- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 5 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how its policies demonstrate its belief in the value of outdoor education to young people.
Answer
Ambitious, Excellent Schools, our agenda for education set out our commitment to develop more out of school hours opportunities across a wide range of activities to help young people develop their skills and confidence.
As part of this commitment we have commissioned Learning and Teaching Scotland to undertake a development programme for outdoor education. The programme will establish the contribution outdoor education can make to develop the four capacities set out in a curriculum for excellence, in and out of school hours.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 5 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that the quantity, quality and condition of the buildings provided for music tuition and rehearsal at the Music School of Douglas Academy enable the students to fulfil their potential.
Answer
East Dunbartonshire Council has responsibility for the management of its entire school estate, including the music school at Douglas Academy. We understand that the rebuilding of Douglas Academy features in the council’s plans for a public private partnership project.
The 2002 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) inspection report on Douglas Academy assessed the overall quality of learning and teaching in the music school as very good in performing courses, good in other aspects, and particularly effective in instrumental classes. In the 2004 follow up report, HMIE noted further improvement in the music school’s courses.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 1 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to enable an individual who works for more than one organisation to make a single application for a disclosure certificate, rather than having to make multiple applications.
Answer
The Executive is currently developing plans for a new vetting and barring system for those working with vulnerable groups following the recommendations made in the Bichard report. Features planned for the new system include the continuous updating of information following an initial disclosure check and regulated access to the barred status of an individual for those with a genuine need to know. This will remove the need for multiple applications for disclosure certificates where there has been no change in that status.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 1 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of providing a second year's funding to the Youth Achievement Awards promoted by Youth Scotland.
Answer
The Youth Achievement Awards were previously supported by Scottish Executive project grant under the Children and Young People’s Grant scheme. These grants (now available through the Children, Young People and Families Unified Voluntary Sector fund) support the development and evaluation of innovative ideas and are time limited.
Scottish Executive officials and Youth Scotland are currently in discussion over the future development of the Youth Achievement Awards.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to enable the voluntary sector to offer pay and conditions comparable with those in the public or private sectors.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is not in a position to influence voluntary sector pay and conditions. However, the Executive fully recognises that pay and conditions are a crucial element of securing a viable future for the voluntary sector. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), on behalf of the voluntary sector, is working with the Scottish Trades Union Council (STUC) in addressing this issue as part of a Voluntary Sector Workforce Development Strategy, which has recently been developed following consultation with the sector and key stakeholders.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation has been carried out with voluntary organisations in respect of the Executive owning the intellectual property rights of material related to projects to which it contributes a grant or other financial support and what agreement has been reached on this issue.
Answer
On behalf of the voluntary sector, the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) helped develop a standard set of conditions containing the clause on intellectual property rights that will be attached to future grant offers made to the voluntary sector by the Scottish Executive. The SCVO input to the process was informed by a range of voluntary organisations it consulted for views.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of providing funding for projects which have proved to be successful but require additional support to build on their achievements after their initial funding has been spent.
Answer
Many voluntary organisations benefit from continued long-term funding from Scottish Executive grant schemes. Before a decision is taken to renew funding, account is taken of the organisation’s performance with its previous grant and the success and impact of its work. More generally, each request for grant funding is considered on merit, taking account of the quality of the application, whether the proposed work programme helps deliver policy objectives, ministerial priorities, the level of resources available for distribution and competing demand.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to monitor and review its effectiveness in respect of the Scottish Compact with voluntary organisations.
Answer
In 2004 the Scottish Executive commissioned the consultancy firm GEN Consulting to monitor the effectiveness of the Scottish Compact. Work involved establishing a baseline of data on awareness of and compliance with the Compact by Scottish Executive Departments, non-departmental public bodies and agencies through questionnaires. The findings of the baseline research were published in 2005 and can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/03/20869/54775
A follow-up survey will be carried out in due course.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 3 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive the report of the recent public inquiry into the route orders for the proposed upgrade of the A80.
Answer
The Inquiry Reporter has advised that the report is likely to be completed in spring 2006.
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 7 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) grant aided expenditure allocation to and (b) actual expenditure by each local authority was in respect of culture and the arts in each of the last three years.
Answer
The last three years for which information is available on both grant aided expenditure and actual expenditure in respect of culture and the arts are 2001-02 to 2003-04. Information for each of these years, by local authority, is shown in the table below.
