- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 15 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29338 by Ms Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002, whether the provision of classroom computers is relevant for monitoring area-based deprivation relevant to the national average.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has provided £80 million to local authorities through the National Grid for Learning programme of the Excellence Fund in order to help them achieve a number of ICT-related targets in their schools, including pupil:modern computer ratios of 7.5:1 in primary schools and 5:1 in secondary schools. Local authorities and schools decide how to deploy those computers.The provision of ICT facilities is one of a number of important inputs to education. However, success in closing the gap between deprived areas and the rest of Scotland is best determined by looking at the outcomes of education.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 15 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29338 by Ms Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002, how it reached its decisions on which indicators relate to the achievement of specific outcomes and which are relevant for monitoring area-based deprivation.
Answer
The decisions were reached on the basis of the criteria set out in the answer given to question S1W-29338 on 30 September 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 15 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29338 by Ms Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002, whether the target of having exclusive access to at least four modern computers for every class was excluded from the basket of indicators for a specific reason and, if so, what the reason was.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30126 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's Website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 15 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29339 by Ms Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002, whether house-breaking is the only criminal activity that indicates a gap between deprived areas and the rest of Scotland.
Answer
House-breaking was chosen from a number of possible indicators as it is appropriate for monitoring area-based deprivation relevant to the national average and because the necessary data will be available at local area level for the baseline year of 2003-04.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many occupational psychologists it employs.
Answer
The Scottish Executive core departments employ no permanent staff as occupational psychologists. Occupational psychologists are used by the Scottish Executive on a contract basis.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the result of the last Civil Service Commissioners' audit of its recruitment system was.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-28016 on 27 August 2002. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times it has deviated from the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Code in each year since May 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not deviated from the Civil Service Commissioners' recruitment code in any year since May 1999.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how often it has been reported to the Civil Service Commissioners in each year since May 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not been reported to the Civil Service Commissioners in any year since May 1999.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Civil Service Commissioners were involved in its decision to employ 40 policy analysts.
Answer
The Civil Service Commissioners were not involved.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how often it has received recommendations from the Civil Service Commissioners in each year since May 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has received no recommendations from the Civil Service Commissioners in any year since May 1999.
