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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.

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Question reference: S4W-02350

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many annual places are available in each apprenticeship scheme.

The Scottish Government has committed to offer 25,000 publicly supported modern apprenticeship (MA) places in 2011-12, and each year of this parliament. Apprentice numbers following each framework vary year - year, depending on employer demand. Skills Development Scotland (SDS), who operate national training programmes on behalf of the Scottish Government publish quarterly and annual MA statistics, broken down by both age and framework followed on their website:

http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/knowledge/national-reports/national-training-programmes-statistics/modern-apprenticeships-statistics.aspx.

Question reference: S4W-02349

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what apprenticeship schemes there are in place.

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) operate the modern apprenticeship programme on behalf of The Scottish Government. There are more than 80 Modern Apprenticeship frameworks available, between SVQ levels 2-5 across a broad range of occupational sectors.

A list of approved frameworks is available on the Alliance of Sector Skills Council’s website:

http://www.alliancescotland.org/ModernApprenticeships/MAFrameworks/MAFrameworks.aspx.

Question reference: S4W-02351

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been awarded to each apprenticeship scheme in 2011-12 and how much was awarded in each of the last three years.

In 2010-11 modern apprenticeship funding was £69 million, in 2009-10 the cost was £60 million, and in 2008-09 the cost was £54 million.

The level of funding for each apprenticeship varies depending on the framework followed and the age of the apprentice. You can find details of contribution rates for each framework through the following link:

http://www.providercentral.org.uk/NewsandEvents/News/NewsArchive/Additional_Modern_Apprenticeship_Opportunities.aspx.

Question reference: S4W-02295

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with asthma have received a medication review since the introduction of the Chronic Medication Service.

Question reference: S4W-02296

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 14 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of school leavers are in positive follow-up destinations, broken down by (a) the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and (b) local authority area, in each of the last three years, up to and including 2010-2011.

Information on the percentage of school leavers from the 2010-2011 academic year in positive follow-up destinations will not be available until June 2012.

Information on the percentage of school leavers in positive follow-up destinations in each of the last three years is published in a supplementary data set on the Scottish Government website at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/leavedestla.

A breakdown by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation can be found in table 2.6 and a breakdown by local authority can be found in table 1.3.

Question reference: S4W-02072

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-01142 by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 July 2011, on what date each of the groups listed received a copy of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill as published.

Question reference: S4W-02070

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-01142 by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 July 2011, which of the groups listed received briefings on the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill in the week preceding its date of publication.

During the week preceding the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill the following organisations, listed in the answer to question S4W-01142, were briefed on the outline of the bill: Strathclyde Police, Scottish Football Association, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Celtic Football Club, Rangers Football Club and the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Human Rights.

Question reference: S4W-02071

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-01142 by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 July 2011, on what date consultations in respect of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill were initiated with each of the groups listed.

Consultations on the outline of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill for the groups listed in the answer to question S4W-01142 were initiated on the following dates: 3 June – Scottish Prison Service, 6 June – Scottish Legal Aid Board, 7 June - Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, Scottish Commissioner for Children and Young People, 8 June – Scottish Youth Parliament, Young Scot, Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, 9 June – Scottish Courts Service, Scottish Human Rights Commission, 16 June – Scottish Football Association, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Celtic Football Club, Rangers Football Club, Strathclyde Police and Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Human Rights. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service were involved during the early stages of the development of the bill.

Question reference: S4W-02091

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-01480 by Kenny MacAskill on 1 August 2011, what the outcome was for each of the 447 children that received bail in 2009-10, broken down by police force area.

Question reference: S4W-01481

Asked by: Siobhan McMahon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2011
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children charged with a knife-related offence subsequently committed a violent offence while on bail or being dealt with by a court or children’s panel, in each of the last three years, broken down by police force area.