- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 9 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been put in place to allow for teaching cover for composite classes which include primary 3 pupils to ensure that children not being tested as part of the Scottish Survey of Achievement receive the teaching to which they are entitled.
Answer
Headteachers are responsiblefor the administration of the survey and for classroom organisation. the Scottish Executive publishes guidance to schools about conducting the surveyand does offer some additional support vialocal authorities to schools which have more than 60 pupilsparticipating in the survey.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 9 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to monitor levels of teachers’ paperwork in respect of personal learning plans to ensure that teachers use their time to teach.
Answer
Personal learning planningis a process – it is a conversation about learning and the outcomes of thepersonal learning planning process can be captured in whatever way suitslearners and the school best. We are clear that arrangements for personallearning planning should be manageable, realistic and sustainable.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 9 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to revise the associated booklets which form part of the Scottish Survey of Achievement.
Answer
All of the assessment tasksused in a Scottish Survey of Achievement (SSA) have been validated bypractising teachers to ensure their appropriateness for the level andpre-tested with pupils before they are used in a survey. The assessment bookletsused in each SSA are designed for each survey, although some assessments fromprevious surveys may be used as this provides a basis for over-time comparison.
In addition, the ScottishExecutive sought feedback from schools and local authorities following the 2005SSA about the associated guidance documentation which was then revised in lightof the feedback received.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people aged under 16 were victims of knife crimes where the offender was over 16 in each year since 1999.
Answer
The recorded crimestatistics available centrally do not include any information on thecircumstances of crimes, such as the age of the victim or offender.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people aged between 8 and 16 were arrested by police officers but subsequently released without charge in each year since 1999, broken down by police force.
Answer
The information requested isnot available centrally.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what was found by police to be the second most common type of offensive weapon carried by people aged under 16 in each year since 1999.
Answer
The recorded crime statisticsavailable centrally do not include any information on the circumstances ofcrimes, such as the type of offensive weapon or the age of the offender.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under 16 were cautioned by police for carrying a knife in each year since 1999, broken down by age range.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people aged between 8 and 16 were convicted in a Scottish court where the prosecution case relied primarily on fingerprint evidence in each year since 1996.
Answer
The information requested isnot available. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case ManagementDatabase records details of accused and charges but this does not includesearchable information about the evidence used by the prosecution.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people aged under 16 were victims of knife crimes where the offender was under 16 in each year since 1999.
Answer
The recorded crimestatistics available centrally do not include any information on thecircumstances of crimes, such as the age of the victim or offender.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under 16 were assaulted with a knife in each year since 1999, broken down by age range.
Answer
The recorded crimestatistics available centrally do not include any information on thecircumstances of crimes, such as the age of the victim.
