- Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the value of the shooting industry to be for the economy and on what basis.
Answer
An independent study The Economic and Environmental Impact of Sporting Shooting prepared by PACEC and published in September 2006, estimated that the value of the shooting industry to the Scottish Economy is worth £240 millions pounds each year.
- Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities have (a) committed to extending the contracts of cultural coordinators beyond the initial funding and (b) expressed this commitment in local outcome agreements.
Answer
The Scottish Government announced in November in 2007 that central funding for the Cultural Coordinators in Scottish Schools (CCiSS) programme would be phased out from 2008. The programme formally ended in March 2010. Information on how individual local authorities are managing associated activity beyond the initial funding is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities have given permanent employment status to cultural coordinators as of October 2010.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36958 on 12 November 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cultural coordinators have permanent employment status as of October 2010.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-36958 on 12 November 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-35264 by Richard Lochhead on 28 July 2010, what role will Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) play in the development of statutory guidance for disturbance of marine European protected species.
Answer
Marine Scotland will consult Scottish Natural Heritage on the development of statutory guidance for disturbance of marine European protected species.
- Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Marine Scotland will consult Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) before granting any licence under section 44 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994.
Answer
The Scottish Government will take account of Scottish Natural Heritage views before granting any licence under section 44 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994.
- Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 16 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is spent per head of population on sport, fitness and leisure access, broken down by local authority, and how these compare with the Scottish and UK averages.
Answer
This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. Sport, fitness and leisure opportunities are available through a range of providers in the public, private and third sectors. The report published by Audit Scotland in 2008 entitled A Performance Overview of Sport in Scotland (Bib. number 45497) provides details of the net revenue spend by Councils per head of population. In addition to this sportscotland invests government and lottery funding in a range of sports programmes and activities. Information on sportscotland''s investment can be found on its website at www.sportscotland.org.uk.
- Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 16 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is raised through the provision of leisure services, broken down by local authority, and how these services might be provided through the use of arms length service providers (ALSPs).
Answer
This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. The level of income raised through the provision of leisure services is a matter for the individual provider. It is for each provider to determine how best to meet demand for its services whilst achieving best value.
- Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 1 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to remind local authorities that they should have regard to the statutory guidance on home education when formulating local policies and procedures so that accurate information for parents and details of named contacts in relation to home education are included in council literature and easily accessible on council websites.
Answer
Authorities should be well aware of this statutory guidance, section 5 of which focuses on the importance of good practice in terms of the provision of clear contact information. General reminders are perhaps less effective than more targeted ones in circumstances where it comes to our attention that practice may need to be improved. As a general principle we expect local authorities to be constructive, courteous and open when dealing with home educators as with all other individuals and groups.
- Asked by: Robin Harper, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 1 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on elective home education.
Answer
The Scottish Government considers home education to be a key aspect of parental choice in determining how their children are educated. We recognise the legitimacy of that choice and that home educating parents make that choice in the best interests of their children.
In our statutory guidance on home education, as well as setting out the legislative framework, we offer advice on the roles and responsibilities of local authorities and home educating parents and encourage home educators and authorities to work together to develop trust, mutual respect and a positive relationship.
