- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 1 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the decision to proceed with the proposed e-tail venture at the former steelworks site at Ravenscraig is based on any research evidence of success from other comparative sites internationally.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the current standard grade history syllabus covers the issue of the Scottish campaign for women's rights, education and suffrage; if so, whether the issue is covered in a solely Scottish context or is covered as part of the consideration of the campaign in other parts of the UK, and, if it is not covered in the syllabus, what the reasons are for this position.
Answer
Both standard grade and higher courses offer opportunities to study women's rights, education and suffrage. Schools determine the balance of attention between Scottish aspects of the suffrage movement and examples from elsewhere in the UK. The women's suffrage movement is an examinable issue in the Standard Grade examinations.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 1 November 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to The Scotsman article of 23 August 2002, what investigation it is undertaking into the decline in the pass rate for mathematics examinations in the Higher Still programme and whether any such investigation includes consideration of and comparison with the pass rate for mathematics in the SCE Higher grade exam and syllabus format.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29232 on 26 September 2002. 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: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with local authorities in regard to any difficulties that are being experienced in funding the terms and conditions for teachers as agreed under the McCrone settlement.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has regular discussions with COSLA, the body which represents Scotland's local authorities in relation to these issues.The Scottish Executive has more than met it's commitment to fund the agreement A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century in full. The total costs of the package and the distribution between councils were agreed, in writing, with COSLA.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many newly-qualified or probationary teachers did not enter employment in a public sector secondary school in August in each year since 1995.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.However, Table 20 of the
Standard Tables on Higher Education and Further Education in Scotland 1995-96 to 2000-01 published on 26 September contains information on the first destinations of newly trained teachers and can be accessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00196-20.asp.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many days have been lost on average because of ill health amongst public sector teachers in each year since 1995, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.The management of teacher absence and the causes of absence are matters for individual local authorities as employers. However, Scottish local authorities provide Audit Scotland with information on sickness absence levels among local government staff, including teachers. Table 6b of its most recent report entitled
Performance Indicators 2000/2001: Benefits, Finance & Corporate Issues, published on 24 January 2002, contains comparative data for 1999-2000 and 2000-01 and can be accessed at:
http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/publications/pdf/02pi04ac.pdf.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to section 2.4 of Working Together for Scotland: A Programme for Government, what progress has been made towards achieving the aim to support pilot future school projects, giving details of any such projects currently planned or under way.
Answer
Details of pilot future school projects supported by the Executive will be published shortly, in line with our commitment in Working together for Scotland: A Programme for Government.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many public sector schools are currently undertaking redevelopment or rebuild projects and how many such projects are being funded by public private partnerships or private finance initiatives.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28041 by Nicol Stephen on 27 August 2002, whether it will list the 14 new public sector schools completed between April 1999 and March 2001 that were not funded by public private partnership or private finance initiative.
Answer
The 14 schools are Charleston Primary School (Aberdeen), Rosemount Primary School (Angus), Auchinleck Primary School (East Ayrshire), Eaglesham Nursery (East Renfrewshire), Ullapool High School (Highland), Gourock Primary School (Inverclyde), Beith Primary School (North Ayrshire), Lawthorn Primary School (North Ayrshire), Alexander Peden Primary School (North Lanarkshire), Shottskirk Nursery (North Lanarkshire), Stow Primary School (Scottish Borders), Dundonald Primary School (South Ayrshire), Doune Nursery (Stirling) and Garshake Nursery (West Dunbartonshire).
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 31 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28041 by Nicol Stephen on 27 August 2002, what the (a) starting date, (b) cost, (c) date of completion and (d) school roll in the year of completion was for each new public sector school completed between April 1999 and March 2001.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
