- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 28 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what has been the total government funding for the Scottish Arts Council in each year from 1990 to 1999.
Answer
Prior to 1 April 1994, the Scottish Arts Council formed part of the Arts Council of Great Britain. Government funding from 1994-95 to 1998-99 is detailed in the table:
Year | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 |
Scottish Arts Council Funding | 23,777,000 | 24,477,000 | 25,811,000 | 27,097,000 | 27,186,108 |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 17 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding the Scottish Sports Council and the Scottish Arts Council have received from the National Lottery since the Lottery's inception.
Answer
The proceeds received into the National Lottery Distribution Fund from the inception of the Lottery to 30 June 1999 allocated for distribution by the Scottish Arts Council amounted to £123,342,000. The proceeds allocated for distribution by sportscotland (formerly the Scottish Sports Council) over the same period amounted to £125,039,004.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 17 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers have been dismissed in Scotland since 1992 for failing to maintain professional teaching standards, broken down by Local Authority.
Answer
The information requested is not collected centrally.The Government wishes to ensure fair, supportive and effective procedures for dealing with teachers who cannot maintain professional standards. Such procedures should command the support of the profession and local authorities. HM Inspectors of Schools have recently completed a wide ranging study into the application of existing disciplinary procedures and I will be bringing forward proposals for consultation in due course.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 16 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive which Scottish local authorities currently use poindings and warrant sales to collect (a) arrears of council tax; (b) rent arrears from the tenants of their housing stock, and (c) overdue parking fines.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 16 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what was the total amount of (a) rent arrears from tenants of Scottish local authority housing stock; (b) council tax arrears, and (c) overdue parking fines, subject to a poinding in the Scottish courts in 1997 and 1998, in real terms and by local authority.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what was the cost to the Health Education Board Scotland and local health education services within the National Health Service of promoting campaigns to reduce or stop smoking in Scotland for the last period for which figures are available.
Answer
In 1998-99, the total expenditure by the Health Education Board for Scotland on initiatives with an explicit focus on smoking amounted to £808,190. Information on the amount of expenditure specifically on smoking-related programmes by local Health Board health promotion departments is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 13 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive the current average value of individual local authority bursaries or financial assistance grants covering study expenses for school pupils of age 16 and over by local authority, and to detail the total amount budgeted for by each Scottish local authority for this purpose.
Answer
Information on the average value of individual local authority bursaries or on the total amount budgeted for by each local authority is not collected centrally. The total amount spent by authorities in 1997/98 was £6.9M.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 8 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the level of administrative charge taken from the grant to partner providers in pre-school education by each local authority in Scotland.
Answer
The level of administrative charge taken from the grant to partner providers in pre-school education by each local authority in Scotland is a contractual matter for each individual authority. However Ministers have recommended for 1999-2000 that within the rate of £1,175 paid to local authorities per part-time place a minimum of £880 per place is paid to their partners.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 3 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the average cost per pupil for primary school pupils attending schools with 65 or less pupils.
Answer
Based on data provided by local authorities and published annually by HM Inspectorate of Schools, the average budgeted cost per pupil in such schools in financial year 1998-99 was £2,990 compared with a national average per primary pupil of £1,849.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 2 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the average cost per pupil for primary school pupils attending schools with 65 or less pupils.
Answer
Based on data provided by local authorities and published annually by HM Inspectorate of Schools, the average budgeted cost per pupil in such schools in financial year 1998-99 was £2,990 compared with a national average per primary pupil of £1,849.
