- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 23 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much (a) it and (b) each of the public bodies for which it is responsible have spent on media relations consultants in each of the last two financial years and in the current financial year to date.
Answer
Information about public relations and marketing companies that are employed by Scottish public bodies for which the Scottish Executive has direct responsibility is kept under review following the undertaking given by the then First Minister in his reply to question S1W-3223. Relevant figures for the period 1 July to 10 October 1999 are given in Appendix 6 of the
Report on the use of public relations organisations by Scottish Public Bodies since 1 July 1999, a copy of which is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. no. 7215).
A similar exercise covering the period from 11 October 1999 to 31 March 2001 is still in progress. When it is completed I will write to Mr Neil and place the report in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 23 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for the appointment of the new Chief Executive of visitscotland.
Answer
The appointment of the new Chief Executive was announced on 16 July 2001.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 12 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to extend further education maintenance allowances.
Answer
As of the new academic session we are extending the Education Maintenance Allowance pilot scheme to Glasgow, Dundee and West Dunbartonshire. Together with the existing East Ayrshire pilot, all four pilots are due to run until 2004.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 11 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what input it made to the review by the Department of Trade and Industry of National Training Organisations and whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre a copy of any written evidence which it submitted.
Answer
The consultation exercise on the future structure of the National Training Organisation network was conducted jointly by the Lifelong Learning Ministers in the Department for Education and Employment (now Department for Education and Skills) and the three devolved administrations. The intention is that the analysis of the responses to the consultation and an outline framework on the proposed way forward, will be published jointly by the Lifelong Learning Ministers.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Over Thirty Month Scheme for cattle will restart.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-16394.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what internal advice and other confidential documents it makes available to the First Minister's parliamentary private secretary.
Answer
Official information made available to my parliamentary private secretary is limited to what is necessary for the discharge of her parliamentary and political duties.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will bring new subordinate legislation forward in relation to the operation of Individual Learning Accounts.
Answer
We intend that the new regulations will be laid before Parliament as soon as possible. We will, however, first wish to consider carefully what changes may need to be made to any scheme, and incorporated in those regulations.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 28 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that additional monies made available for human resources development within universities are used to enhance the job security of contract research staff.
Answer
It is for the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) to decide how these resources will be most effectively used. The recent guidance letter in which this additional funding was announced also specifically highlighted the need for SHEFC to continue to build on its work in promoting good practice in relation to contract research staff, including the collection of annual statistics on this group. In considering how it will use these resources, I am sure the council will bear the guidance provided to it in mind.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 28 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce the detailed spending plans for the additional money made available as a result of the 2001 UK budget.
Answer
I will do so after the Finance Committee has reported on phase 1 of the budget.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 12 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15345 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 23 May 2001, whether it will show the modern apprenticeship pass rate for completers and for those still in training separately for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
Answer
he table provides the information requested.
Modern Apprenticeship Pass Rate: 1999-2000 and 2000-01
| LEC area | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
Starts | Completers | In-training | Starts | Completers | In-training |
| SE Ayrshire | 938 | 12% | 51% | 1,039 | 8% | 76% |
| SE Borders | 83 | 1% | 82% | 125 | 1% | 89% |
| SE Dumbarton | 265 | 16% | 68% | 305 | 2% | 84% |
| SE Dumfries | 176 | 3% | 72% | 332 | 1% | 84% |
| SE Edinburgh & Lothians | 696 | 12% | 67% | 1,073 | 3% | 89% |
| SE Fife | 405 | 5% | 60% | 437 | 11% | 83% |
| SE Forth Valley | 465 | 18% | 53% | 656 | 5% | 75% |
| SE Glasgow | 1,730 | 23% | 33% | 1,732 | 12% | 69% |
| SE Grampian | 464 | 1% | 75% | 586 | 1% | 85% |
| SE Lanarkshire | 1,141 | 20% | 51% | 1,295 | 14% | 73% |
| SE Renfrewshire | 414 | 13% | 63% | 459 | 7% | 82% |
| SE Tayside | 357 | 2% | 68% | 653 | 2% | 83% |
| Argyle & the Islands Enterprise | 74 | 32% | 69% | 61 | 0% | 87% |
| Caithness & Sutherland Enterprise | 89 | 12% | 79% | 65 | 0% | 92% |
| Inverness & Nairn Enterprise | 75 | 8% | 73% | 125 | 2% | 85% |
| Lochaber Limited | 20 | 15% | 65% | 47 | 0% | 79% |
| Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey Enterprise | 40 | 25% | 45% | 39 | 3% | 87% |
| Orkney Enterprise | 30 | 7% | 83% | 25 | 0% | 96% |
| Ross & Cromarty Enterprise | 68 | 19% | 63% | 65 | 0% | 91% |
| Shetland Enterprise | 58 | 9% | 79% | 51 | 0% | 96% |
| Skyle & Lochalsh Enterprise | 17 | 29% | 59% | 12 | 0% | 83% |
| Western Isles Enterprise | 35 | 3% | 84% | 43 | 0% | 88% |
Note: Those who leave the Modern Apprenticeship programme before final completion often go on to positive outcomes, e.g. FE, other training or employment.
