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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4W-00704

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 24 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish legal advice that it has received on the possibility of implementing a service charge for EU students studying at Scottish institutions.

Question reference: S4W-00689

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 24 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it remains its position that the net funding gap between English and Scottish universities is £93 million.

Question reference: S4W-00699

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 23 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether statutory widening access targets for universities will apply to the sector as a whole or individual institutions.

Question reference: S4W-00705

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 23 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what modern languages will be offered in schools under its proposals to introduce a scheme for modern language learning based on the EU 2+1 model.

We will work with local authorities, schools, parents and learners, to develop a new languages model that will increase the opportunities for young people to benefit from learning two additional languages and to develop the confidence and skills that they need to be successful in an increasingly globalised world. This model will have flexibility to enable local authorities and schools to agree the nature and content of language provision for the children and young people in their area, but it is envisaged that languages available would include both European and Asian languages.

Question reference: S4W-00695

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 23 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will legislate to introduce a minimum income of £7,000 a year for students in full-time higher education.

Question reference: S4W-00698

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 23 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will legislate to set targets for widening access to universities.

Question reference: S4W-00696

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 23 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will introduce a higher education Bill and what measures it will contain.

Question reference: S4W-00691

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 23 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether university tuition fees in England will rise with inflation and what impact such rises will have on the net funding gap between English and Scottish institutions.

Question reference: S4W-00694

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 23 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish students dropped out of Scottish universities in each of the last four years, broken down by year of degree.

The information requested is not held centrally. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes non-continuation rates for higher education institutions in the UK as part of their performance indicators. These performance indicators examine non-continuation after the first year of degree courses for all entrants to Scottish institutions. The HESA performance indicators can be found at:

http://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2064&Itemid=141.

Question reference: S4W-00706

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 23 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated for the teaching of modern languages at higher education institutions in each year since 2007, broken down by funding stream.