Parliamentary questions
Fiona Hyslop
940 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
6 Feb 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the average cost to a person of undertaking higher education, taking into account any (a) contribution towards fees, (b) graduate endowment obligation, (c) foregone earnings whilst studying and (d) other costs.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The cost to each studentwill vary depending upon the personal circumstances of the individual, wherethey are studying within the UK and the level and length of their course. The Scottish Executive is, therefore, unable to provide an estimate of the average co…
6 Feb 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the average cost to a person of undertaking further education, taking into account any (a) contribution towards fees, (b) graduate endowment obligation, (c) foregone earnings whilst studying and (d) other costs.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The cost to each studentwill vary depending upon the personal circumstances of the individual, wherethey are studying within the UK, and the level and length of their course. The Scottish Executive is, therefore, unable to provide an estimate of the average c…
6 Feb 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many student loans have been taken out in each year since they were introduced.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The information requested isgiven on table number 2, page number 57 of the Student Loans Company annual report2001-02, published by the Student Loans Company in 2003, a copy of which isavailable in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 30921). The St…
6 Feb 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total outstanding debt is to the student loans company from people still domiciled in Scotland.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The information requested isgiven on table number 6, page number 58 of the Student Loans Company annual report2001-02, published by the Student Loans Company in 2003, a copy of which isavailable in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 30921). The St…
6 Feb 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total outstanding debt is to the student loans company.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The information requested isgiven on table number 6, page number 58 of the Student Loans Company AnnualReport 2001-02, published by the Student Loans Company in 2003, a copy of whichis available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 30921). TheStu…
6 Feb 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many student loan borrowers have been declared bankrupt in each year since student loans were introduced.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The number of Scottishstudent loan borrowers who have been declared bankrupt in each calendar yearare detailed in the table.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Year</p> </td> <td> <p align=center>Number of Borrower…
6 Feb 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many student loan borrowers have declared themselves bankrupt in each year since student loans were introduced.
Answer · Jim Wallace: Information on whether thebankruptcy proceedings in each case were the result of a petition by the debtoror one of his/her creditors is not held centrally.</p><p>I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6052 on 2 March 2004for the numbers of Sco…
6 Feb 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many undergraduates have been declared bankrupt in each year for which figures are available.
Answer · Jim Wallace: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-6049 on 2 March 2004.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <ahref="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webap…
6 Feb 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many undergraduates have declared themselves bankrupt in each year for which figures are available.
Answer · Jim Wallace: Information on the number ofdebtors subject to sequestrationproceedings who are undergraduates isnot held centrally.</p>
29 Jan 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to investigate the effects of its graduate endowment scheme on the Scottish economy.
Answer · Jim Wallace: Only graduates who beganfull-time degree courses from 2001-02 onwards, and who studied for at leastthree years, are liable to pay the graduate endowment. Mature students, thoseeligible for lone parents grant or disabled students allowance and those whounderto…
29 Jan 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to investigate the effects of its graduate endowment scheme on graduate debt.
Answer · Jim Wallace: Only graduates who beganfull-time degree courses from 2001-02 onwards, and who studied for at leastthree years, are liable to pay the graduate endowment. Mature students, thoseeligible for lone parents grant or disabled students allowance and those whounderto…
29 Jan 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many default notices the Student Loans Company has issued in each year of its operation, stating what percentage this represents of all students due to make repayments that year.
Answer · Jim Wallace: Information on individualstudent loan accounts is held by the Student Loans Company. The analysisrequested could only be obtained by examining the loan accounts of eachindividual borrower who had been in default. The company advises that such anexercise could…
29 Jan 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1571 by Mr Jim Wallace on 13 August 2003, whether the survey of income and expenditure of Scottish students will investigate graduate debt.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The survey will focusprimarily on the income and expenditure which students have while studying. Itwill also collate the anticipated average debt on graduation and the extent towhich that debt relates to student loans or borrowings from commercial sources.</p>
29 Jan 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deferral applications the Student Loans Company has received in each year of its operation, stating what percentage this represents of all students due to being repayment that year.
Answer · Jim Wallace: The following table is a snapshot as at the commencement of the financial year indicated showing the percentage of borrowers in repayment against projections for that year.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td> <p>Start of Fin…
26 Jan 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the success of the Sport Interactive programme in Scotland and its proposed introduction in Ireland, what additional support it will now give to the programme.