The grant aided expenditure figures below form part of a much larger allocation process used to calculate revenue support grant by local authority. It is up to each local authority to decide how best to allocate the total amount allocated to it as revenue support grant, based on local needs and priorities.
Cultural and Related Services Grant Aided Expenditure (GAE) and Net Revenue Expenditure (NRE)
| 2001-02 (£000) | 2002-03 (£000) | 2003-04 (£000) |
| GAE | NRE | GAE | NRE | GAE | NRE |
Scotland | 332,652 | 456,879 | 354,463 | 488,205 | 374,313 | 529,308 |
Aberdeen City | 14,901 | 20,617 | 15,885 | 21,839 | 16,779 | 24,113 |
Aberdeenshire | 12,537 | 12,641 | 13,342 | 13,933 | 14,077 | 14,577 |
Angus | 6,643 | 8,291 | 7,078 | 9,687 | 7,474 | 10,492 |
Argyll and Bute | 5,339 | 6,014 | 5,687 | 6,359 | 6,004 | 6,502 |
Clackmannanshire | 3,102 | 4,199 | 3,303 | 4,984 | 3,486 | 5,163 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 9,007 | 10,943 | 9,588 | 14,696 | 10,117 | 15,680 |
Dundee City | 10,476 | 15,905 | 11,162 | 16,435 | 11,787 | 17,941 |
East Ayrshire | 7,205 | 8,406 | 7,675 | 8,976 | 8,104 | 9,483 |
East Dunbartonshire | 6,719 | 9,019 | 7,165 | 8,380 | 7,572 | 9,072 |
East Lothian | 5,107 | 7,473 | 5,436 | 8,300 | 5,736 | 8,379 |
East Renfrewshire | 5,343 | 7,127 | 5,700 | 7,599 | 6,023 | 8,187 |
Edinburgh, City of | 31,225 | 33,116 | 33,292 | 35,651 | 35,171 | 35,289 |
Eilean Siar | 1,652 | 2,776 | 1,757 | 2,960 | 1,852 | 2,445 |
Falkirk | 9,476 | 10,427 | 10,103 | 11,545 | 10,673 | 11,999 |
Fife | 20,807 | 31,816 | 22,179 | 34,395 | 23,428 | 34,921 |
Glasgow City | 48,120 | 82,773 | 51,263 | 84,007 | 54,122 | 108,937 |
Highland | 13,402 | 14,499 | 14,267 | 16,953 | 15,056 | 15,590 |
Inverclyde | 5,229 | 8,404 | 5,577 | 7,771 | 5,894 | 9,063 |
Midlothian | 5,227 | 7,319 | 5,571 | 7,663 | 5,884 | 7,528 |
Moray | 4,717 | 5,937 | 5,021 | 6,915 | 5,299 | 6,564 |
North Ayrshire | 8,689 | 10,834 | 9,260 | 13,371 | 9,779 | 13,682 |
North Lanarkshire | 20,758 | 34,182 | 22,134 | 35,623 | 23,385 | 36,749 |
Orkney Islands | 1,401 | 2,650 | 1,488 | 3,601 | 1,569 | 3,830 |
Perth and Kinross | 8,060 | 9,887 | 8,581 | 12,372 | 9,056 | 12,783 |
Renfrewshire | 11,356 | 15,258 | 12,110 | 16,144 | 12,796 | 17,234 |
Scottish Borders | 6,233 | 6,802 | 6,634 | 7,852 | 7,001 | 8,450 |
Shetland Islands | 1,548 | 2,991 | 1,646 | 3,328 | 1,735 | 3,415 |
South Ayrshire | 7,466 | 10,410 | 7,956 | 10,363 | 8,401 | 10,956 |
South Lanarkshire | 20,085 | 31,022 | 21,403 | 28,719 | 22,603 | 30,241 |
Stirling | 5,568 | 7,146 | 5,930 | 7,890 | 6,259 | 7,751 |
West Dunbartonshire | 5,899 | 9,329 | 6,294 | 9,776 | 6,653 | 11,489 |
West Lothian | 9,358 | 8,666 | 9,976 | 10,119 | 10,537 | 10,803 |
GAE Source: Grant Aided Expenditure Green Books.
NRE Source: LFR2 return.