- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students have enrolled on dietetics courses in each of the last two academic years, broken down by (a) institution and (b) course.
Answer
The number of dietetic students who enrolled in the last two academic year are set out in the following table:
| Higher Education Institution | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Undergraduate | Postgraduate | Undergraduate | Postgraduate |
| Robert Gordon University | 26 | - | 24 | - |
| Queen Margaret University | 24 | 10 | 20 | 10 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 20 | 12 | 20 | 12 |
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 19 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made with the fuel poverty programme.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0319-01.htm
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the announcement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on 5 March 2009 (Official Report c. 15439) that a police strength projection study will be undertaken, how the study will be conducted and what factors will be taken into consideration.
Answer
The police strength projection study will consider forecast recruitment, retirals and other leavers, and include other factors that influence head count.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the successful completion rate was for each intake of probationer constables in each of the last three years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21097 on 12 March 2009. 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: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that a consistently high quality of training is administered given that year one refresher training for police officers is now administered by individual forces rather than the Scottish Police College.
Answer
The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) Personnel and Training Business Area, through the Probationer Training Officers User Group and the Probationer Training Sub-Group, continues to monitor the new arrangements. The Scottish Police College is in constant dialogue with these groups in addition to on-going consultation and evaluation with Heads of Force Training Departments.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time served is of a police constable.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether police constables are being used to deliver training to probationer constables at the Scottish Police College and, if so, for what areas of training they are responsible.
Answer
This is an operational matter for the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA). I have asked the Chief Executive of SPSA to respond in writing to the member.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional support it is giving police forces to run year one refresher training for officers, previously administered by the Scottish Police College.
Answer
This is an operational matter for the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA). I have asked the Chief Executive of SPSA to respond.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many training places for new police constables were (a) allocated and (b) taken up by each police force for each intake at the Scottish Police College since May 2007.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21097 on 12 March 2009, for general statistics on each intake. 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: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 12 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether police constables are being used to deliver training to probationer constables at the Scottish Police College and, if so, what factors motivated this decision.
Answer
This is an operational matter for the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA). I have asked the Chief Executive of SPSA to respond.
