- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 08 May 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 May 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of all sums paid in sponsorship to newspapers in the last five financial years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has madeno payments under the broad heading of “sponsorship” to any newspaper since January2002 when the current accounting system was introduced.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 24 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers have been convicted of summary offences, broken down by (a) police force area and (b) type of offence.
Answer
This information is not held centrally and is a matter for individual chief constables.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) incidents of, b) prosecutions for and c) convictions for assaults involving the use of glass within premises with a public house licence in Glasgow there were in each year since 1998.
Answer
Statistics on the number of incidents,prosecutions and convictions relating to assaults involving the use of glass withinpremises with a public house licence are not collected centrally. Research by StrathclydePolice indicates that around 13 per cent of serious assaults recorded involved abottle or glass.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) incidents of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for assaults involving the use of knives or sharpened objects within premises with a public house licence in Glasgow there were in each year since 1998.
Answer
Statistics on the number of incidents,prosecutions and convictions relating to assaults involving the use of knives orsharpened objects within premises with a public house licence are not collectedcentrally.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) incidents of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for assaults involving the use of knives or sharpened objects within premises with an entertainment licence in Glasgow there were in each year since 1998.
Answer
Statistics on the number of incidents,prosecutions and convictions relating to assaults involving the use of knives orsharpened objects within premises with an entertainment licence are not collectedcentrally.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) incidents of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for assaults involving the use of glass within premises with an entertainment licence in Glasgow there were in each year since 1998.
Answer
Statistics on the number of incidents,prosecutions and convictions relating to assaults involving the use of glass withinpremises with an entertainment licence are not collected centrally. Research byStrathclyde Police indicates that around 13 per cent of serious assaults recordedinvolved a bottle or glass.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22829 by Peter Peacock on 21 February 2006, whether the additional funding of £18 million in 2006 and £44 million in 2007 provided to local authorities to support the recruitment of additional teachers will be ring-fenced for that purpose.
Answer
Before funding is released, local authorities will need to commit to employing teacher numbers which will make their contribution towards our national commitment of 53,000 in 2007.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-22829 by Peter Peacock on 21 February 2006, what proportion of the additional funding of £18 million in 2006 and £44 million in 2007 provided to local authorities to support the recruitment of additional teachers will be specifically allocated for the recruitment of PE teachers.
Answer
Funding provided to local authorities (LAs) will not be specifically allocated to the recruitment of PE teachers, or to any other specific subject. LAs will be able to use the allocated funds to deliver the growing emphasis in PE in primary schools, as well as reductions in class size and the general increase in teacher numbers we are committed to in 2007.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it provides to local authorities in respect of the use of independent sports coaches in schools.
Answer
None, as it is ultimately for authorities and schools to decide on the precise way in which to teach subjects and to deliver the curriculum in a way that best meets the needs of their pupils.
- Asked by: Bill Aitken, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2006
-
Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that weekly PE targets for schoolchildren in Glasgow are met.
Answer
Local authorities have been informed they will receive, in total, an additional £18 million in 2006 and £44 million in 2007 to support the recruitment of additional teachers, including PE teachers, to meet the uplift in teacher numbers to 53,000 by 2007. Of this, Glasgow City Council is to receive £2.6 million in 2006-07 and £6.5 million in 2007-08. Support will also be given to help existing primary teachers to gain professional recognition for specialisms in PE.
In addition Glasgow University, in conjunction with Glasgow City Council, is running a course for existing primary teachers to develop PE specialisms which will help to ensure that weekly physical education targets for schoolchildren in Glasgow are met. 23 teachers with PE specialisms are expected to qualify from this course in July 2006.
