- 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, 30 May 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 9 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions composite class pupils have been without a teacher as a result of primary 3 pupils undertaking the Scottish Survey of Achievement, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally since it is a matter for Headteachers to take forward arrangementsfor the survey in their school.
- 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 found in possession of a knife had either a previous conviction or had been cautioned by police for carrying an offensive weapon in each year since 1999, also expressed as a percentage of the number of people under 16 found in possession of a knife.
Answer
The recorded crimestatistics available centrally do not include any information on thecircumstances of crimes, such as the type of offensive weapon or the age of theoffender.
- 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.
- 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 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 Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents at schools involved the use or threatened use of a knife in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
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 Lewis Macdonald on 8 June 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under 16 have had a known alcohol problem, broken down by (a) age range and (b) NHS board area, in each year since 1999.
Answer
Information on the number ofpeople up to the age of 16 discharged from general acute Scottish hospitalsfrom 1999-2000 to 2004-05 with alcohol-related conditions, including childrenwith foetal alcohol syndrome, family history of alcohol abuse or who have beenaccidentally poisoned by or exposed to any form of alcohol, is available throughthe Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39808).
In addition, there were two,three and four children under the age of 16 with alcohol-related diagnoses,discharged from psychiatric hospitals in Scotland in 1999-2000, 2000-01 and2001-02 respectively.
- 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 on how many occasions police were called to schools to attend incidents in which violence was a factor in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
