- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the purpose is of Individualised Educational Programmes and what relationship they will have with Records of Needs.
Answer
Individualised Educational Programmes (IEP) and Records of Needs are separate planning documents to meet the needs of children with special educational needs (SEN).Where a child has a Record of Needs, it is expected that the Record will provide the strategic content from which an IEP can be prepared. The IEP outlines the more detailed steps to be taken to enable children with SEN to achieve specified targets. It underpins the day to day teaching and learning process by which a child's special educational needs can be addressed.The Record of Needs is a legal document - the IEP is less formal. The current review "Assessing Our Children's Educational Needs: The Way Forward" will look at the role of the Record of Needs and IEP's.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 4 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15960 by Iain Gray on 19 June 2001, whether the support services available to people who have been wrongly convicted of a crime on their release from custody are identical to the services offered to offenders on their release.
Answer
The statutory provision under section 27(1) (c) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 places a duty on local authorities to provide voluntary assistance on release from custody. The provision does not make any distinction between different categories of people being released.If the member cares to write I would be happy to look into any specific circumstances.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 29 June 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer how may Scottish Parliament staff have previously worked at Westminster.
Answer
We do not maintain a database of the previous employment history of our staff. However, to our knowledge, we currently have seven members of staff who joined the Scottish Parliament directly from Westminster.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 29 June 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer how many managers in the Scottish Parliament have been trained to deal with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Answer
23 members of staff attended data protection training presented by the Information Commissioner's Office in February 2000. Five members of staff have attended subsequent, external courses and workshops including our Data Protection Officer who is in the process of obtaining the ISEB Certificate in Data Protection.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 29 June 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer how many Scottish Parliament staff have been (a) seconded and (b) recruited from the Scottish Executive or Scottish Office since January 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body did not contract with staff until 1 April 2000. From January 1999 until 1 April 2000, all Scottish Parliament staff were recruited by and seconded from the Scottish Office to the Scottish Parliament. At the present time there are 50 staff on secondment from the Scottish Executive to the Scottish Parliament.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 29 June 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer how many (a) senior, (b) middle and (c) junior managers employed in the Scottish Parliament hold recognised management qualifications.
Answer
Possession of a management qualification is not currently one of the criteria used in recruitment by the SPCB, although for many posts management experience is required. Where management skills are required for a particular post, this competence is tested in the recruitment process. The information sought is not held comprehensively on a database. While some staff have volunteered the information, I am unable to provide definitive information on how many staff hold such a qualification.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 29 June 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer how many Scottish Parliament staff have been (a) seconded and (b) recruited from the Scotland Office since May 1999.
Answer
There have been no Scottish Parliament staff (a) seconded and (b) recruited from the Scotland Office since May 1999.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 29 June 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer how many managers employed in the Scottish Parliament have had employment law training since May 1999.
Answer
All issues relating to employment law are dealt with through the Personnel Office and Directorate of Legal Services. All relevant staff have attended training in the period from May 1999 to date as a means of keeping themselves up-to-date with employment law matters.The Directorate of Legal Services has put in place outsourcing arrangements with specialist employment lawyers for employment law advice.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 April 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 28 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish its policies on Europe and external affairs and, if so, when.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1O-3468 on 24 May 2001.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 19 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15189 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 May 2001, what specific duties and responsibilities local authorities have in relation to offering advice, guidance and assistance to those released from prison having been wrongly convicted of an offence.
Answer
The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 places a statutory duty on local authorities to make available social work assistance in the form of advice, guidance and assistance on release from custody.The objectives of voluntary assistance aim to provide a range of supportive services to offenders to assist in the reintegration of an offender into the community and reduce the risk of reoffending. Such services might be in the form of advice on access to benefits, accommodation, education and training or alcohol/drugs rehabilitation.
