- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 13 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to support all parents in gaining the necessary skills to take an active role in helping their children enjoy an active life, as referred to in Let's Make Scotland More Active.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is funding a national development officer for Play@Home, a physical activity programme for children from birth to five years. This programme provides parents with guidance on safe and beneficial ways of handling a child to stimulate motor and sensory development within the home. Funding will support all NHS boards to train health visitors in the use of this resource.
In addition, NHS Health Scotland’s resource the Ready, Steady, Baby Book for new parents and children up to the age of three has been updated to include more information about physical activity.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 12 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken on its commitment to monitor and evaluate whether sport programmes are high-quality and effective and cover all the agencies involved, as referred to in Let's Make Scotland More Active.
Answer
The Executive is committed to the continuous evaluation and monitoring of programmes to ensure that they are effective and are of high quality.
Sportscotland has developed an Evaluation Strategy which aims to:
ensure that adequate systems are in place to evaluate sportscotland’s investments in sport in Scotland;
ensure that the work of sportscotland is informed by sound, objective and independent evaluations;
ensure that necessary resources and experience are available to evaluate the functions of sportscotland, and
outline an initial plan for evaluating sportscotland’s investment in sport for 2003-07.
Integral monitoring and evaluation of Active Schools arrangements will focus on the number of teachers, coaches and leaders involved in delivery and participation numbers across all age groups. An independent evaluation has also been commissioned.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 11 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to provide clear advice and better support for teachers to develop their confidence and skills in teaching physical education, as referred to in Let's Make Scotland More Active.
Answer
The Physical Education Review Group (PERG) was set up by Scottish ministers as a direct result of the recommendations in
Let’s Make Scotland More Active. In my response to the PERG report, I set out my three key aims for physical education: to provide more time, more teachers and more choice.
Within the wider programme of achieving these key aims, Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) held four regional seminars in March, for local authorities and schools, to raise awareness of the PERG report and my commitment to two hours of PE. The seminars provided a platform to: discuss the key issues; demonstrate a few examples of good practice, and encourage schools to start developing solutions to meet local circumstances. LTS will now build on this by working with HMIe to gather and disseminate best practice delivery of two hours quality and progressive PE programmes. We have also begun discussions with providers of continuous professional development to provide additional opportunities for primary teachers to enhance their qualifications to support more physical activity in schools.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the number of fraudulent sales of tickets for football matches and convictions for ticket touting at football matches.
Answer
Touting is an offence under Section 55 of the Civic Government Act 1982, but there is no specific offence of ticket touting at football matches.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 22 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have secured funding for projects under the National Facilities Strategy; how much funding each project has received, and what the timescale is for completion of each project.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-15179 on 22 March 2005. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 22 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the £230 million investment in new sports facilities.
Answer
The Executive and
sportscotland has awarded £49.5 million to the 10 successful bids made under the National and Regional Sports Facilities Strategy. This contribution, along with that from the funding partners, will see a total investment of up to £230 million in new and refurbished sports facilities in Scotland if all 10 projects are taken forward and completed as planned. The following table sets out the breakdown of investment for each project.
| Lead Applicant Project | Contribution from | | |
| | Exchequer and Lottery Sports Fund | Lead Applicant and its other Funding Partners | Expected Completion Date |
| Falkirk Council Westfield Stadium | £3,000,000 | £5,000000 | March 2007 |
| Stirling Council: Forthbank | £2,500,000 | £18,500000 | October 2007 |
| City of Edinburgh Council: Sighthill Park | £7,000,000 | £44,000,000 | May 2009 |
| Hunters Hall | £6,000,000 | £26,000,000 | May 2009 |
| Royal Commonwealth Pool | £4,000,000 | £27,000,000 | January 2009 |
| Aberdeen City Council: Linksfield | £5,000,000 | £17,000,000 | October 2008 |
| Glasgow City Council: East End | £9,500,000 | £15,000,000 | March 2009 |
| Scotstoun | £4,500,000 | £7,000,000 | May 2007 |
| Toryglen | £3,000,000 | £8,000,000 | September 2007 |
| North Lanarkshire Council Ravenscraig | £5,000,000 | £13,000,000 | August 2007 |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any representations to the UK Government on seeking discussions with the owners of online auction websites in respect of protections available to individuals who have bought or been offered tickets for music events online in the United Kingdom and the impact this has on the Scottish music industry.
Answer
I refer the member to questionS2W-15112 on 17 March 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any representations to the UK Government regarding the introduction of legislation to control or limit the sale of tickets for music concerts, music festivals, other sporting events and the theatre by street-based and online ticket touts and whether it has received any representations from the music industry on this issue.
Answer
I refer the member to question S2W-15112 on 17 March 2005. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the UK Government in respect of the impact on the Scottish music industry of the advice available to people considering buying tickets for music events from individuals offering such tickets on online auction websites.
Answer
I refer the member to question S2W-15112 on 17 March 2005. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 17 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to the UK Government in respect of meeting representatives of the music industry to discuss the impact on the Scottish music industry of the law as it affects the sale of tickets for music events by ticket touts and online auction websites.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no plans to make representations to the UK Government on this matter.
