- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19986 by Mr Jim Wallace on 29 November 2001, what steps it will take in considering whether or not plans should be put in place to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Union of the Crowns.
Answer
We are currently focussing attention on the major celebrations in prospect next year to mark Her Majesty's Golden Jubilee. Plans for celebration of the anniversary in 2003, if appropriate, would be considered in due course in liaison with Buckingham Palace and relevant Whitehall departments and interests.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it next plans to meet representatives of the Scottish School Board Association.
Answer
The then Minister for Education, Mr Jack McConnell, met with representatives of the Scottish School Board Association (SSBA) on 4 July 2001. He requested that officials should hold a follow-up meeting, which took place on 5 December 2001. I met Ann Hill, Chief Executive of the SSBA, at the launch of the Discipline Task Group action plan on 12 December 2001. There are no formal plans for a further meeting, but ministers and officials meet representatives of the SSBA regularly.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has commissioned into any impact on traffic flows which the formation of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park will have on (a) the A84 between Callander and Lochearnhead and (b) the A85 between Lochearnhead and Crianlarich.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not commissioned any research to look at the possible impact of the National Park on traffic flows.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 13 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total value was of Individual Learning Account payments to learning providers in Stirling and Clackmannanshire in each of the last two years.
Answer
The total of Individual Learning Account payments to learning providers in Stirling and Clackmannanshire in each of the last two years is as follows:2000-01: £17,0042001-02: £269,662.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 13 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre the 5-14 school-by-school attainment information given to schools for inclusion in their individual school handbooks and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not publish school-by-school 5-14 Attainment Level information. The information would not give valid school by school comparisons.The Scottish Executive does, however, publish 5-14 Attainment Level information by subject, stage and local authority.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 13 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive which learning providers in Stirling and Clackmannanshire have been recipients of Individual Learning Account payments in each of the last two years.
Answer
The following learning providers based in Stirling and Clackmannanshire have been recipients of Individual Learning Account payments in each of the last two years:2000-01Clackmannan CollegeClackmannanshire Council Training UnitEzee-IT Ltd.Gartmore House Computer TrainingHorton Grange (Scotland) Ltd.JHP Training (Stirling)Learning IT Ltd.Vocational Portfolio DevelopmentVolunteer Development Scotland2001-02Central Training Services Ltd.Clackmannan CollegeClackmannanshire Council Training UnitEzee-IT Ltd.Freight Transport AssociationGartmore House Computer TrainingHorton Grange (Scotland) Ltd.Inversnaid Photography CentreLearning IT Ltd.Mari Group Ltd.(Scotland Division)Online UniversitySafelift TrainingVocational Portfolio DevelopmentVolunteer Development Scotland.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 13 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its news release SE4920/2001 of 23 November 2001, which learning providers in Stirling and Clackmannanshire have had Individual Learning Account payments to them suspended.
Answer
The temporary suspension is a blanket one, affecting all learning providers with current claims in the system.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Education and Young People will next meet representatives of the Scottish School Board Association.
Answer
I have no current plans to meet representatives of the Scottish School Board Association but I will try for a suitable opportunity in the future.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on maintaining (a) local authority and (b) trunk roads in the Mid Scotland and Fife parliamentary constituency in each of the past three years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Information on local authority roads expenditure is not held centrally. Information on trunk roads expenditure is not recorded on the basis of either parliamentary regions or local authority areas.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 12 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of publishing, printing and distributing (a) its Social Justice Report 2001: A Scotland Where Everyone Matters and (b) the supplements to that report and how many copies of each have been printed.
Answer
The publication and printing of the Social Justice Annual Report 2001 cost £25,293. The publication and printing of its supplements cost £3,646. Distribution of all three documents has so far cost £3,521. 6,000 copies of the main report were produced, 4,000 summary leaflets and 500 technical companions.
