- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 8 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, prior to coming to a decision on the issue of grant aided funding. it will ask the Special Educational Needs Forum to consider the future funding of the seven grant aided schools for children with severe low incidence disabilities.
Answer
Scottish Ministers are considering the future funding arrangements for the seven grant-aided schools. In the meantime, we have given a commitment to continue the current grant aid arrangements until March 2003. I have met representatives from the seven schools and I hope to complete a programme of visits to all the schools shortly. An announcement on future funding arrangements beyond March 2003 will be made 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, 12 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 29 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-841 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 16 December 1999, what consultation exercises the ministers with policy responsibility for children and education have initiated since December 1999.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-14208.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 29 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation exercises the Ministers with responsibility for education have initiated since 1 July 1999.
Answer
The consultations initiated by the Minister & Deputy Minister for Children & Education from July 1999 till October 2000:The Review of the General Teaching Council for Scotland;Improving our Schools - Consultation on the Improvement in Scottish Education Bill;Response to Riddell Advisory Committee Report into the Education of Children with Severe Low Incidence Disabilities;Young People Leaving Care - Proposed Transfer of DSS Resources to Local Authorities;Youth Crime Review;Assessment and Testing: Pre-school and 5-14;Strategic Framework for Children's Services - "Planned Outcomes for Better Care";Improving our Schools - Consultation on national priorities for schools education in Scotland;The Standard for Initial Teacher Education;Consultation on the Schools Scotland Code 1956;Regulation of Early Education and Childcare: The Way Ahead;Guidelines for the Management of Drugs Misuse in Schools;Outlook International: Promoting the International Dimension in Scottish Schools;Consultation on Good Practice Guidance on the Administration of Medicines in Schools.The consultations initiated by the Minister & Deputy Minister for Education, Europe & External Affairs since November 2000:Collaborative Review of Initial Teacher Education Department;Review of Devolved School Management.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 24 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been or will be put in place to include those local authorities which are not members of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities in future pay bargaining.
Answer
It is for the Convention and local authorities to consider any arrangements for local authority employers to negotiate on a collective basis with staff about pay levels.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 21 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to encourage football authorities to progress a bid to host the 2005 World Soccer Club Championships.
Answer
A decision on whether to bid is a matter for the Scottish Football Association which has already registered an interest in bidding with FIFA. We understand that bids have to be submitted by the end of May 2001. The Scottish Executive is keeping in close touch with the SFA about this and a possible bid for the 2008 European Nations Championship.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12583 by Allan Wilson on 4 April 2001, what type of assistance it, its agencies or sportscotland are providing to the Scottish Football Association in relation to the feasibility study into the possible staging of the 2008 European Nations Football Championships in Scotland.
Answer
Contributions towards the costs of the feasibility study were provided by Scottish Enterprise, visitscotland, sportscotland and UK Sport.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 17 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has hired any market research firms to carry out any surveys or research relating to education issues within the last six months and, if so, which firms were hired and what the value was of each contract.
Answer
We have commissioned one survey from a market research company over the last six months. This was the survey of school and FE staff views on the first year of the implementation of Higher Still. The final agreed completion date was 12 February 2001 with a total cost of £46,706.25. The company carrying out the survey was System Three Social Research.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any market research firms have been hired on behalf of the Scottish Qualifications Authority in the last six months to canvass the opinions of parents of secondary school pupils and, if so, which firms are involved and what the value of each contract is.
Answer
No market research firms have been hired on behalf of the SQA in the last six months.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 16 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6996 by Susan Deacon on 9 June 2000, what the average waiting time for the extraction of wisdom teeth was in 1999-2000 and in the nine-month period to 31 December 2000, broken down by health board area in each case.
