of their national entitlement card expiring.
As an alternative to the audiologistreport an applicant can submit a letter from a hospital consultant or providewritten confirmation of registration as profoundly or severely deaf with aSociety for the Deaf. Any written evidence must state that the applicantsuffers from bilateral hearing loss greater than 70bdHL averaged over 1, 2 and4 kHz.
