- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21401 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 18 January 2002, why the more detailed information on the number of students from university and further education college going into employment within an industry directly associated with their specific area of study could only be produced at disproportionate cost.
Answer
The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects information on the first destinations of graduates from higher education courses provided in higher education institutions. The Scottish Further Education Funding Council collects similar information on graduates from higher education courses provided in further education colleges.These collections provide data on employment, classified by both the standard industrial classification (SIC) and the standard occupational classification (SOC). To produce the information requested requires the cross-referencing of these SIC and SOC classifications against subject groups, which are often very broad. This can often rely on subjective judgements, of what subjects are associated with what industry and/or occupation. It is the department's assessment that the analysis required could only be provided at disproportionate cost.Officials from the department would be happy to meet with you to discuss data collection and the information that is available.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21396 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 18 January 2002, why information on teaching staff at further educational establishments with a physical disability is not held centrally and whether it will, from now, collate this information centrally, detailing the reasons behind its decision.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not directly collect statistics relating to further education colleges. This is the responsibility of the Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFEFC). The Scottish Executive has already asked SFEFC to support and ensure the promotion of equal opportunities in further education colleges, and looks to the council to take appropriate action to achieve this. The Scottish Executive has no plans to collate centrally information on college teaching staff with a physical disability.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21394 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 18 January 2002, why information on the number of staff at higher education establishments who took early retirement and did not have their contracts renewed could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answer
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. However, the information is not provided by HESA in the format requested and it is the department's assessment that analysis at the level requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Officials from the department would be happy to meet with you to discuss data collection and information that is available.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21383 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 18 January 2002, why information on student complaints, grievances and academic appeals at further and higher education establishments is not held centrally and whether it will, from now, collate this information centrally, detailing the reasons behind its decision.
Answer
Ministers have no role in institutions' complaints procedures. The institutions are autonomous, and are themselves responsible for such internal affairs.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 7 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21388 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 18 January 2002, why the information on the number of full- and part-time students at further education colleges designated as having a physical disability is not held centrally and whether it will, from now, collate this information centrally, detailing the reasons behind its decision.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not directly collect statistics relating to further education. This is the responsibility of the Scottish Further Education Funding Council, which has started to collect information on students with disabilities. The first data, for the academic year 2000-01, should be available this spring.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 6 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to paragraph 2.44 of Audit Scotland's The new trunk road contracts, why its Development Department considered that it was not necessary to take any special measures to protect the staff of its existing providers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20533 on 29 November 2001, in response to publication of the Auditor General's report.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 1 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) what surveys other than the Central Scotland Transport Corridor Study (CSTCS) have been undertaken regarding road safety on the A80 at Cumbernauld, (b) how many accidents were reported on this stretch of trunk road in each of the last five years and (c) when it will publish the CSTCS report into the future development and upgrading of this route.
Answer
A study resulting in preparation of the A80/M80 Crowwood to M80 Junction 5 Route Accident Reduction Plan was completed in March 1999. Reported accidents over the last five years are as follows:
Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total |
1996 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 39 |
1997 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 29 |
1998 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 27 |
1999 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 31 |
2000 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 29 |
We expect the report on the A80 corridor study around the end of May.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 30 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Amey Highways Ltd or BEAR Scotland Ltd have gritted any metal bridge structures with salt based products since 1 April 2001, and, if so, which bridges, on what date, who authorised such gritting, and why permission was given on each occasion.
Answer
Glycol is normally applied instead of salt as a precautionary treatment when ice or light snow is expected on two bridges with metal decks; the A898 Erskine Bridge and A9 Kessock Bridge.Salt has been used on one occasion since 1 April 2001, when the Kessock Bridge was treated in this way on 8 November. Glycol had been applied to the bridge during the previous evening but further snow and the freezing conditions rendered this treatment ineffective. When this exceptional situation occurs at Kessock Bridge the procedure is to apply a light spread of salt to provide safe movement for traffic. This action was undertaken on the instruction of BEAR Scotland Ltd's winter maintenance duty manager and is in line with the practice that was followed before 1 April 2001.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 29 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Modern Apprenticeships have not been completed by those undertaking such training in respect of each (a) Local Enterprise Company and (b) framework in each year since 1994.
Answer
The information requested is not available.I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-15345 on 23 May 2001.
- Asked by: Andrew Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 29 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Modern Apprenticeship places have been available to candidates in each year since 1994 in respect of each (a) Local Enterprise Company and (b) framework and how many unfilled places there were in each case.
Answer
The information requested is not available. Modern Apprenticeships (MA) are not allocated in quotas by the enterprise network or by industrial sector. The level of MA uptake reflects the demand for training opportunities by young people and the number of jobs made available by employers.