Answer · Frank McAveety: The development of the SportInteractive programme is a commercial venture by a private sector company andas such it would not be appropriate for the Executive to provide supportwithout going through a normal procurement exercise.</p>
26 Jan 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why it has decided not to provide additional funding to enable local authorities to roll out the extension of the Sport Interactive programme.
Answer · Frank McAveety: It is for individual localauthorities and headteachers to decide whether they wish to introduce the sportinteractive programme within their schools. The Executive has committed £24million to the active schools programme over the three years to 2005-06 to take…
26 Jan 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will fully fund the provision of school sports co-ordinators.
Answer · Frank McAveety: The Executive has committed£24 million to the active schools programme which is a merger, extension anddevelopment of the school sports co-ordinator and the active primary schoolsprogrammes. The active schools programme will be a partnership between <b>sport<…
26 Jan 2004 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has studied the results of sportscotland's Active Primary Schools pilot programme and, if so, whether it will publish its findings.
Answer · Frank McAveety: <b>Sport</b>scotland are currently considering a draft report of the evaluation of the active primary schools programme prepared by The ScottishCouncil for Research in Education. <b>Sport</b>scotland hope to be in aposition to publish the report shortly. The …
21 Jan 2004 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of additional classrooms required to meet the targets set for class si'e reduction.
Answer · Peter Peacock: Any needfor additional classrooms in particular schools, will be influenced by issuessuch as local school occupancy levels, future pupil numbers and effectivenessof timetabling. It is for education authorities to consider these issues in thefirst instance.</p>
15 Dec 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its initiatives have necessitated additions to initial teacher education programmes in each year since 1999.
Answer · Peter Peacock: These figures are not heldcentrally.</p>
8 Dec 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many excluded pupils were provided with school education in (a) another school managed by the same education authority, (b) another school outwith the same education authority where the managers were willing to receive the pupil and (c) a setting outwith school, in each year since 199…
Answer · Peter Peacock: This informationis not held centrally. For 2003-04 onwards, the Executive is collecting a widerset of data on exclusions, including the location of alternative educationprovision for excluded pupils.</p>
8 Dec 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many single pupil exclusions there have been that lasted for over one academic year in each year since 1999.
Answer · Peter Peacock: This information is not heldcentrally. The Executive is revising data collection to gain wider informationfrom 2003-04. From 2004-05 data will be available on the length of exclusions.</p>
5 Dec 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines there are regarding the amount of time allocated for each gender to receive sex education in separate classes in schools.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The guidelines for sex educationare contained within the Health Education 5–14 National Guidelines. Theseguidelines offer a framework within which education authorities and schoolsshould develop their programmes and do not stipulate either the amount of time …
5 Dec 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community-based out-of-school sex education programmes have been set up in each year since 1999.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>
5 Dec 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many excluded pupils have been provided with alternative education that was not sufficient to meet their educational needs in each year since 1999.
Answer · Peter Peacock: This information is not heldcentrally. For 2003-04 onwards, the Executive is collecting a wider set of dataon exclusions, including the nature of the education provision during a periodof exclusion.</p>
5 Dec 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time was before (a) temporarily and (b) permanently excluded pupils received any form of education in each year since 1999.
Answer · Peter Peacock: This information is not heldcentrally. For 2003-04 onwards, the Executive is collecting a wider set of dataon exclusions, including the number of days during which no suitablealternative education is provided, and the nature of the education provision.</p>
5 Dec 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average time has been for education authorities to find alternative education for excluded pupils in each year since 1999, broken down by education authority area.
Answer · Peter Peacock: This information is not heldcentrally. For 2003-04 onwards, the Executive is collecting a wider set of dataon exclusions, including the number of days during which no suitable alternativeeducation is provided.</p>
4 Dec 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide a substantive answer to question S2W-3406, lodged on 10 October 2003, regarding St Ninians School.
Answer · Peter Peacock: I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3406 on 5 July 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/weba…
26 Nov 2003 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools will need to have new classrooms built to meet its target to reduce class si'es in English and maths in S1 and S2 to a maximum of 20.
Answer · Peter Peacock: Any needfor additional classrooms in particular schools, consequent on our commitmentto increase teacher numbers to 53,000 by 2007, will be influenced by issuessuch as local school occupancy levels, future pupil numbers and effectivenessof timetabling. It is …
24 Nov 2003 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when each lead commissioner of children's services was appointed in each NHS board, as referred to in For Scotland's Children.
Answer · Malcolm Chisholm: This information is not heldcentrally.</p>