- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 11 January 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the percentage and number of students dropping out of each of Scotland's universities and further education colleges in the years 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99 broken down by institution.
Answer
Information is not collected on "drop-out" rates for universities but non-completion rates have been complied and were published on 3
rd December 1999 for 1996-97 as part of a package of Performance Indicators. The figures below show the number of starters at each institution in 1996-97, those that are expected not to obtain a qualification and not to transfer to another HE institution, together with the related non-completion rate. A full copy of
the Performance Indicators in Higher Education 1996-97, 1997-98 report is available through the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Comparable information about the further education sector is not available.
Full-time students starting first degree courses 1996-97 - Numbers projected not to obtain an award or to transfer to another higher education institution in the UK
| Higher Education Institution | Number of starters | Neither obtain an award nor transfer |
| | Number | Per cent |
| Scotland | | | |
| All Scottish Institutions | 28,926 | 4,995 | 17 |
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| University of Aberdeen | 1,991 | 389 | 20 |
| University of Abertay Dundee | 1,373 | 157 | 11 |
| University of Dundee | 1,401 | 191 | 14 |
| | 218 | 6 |
| Edinburgh College of Art | 349 | 32 | 9 |
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| University of Glasgow | 3,286 | 428 | 13 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 4,035 | 1,214 | 30 |
| Glasgow School of Art | 351 | 35 | 10 |
| Heriot-Watt University | 1,076 | 179 | 17 |
| Moray House Institute of Education (1) | 372 | 47 | 13 |
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| Napier University | 1,524 | 509 | 33 |
| Northern College of Education | 232 | 48 | 21 |
| University of Paisley | 1,539 | 456 | 30 |
| Queen Margaret University College | 839 | 128 | 15 |
| The Robert Gordon University | 1,358 | 249 | 18 |
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| Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama | 109 | 12 | 11 |
| Scottish College of Textiles | 171 | 22 | 13 |
| University of St Andrews | 958 | 46 | 5 |
| St Andrew's College of Education (1) | 181 | 46 | 25 |
| University of Stirling | 1,190 | 149 | 13 |
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| University of Strathclyde | 3,062 | 439 | 14 |
Source: Performance Indicators in higher education 1996-97, 1997-98
Notes:1. These institutions have subsequently merged with universities
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 22 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that no one dies of cold-related deaths in Scotland this winter.
Answer
I refer Mr Gibson to the answer to his question numbered S1W-3003.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the New Warm Deal will operate indefinitely and, if not, how long will it operate for.
Answer
We have no plans to bring the Warm Deal to an end.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the total funding package of #12 million allocated through the Scottish Healthy Homes Initiative will be index linked against inflation.
Answer
In November, I announced that the budget for the Warm Deal will be increased to £13 million in 2000-01 and £14.5 million in 2001-02.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the maximum grant of #500 available under the Warm Deal in Scotland programme will be index linked against inflation.
Answer
There are no present plans to review the grant maximum.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #12 million allocated to the New Warm Deal this year comes from: (a) money transferred from the home energy efficiency scheme; (b) New Deal and (c) capital receipts to local authorities.
Answer
The budget for improving home energy efficiency for low-income households in Scotland is £12 million for 1999-2000. £1.475 million of the total came from the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) to meet the cost of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (HEES) in Scotland between 1 April and 30m June. The rest is for the Warm Deal which was introduced on 1 July. It includes £4.525 million received from DETR as Scotland's share of the HEES budget for GB for the period from 1 July to 31 March 2000. None of the resources for the Warm Deal come from the budget for the New Deal or from capital receipts by local authorities.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the New Warm Deal to allow greater flexibility in the 70%/30% private/public sector split.
Answer
I expect that around 50% of the budget for the Warm Deal this year will be spent on local authority housing.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 21 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the New Warm Deal so that cross subsidy of eligible flats within a given tenemental project can be considered providing that the average grant per flat does not exceed the maximum available.
Answer
There are no present plans for a review of this kind.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 21 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it recognises "Social Phobia" as a genuine illness leading to, among other difficulties, social exclusion and, if so, what treatment guidelines have been issued.
Answer
Social Phobia is included in the main psychiatric diagnostic manuals, the ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV). Social Phobia is a mental illness that in its severest forms could result in almost complete social isolation.Health Boards and NHS Trusts are expected to develop services for the treatment of psychological disorders based on the assessment of needs. The services provided should typically integrate the contributions and resources of all relevant professionals (specialist clinics, GPs, mental health nurses, social workers etc) at all levels of expertise.No specific treatment guidelines have been issued by the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 21 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria will be used to select the independent panel of academics to oversee the multi-modal study of the transport corridors covered by the M8 and M80 and when it will report.
Answer
The independent panel of academics will be selected on the basis of their direct experience of multi-modal transport appraisal. Of particular relevance will be experience in transport modelling and appraisal, environmental assessment, economic development issues and land-use/transportation interactions.Officials are currently developing a draft study programme, including timescales, for my consideration.
