Parliamentary questions
Mr Brian Monteith
1,042 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
27 Sep 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the grant aided schools it funds and the funding it has provided to each school in the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The Scottish Executive currently provides financial support to seven grant aided special schools and provides 100% funding to Jordanhill School by means of grant aid. The information requested is given in the table below.<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDIN…
24 Sep 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average teacher's salary in Scotland was in 1979 and 1997 and what the percentage increase in real terms of the average teacher's salary in Scotland was between 1979 and 1997.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: Information on average salaries is not held or collected centrally.
17 Sep 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what provision it is making to allow (a) the Scottish Executive (b) local authorities and (c) Scottish public bodies to meet the cost of complying with the judgement of the European Court of Justice in Case C-78/98 relating to part-time workers' rights to retroactive membership of occupat…
Answer · Jack McConnell: Although the opinion of the Advocate General has been published, the European Court is not necessarily bound by it and is not expected to issue its ruling until next year. Once the ruling is issued, it will be for individual schemes through their own valuatio…
8 Sep 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the schools' excellence fund by project and amount for the next three years.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: The information for 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 is contained in Tables 1 and 2. These provisional allocations will be updated using data from the 1998 and 1999 school census.<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The allocations for the Classroom Assistants and Reducing Class Sizes…
8 Sep 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many placing requests have there been for primary and secondary schools since May 1997 and what proportion of the total number of places this represents.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3>The Scottish Executive annually collects the total number of placing requests that have been received by education authorities between 1 August and 31 July of the following year. Figures for 1 August 1998 to 31 July 1999 are currentl…
8 Sep 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans for greater involvement of local police forces in the new community schools.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: New Community Schools bring together in a single team professionals from a range of services. Most of the 37 pilot New Community Schools projects currently operating actively involve the police and recognise the police service as an important partner in takin…
2 Sep 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive the current average value of individual local authority bursaries or financial assistance grants covering study expenses for school pupils of age 16 and over by local authority, and to detail the total amount budgeted for by each Scottish local authority for this purpose.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: Information on the average value of individual local authority bursaries or on the total amount budgeted for by each local authority is not collected centrally. The total amount spent by authorities in 1997/98 was £6.9M.
2 Sep 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what was the cost to the Health Education Board Scotland and local health education services within the National Health Service of promoting campaigns to reduce or stop smoking in Scotland for the last period for which figures are available.
Answer · Susan Deacon: In 1998-99, the total expenditure by the Health Education Board for Scotland on initiatives with an explicit focus on smoking amounted to £808,190. Information on the amount of expenditure specifically on smoking-related programmes by local Health Board healt…
2 Sep 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what was the cost, for the last period for which these figures are available, to the National Health Service in Scotland of (a) treating diseases or illnesses caused by smoking, and (b) providing medical treatments to reduce or to stop nicotine addiction in Scotland.
Answer · Susan Deacon: The information requested is not held centrally. The precise cost of treating smoking-related disease is difficult to ascertain, since cost data collected centrally from the National Health Service in Scotland cannot be attributed to individual disease. For t…
2 Sep 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what was the total amount of (a) rent arrears from tenants of Scottish local authority housing stock; (b) council tax arrears, and (c) overdue parking fines, subject to a poinding in the Scottish courts in 1997 and 1998, in real terms and by local authority.
Answer · Jack McConnell: This information is not held centrally.
2 Sep 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which Scottish local authorities currently use poindings and warrant sales to collect (a) arrears of council tax; (b) rent arrears from the tenants of their housing stock, and (c) overdue parking fines.
Answer · Jack McConnell: This information is not held centrally.
26 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the average cost per pupil for primary school pupils attending schools with 65 or less pupils.
Answer · Peter Peacock: Based on data provided by local authorities and published annually by HM Inspectorate of Schools, the average budgeted cost per pupil in such schools in financial year 1998-99 was £2,990 compared with a national average per primary pupil of £1,849.
26 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what is its projected funding for the Scottish Arts Council for the next three years.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: Government funding to the Scottish Arts Council in 1999-2000 and projected funding for the following two years (the latest for which figures are available) are contained in the attached table.<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=616><TR><TD WIDTH="…
26 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what has been the total government funding for the Scottish Arts Council in each year from 1990 to 1999.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: Prior to 1 April 1994, the Scottish Arts Council formed part of the Arts Council of Great Britain. Government funding from 1994-95 to 1998-99 is detailed in the table:<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=616><TR><TD WIDTH="17%" V…
26 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding the Scottish Sports Council and the Scottish Arts Council have received from the National Lottery since the Lottery's inception.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: The proceeds received into the National Lottery Distribution Fund from the inception of the Lottery to 30 June 1999 allocated for distribution by the Scottish Arts Council amounted to £123,342,000. The proceeds allocated for distribution by <B>sport</B>scotla…
26 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected lottery funding is for the Scottish Sports Council and the Scottish Arts Council for the next three years.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: I attach a table which shows the projected lottery funding for <B>sport</B>scotland (formerly known as the Scottish Sports Council) and the Scottish Arts Council for the next three years<B>.</B> <B>Sport</B>scotland's provisional allocation is lower than that…
26 Aug 1999 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the average cost per pupil for primary school pupils attending schools with 65 or less pupils.
Answer · Peter Peacock: Based on data provided by local authorities and published annually by HM Inspectorate of Schools, the average budgeted cost per pupil in such schools in financial year 1998-99 was £2,990 compared with a national average per primary pupil of £1,849.
25 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers have been dismissed in Scotland since 1992 for failing to maintain professional teaching standards, broken down by Local Authority.
Answer · Sam Galbraith: The information requested is not collected centrally.<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P>The Government wishes to ensure fair, supportive and effective procedures for dealing with teachers who cannot maintain professional standards. Such procedures should command th…
25 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the level of administrative charge taken from the grant to partner providers in pre-school education by each local authority in Scotland.
Answer · Peter Peacock: The level of administrative charge taken from the grant to partner providers in pre-school education by each local authority in Scotland is a contractual matter for each individual authority. However Ministers have recommended for 1999-2000 that within the ra…
25 Aug 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had representations from student representatives requesting that it limits the number of places given to student representatives on the Independent Committee of Inquiry into Student Finance to one place, and if so from whom.
Answer · Henry McLeish: No such representations were received. The membership of the Committee was proposed and agreed by Parliament on 2 July.
17 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to include Jordanhill School in its plans to return all directly funded schools to local authority control.
Answer · Peter Peacock: Jordanhill School has never been under local authority management, so the question of returning it to the local authority does not arise.
16 Jun 1999 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to include Jordanhill School in its plans to return all directly funded schools to local authority control.
Answer · Peter Peacock: Jordanhill School has never been under local authority management, so the question of returning it to the local authority does not arise.