Answer
Patients requiring the extraction of wisdom teeth can be treated by a General Dental Practitioner or as a hospital outpatient or inpatient/day case. Information on waiting times for treatment carried out by General Dental Practitioners or at hospital outpatient clinics is not available centrally.Information is collected centrally on the time between a patient being placed on the inpatient/day case waiting list and their admission to hospital for treatment. The median waiting time for the extraction of wisdom teeth as an inpatient or day case, by Health Board of residence, for the year ending 31 March 2000 and for the nine months to 31 December 2000, is provided in the table.NHSScotland: Median Waiting Times for Extraction of Wisdom Teeth
1 as an Inpatient/Day Case, by Health Board of Residence, for the Year Ending 31 March 2000 and the Nine Months to 31 December 2000
p| Health Board | Year Ending 31 March 2000 | Nine Months To 31 December 2000p |
| | Median Wait (Days) | Median Wait (Days) |
| Argyll and Clyde | 44 | 32 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 93 | 126 |
| Borders | 30 | 28 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 101 | 84 |
| Fife | 88 | 88 |
| Forth Valley | 91 | 109 |
| Grampian | 28 | 17 |
| Greater Glasgow | 37 | 42 |
| Highland | 73 | 39 |
| Lanarkshire | 52 | 49 |
| Lothian | 41 | 51 |
| Orkney | 15 | 14 |
| Shetland | 85 | 87 |
| Tayside | 41 | 42 |
| Western Isles | - | - |
Scotland | 51 | 54 |
P Provisional.Source ISD ScotlandNotes:1.
Extraction of Wisdom Teeth has been defined using OPCS4 procedure codes F09.1 and F09.3 (principal operations only).
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 15 May 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers were employed in primary schools in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The attached table shows the latest information available on the number of full-time equivalent teachers who were employed in publicly funded primary schools in September of each of the years 1996 to 1999 by local authority area. Information on the number of teachers in schools in September 2000 is not currently available.The
Supply of Teachers report, Vol 1 - Jan 2001 details the background to the current position on the collection of information relevant to teacher supply and outlines planned improvements to current methods. Copies of this report have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. no. 10751). The report includes a series of tables in the Annex, one of which gives numbers of FTE publicly funded teachers in the primary and secondary sectors by local authority from September 1997 to 1999 (Annex F). This Annex is currently being updated and extended to provide a wider range of information on teacher numbers.Number of full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in publicly funded primary schools by local authority, September (1996-99)
| September |
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| Scotland | 22,483 | 22,189 | 22,494 | 22,643 |
| Aberdeen City | 809 | 795 | 829 | 824 |
| Aberdeenshire | 1,158 | 1,127 | 1,155 | 1,159 |
| Angus | 495 | 490 | 502 | 514 |
| Argyll & Bute | 452 | 447 | 443 | 458 |
| Clackmannanshire | 212 | 216 | 217 | 221 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 681 | 678 | 703 | 682 |
| Dundee City | 697 | 650 | 643 | 650 |
| East Ayrshire | 546 | 538 | 538 | 536 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 473 | 479 | 480 | 498 |
| East Lothian | 377 | 398 | 405 | 416 |
| East Renfrewshire | 383 | 384 | 395 | 403 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 1,480 | 1,491 | 1,509 | 1,535 |
| Eilean Siar | 199 | 197 | 195 | 192 |
| Falkirk | 578 | 587 | 587 | 602 |
| Fife | 1,623 | 1,625 | 1,646 | 1,656 |
| Glasgow City | 2,619 | 2,458 | 2,418 | 2,421 |
| Highland | 1,110 | 1,081 | 1,098 | 1,097 |
| Inverclyde | 371 | 365 | 363 | 373 |
| Midlothian | 372 | 377 | 391 | 400 |
| Moray | 425 | 418 | 428 | 430 |
| North Ayrshire | 597 | 596 | 605 | 601 |
| North Lanarkshire | 1,485 | 1,472 | 1,482 | 1,469 |
| Orkney Islands | 122 | 124 | 124 | 122 |
| Perth & Kinross | 572 | 572 | 583 | 598 |
| Renfrewshire | 712 | 715 | 740 | 740 |
| Scottish Borders | 485 | 486 | 500 | 501 |
| Shetland Islands | 182 | 184 | 182 | 178 |
| South Ayrshire | 453 | 449 | 448 | 450 |
| South Lanarkshire | 1,300 | 1,285 | 1,318 | 1,336 |
| Stirling | 346 | 351 | 370 | 370 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 445 | 425 | 445 | 447 |
| West Lothian | 724 | 732 | 751 | 765 |
