- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many undergraduate degree places to study engineering and technology at Scottish universities were accepted in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08.
Answer
The number of undergraduatedegree places accepted by students wishing to study engineering and technology atScottish universities were (a) 2,709 in 2004-05, (b) 2,468 in 2005-06, (c) 2,485in 2006-07 and (d) 2,652 in 2007-08.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the UK Government about ensuring that electricity generated by Scottish renewable sources can be delivered to markets in England.
Answer
The First Ministermet the Chair and Chief Executive of Ofgem on 20 September 2007. He made the case for a fundamental reform of the transmissionaccess and charging regime, to end unfair barriers to Scottish generators. The FirstMinister will put a detailed case to Ofgem on the need for reform when he next meetsOfgem’s Chair and Chief Executive. The First Minister also plans to meet the UKGovernment’s Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), where he will likewise make this case.
The Scottish Governmentalso continues to discuss issues relating to access to the grid through BERR’s TransmissionWorking Group and is contributing to the current Transmission Access Review.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many undergraduate degree places to study chemistry at Scottish universities were accepted by students domiciled in Scotland in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08.
Answer
The number of undergraduatedegree places accepted by students domiciled in Scotland, wishing to study chemistry at Scottish universities were (a) 238 in 2004-05,(b) 251 in 2005-06, (c) 297 in 2006-07 and (d) 298 in 2007-08.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many undergraduate degree places to study physics at Scottish universities were accepted by students domiciled in Scotland in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08.
Answer
The number of undergraduatedegree places accepted by students domiciled in Scotland, wishing to study physics at Scottish universities were (a) 198 in 2004-05,(b) 181 in 2005-06, (c) 214 in 2006-07 and (d) 231 in 2007-08.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many undergraduate degree places to study physics at Scottish universities were accepted in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08.
Answer
The number of undergraduatedegree places accepted by students wishing to study physics at Scottish universitieswere (a) 265 in 2004-05, (b) 247 in 2005-06, (c) 318 in 2006-07 and (d) 332 in 2007-08.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many undergraduate degree places to study engineering and technology at Scottish universities were accepted by students domiciled in Scotland in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08.
Answer
The number of undergraduatedegree places accepted by students domiciled in Scotland, wishing to study engineering and technology at Scottish universities were(a) 1,764 in 2004-05, (b) 1,626 in 2005-06, (c) 1,583 in 2006-07 and (d) 1,510 in2007-08.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 1 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to make an announcement on its plans to support the upgrading of the telephone exchange on Eday to allow it to meet the demand for broadband connections on the island.
Answer
The ScottishGovernment is aware of the unfulfilled broadband demand in Eday due to capacityissues at the telephone exchange. We are aiming to deliver an upgrade with BTto this exchange by the first quarter of 2008, which will resolve the currentcapacity issues. All further updates will be provided on the
www.broadbandforscotland.co.ukwebsite in due course.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 1 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to make an announcement on its plans to support the upgrading of the telephone exchange on Stronsay to allow it to meet the demand for broadband connections on the island.
Answer
The Scottish Governmentis aware of the unfulfilled broadband demand in Stronsay due to capacity issuesat the telephone exchange. We are aiming to deliver an upgrade with BT to this exchangeby the first quarter of 2008, which will resolve the current capacity issues. Allfurther updates will be provided on the
www.broadbandforscotland.co.ukwebsite in due course.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3727 by Stewart Stevenson on the 13 September 2007, whether it will list the ferry routes to be considered by the consultants undertaking the study into the benefits of applying a road equivalent tariff to the fares on ferry routes under the (a) first and (b) third phases of the study.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-5199 on 25 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will take account of the potential removal of the cap on tuition fees for English universities when considering the funding settlement for Scottish universities in the comprehensive spending review.
Answer
There is no clearindication yet of what the UK Government’s intentions are in relation to the feecap. While the timescale for any change is also still unclear, it is unlikely toimpact before our consideration of the next spending review in 2009.
We believe that thereis currently broad parity between Scottish universities and those elsewhere in theUK in terms of funding even with the current introductionof variable fees in the rest of the UK.
Any review of thecap in England will of course be important to Scottishhigher education institutions and the Scottish Government and we will take an activeinterest in the review.
