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There have been no discussions between the Executive and the Ambassador Theatre Group in connection with the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.

Precise projections are not available. However we would expect numbers to increase in this period, as we move towards meeting the recommendations arising from the PE Review. Both through increases in secondary initial teacher education courses in PE, and through specific additional training for existing primary teachers.

In their 2003 strategy for physical activity, the Physical Activity Task Force defined physical activity as “a broad term to describe movement of the body that uses energy”, which can refer to any activity involving movement including walking, housework, manual labour and so on. This strategy was fully accepted by ministers, and has provided the basis for work in this area since then.

The funding for Historic Scotland is as follows:

	2002-03 (£000) Actual	2003-04 (£000) Actual	2004-05 (£000) Actual	2005-06 (£000) Plans	2006-07 (£000) Plans	2007-08 (£000) Plans
Scottish Executive Funding	36,787	37,287	39,644	42,575	44,425	47,725

 

Based on the National Physical Activity Strategy definition of physical activity (see answer given to question S2W-14341 on 22 February 2005), all physicallyable primary school children should have been physically active in each of the last three years.

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.

This information is not held centrally. In my response to the PE Review Group report of June 2004, I outlined a 10 point action plan for taking forward the group’s recommendation. This work includes the gathering of baseline data, against which we will monitor the delivery of two hours quality PE in schools, and officials are exploring how this might be best achieved.

The future viability of Scottish Opera is dependant upon the implementation of its own business plan. The Executive and the Scottish Arts Council are supporting the company in its implementation of the plan, as well as closely monitoring progress being made towards its realisation. Should the Cultural Commission make any strategic recommendations regarding Scottish Opera, or, indeed, any of the national companies, these will be fully considered by Ministers.

Scottish Development International and Scottish Enterprise's Digital Media and Creative Industries Team are actively promoting the games animation industry internationally as part of their overall work for the creative industries sector in Scotland. Support to the sector is provided by a combination of one-to-one support with individual companies; key group activities such as trade missions, and commissioning and sharing market research tailored to companies’ needs. Activity is focused on key markets across the USA, Europe and Asia, in particular France, China, Japan and Korea which have high potential. In addition ITI Techmedia is also further connecting Scotland’s creative industries sector internationally by developing new pre-competitive technologies upon which companies can develop their own products and services for global markets.

Scottish Executive grants to the Scottish Library and Information Council are shown in the following table:

	2003-04	2004-05
	£	£
Core Grant	125,000	175,000
People’s Network Project Officer	35,000	35,000
Development of LA Performance Indicators	-	20,000
Total Grant-in-Aid	160,000	230,000

 

We are committed to developing Scotland as a production centre for film, TV and new media and as a location for film-making; to encouraging and promoting wider creative industries, and to supporting the promotion of Scottish films and TV programmes overseas.

Scottish Screen is the Executive's principal agency for the development of the screen industries in Scotland and for the promotion of Scotland as a location for production. Scottish Screen's budget amounts to some £2.875 million per annum. We have not earmarked Scottish Screen's funds for specific purposes.

Scottish Development International leads on delivering Scotland’s international economic development effort focussing on delivering the priorities set out in the Executive’s Global Connections strategy. This includes the attraction of high value economic activity to Scotland, the internationalisation of Scottish companies and the exchange of skills, ideas, intellectual capital and networks of people.