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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S1W-22934

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 8 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22267 by Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, whether any directions it makes to college boards of management under section 21 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 must be complied with.

Question reference: S1W-22938

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 8 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22272 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, why the Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education alone have responsibility for holding information centrally on student complaints, grievances and academic appeals at further and higher education establishments; what plans it has to hold such information itself and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-22922

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 8 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22285 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, whether it will provide a full explanation of why neither it nor the Higher Education Statistics Agency collects information on the number of staff required to take compulsory retirement.

Decisions on the data it collects are a matter for the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) which is funded directly by higher education institutions across the UK to cover a wide range of statistical data for institutions. The Executive has no plans to duplicate that function.As indicated in my reply to question S1W-22285 on 7 February 2002, officials from the department would be happy to meet with you to discuss data collection and the information that is available.

Question reference: S1W-22923

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 8 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22286 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002 and the statement that "the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects information on when staff leave institutions, at what age and in many cases which institutions they have come from or gone to", why the information requested on the number of staff at higher education establishments who took early retirement and did not have their contracts renewed was not provided and when HESA will provide this information.

The information requested was not provided as the Executive does not collect it, and neither is it available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).Decisions on the data it collects are a matter for the HESA which is funded directly by higher education institutions across the UK to cover a wide range of statistical data for institutions. The Executive has no plans to duplicate that function.As indicated in my replies to various questions on data available, officials from the department would be happy to meet with you to discuss data collection and the information that is available.

Question reference: S1W-22937

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 8 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22269 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, what duties of care it has, outwith the duties of care which further and higher education establishments have, in regard to the attendance of students at further and higher education establishments.

Question reference: S1W-22926

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 8 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22288 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002, whether it will provide a full explanation of why the Higher Education Statistics Agency does not collect information on full-time and part-time academic staff in universities who hold a recognised qualification for teaching in any education establishment and why there is no recognised standard teaching qualification for academic staff in higher education establishments.

Decisions on appropriate levels of qualifications for staff undertaking teaching duties in higher education institutions are a matter for the individual institutions concerned.Institutions have supported the formation of the Institute for Learning and Teaching (ILT) in Higher Education to support excellence in learning and teaching. The ILT is a professional body for academic staff which aims to develop and maintain professional standards of practice and become the main source of professional recognition for all staff engaged in teaching and the support of learning. More information on ILT can be found at: www.ilt.ac.ukDecisions on the data it collects are a matter for the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). It is possible that membership of the ILT could be included as a field in the HESA collection in the future.As indicated in my reply to S1W-22288, officials from the Department would be happy to meet with you to discuss data collection and the information that is available.

Question reference: S1W-23012

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many juveniles from the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency have been brought before a Children's Hearing on more than one occasion in each of the last 12 months.

Question reference: S1W-23004

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 7 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) adults and (b) juveniles arrested, taken into custody and charged with an offence at (i) Motherwell and (ii) Wishaw police station were prosecuted in each of the last 12 months.

Question reference: S1W-23011

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many juveniles from the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency have been brought before a Children's Hearing in each of the last (a) five years and (b) 12 months.

Question reference: S1W-23003

Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2002
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 7 March 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) adults and (b) juveniles arrested, taken into custody and charged with an offence at (i) Cumbernauld and (ii) Kilsyth police station were prosecuted in each of the last 12 months.