- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, in regard to the proposal for Co-ordinated Support Plans referred to in its response to the consultation Assessing our children's educational needs: The Way Forward?, what (a) the assessment process will be, (b) sources of advice will be used, (c) information the plans will contain and (d) involvement parents and/or young people will have in the preparation of the plans.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether teachers will be given training to enable them to identify pupils that require special educational needs as referred to in its response to the consultation Assessing our children's educational needs: The Way Forward?.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether education authorities will have a duty to review proposed Co-ordinated Support Plans referred to in its consultation Assessing our children's educational needs: The Way Forward? and how any such review process will be monitored.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when timescales for completing the staged assessments and planning process referred to in its response to the consultation Assessing our children's educational needs: The Way Forward? will be produced and whether the timescales will be issued for consultation purposes.
Answer
Consultation on the review of the assessment and recording process began in May 2001. The Scottish Executive has been developing further, with input from service users and providers, the proposals for change that were published in February 2002.In conjunction with the Special Educational Needs Forum, a forum of professionals, officials and parents, the Executive intends to publish early in 2003, a strategy for meeting the needs of children who require additional support for learning. A draft bill will also be published early next year and further consultation will take place on the proposed provisions in the draft bill. These documents will set out the further detail on the proposals for the new framework. New guidance will also be produced over the course of the next year to support implementation of the framework. The approach of consulting with and involving those affected by the system will continue throughout the development and implementation of the new framework for pupils who have additional support needs for learning.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the existing Level of Needs Matrix, as set out in the Manual of Good Practice, will be revised and issued to parents, young people and the appropriate professionals for consultation purposes.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the staged intervention process referred to in its response to the consultation Assessing our children's educational needs: The Way Forward? will be produced and whether the process will be issued to parents, young people and the appropriate professionals for consultation purposes.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any consultation on timescales for completing the staged assessments and planning process referred to in its response to the consultation Assessing our children's educational needs: The Way Forward? will include whether such timescales should be guidelines or legal requirements.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether parents and/or young people will be able to apply for legal aid in order to be represented at any appeals tribunals referred to in its response to the consultation Assessing our children's educational needs: The Way Forward?
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-30910 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 4 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities can be sued by individuals or companies for not providing adequate fire cover in the event of any industrial action by fire service personnel.
Answer
In the event of industrial action by the Fire Brigades Union, it is our understanding that no claim would lie against the Fire Authority for an alleged breach of its statutory duty under the Fire Services Act 1947 to provide fire cover.
- Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 4 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any statutory interest and compensation arising out of late payment will be due to a member of the Faculty of Advocates by the client as the disclosed Principal or whether it will be due by the solicitor as the agent, under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (SSI 2002/335).
Answer
These regulations implement European Directive 2000/35/EC on combating late payment in commercial transactions. They are intended to make it clear, on the face of the regulations, that they apply to the arrangements whereby advocates are paid fees, whoever the obligation to pay fees falls upon.The regulations do not change the legal relationship between advocates, solicitors and clients. It will be for the courts to determine whether the directive, and consequently the regulations, apply in any particular case, but my understanding is that a debt for fees is due to an advocate by his or her client, and any interest on late payment would be due by the client. The Faculty of Advocates and the Law Society of Scotland also have an agreement that a solicitor who instructs an advocate has a responsibility to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, payment of the advocate's fees.
