Parliamentary questions
Claire Baker
1,724 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what alternatives to tuition fees it is considering in its debate on the future of university funding.
Answer · Michael Russell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32261 on 17 March 2010. 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/Apps2/…
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-32260 by Michael Russell on 18 March 2010, whether it will list the (a) students, (b) student leaders, (c) university principals, (d) unions and (e) members of the entire stakeholder community with which alternative approaches to university funding h…
Answer · Michael Russell: The initial, private, exploratory meetings were set up under Chatham House rules, to inform the development of government policy. Our ability to set up future meetings on such a basis could be compromised if we were to release details. We are therefore not pr…
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans an independent review of university funding to address concerns of job reductions at universities.
Answer · Michael Russell: We have no plans to hold such a review. </p>
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to address the issue of job reductions at the University of Glasgow.
Answer · Michael Russell: Action to address the issue of job reductions at any of Scotland''s autonomous, independent universities is a matter for the institution concerned, not Scottish ministers.</p>
17 May 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to mitigate the effect of budget pressures on jobs at universities across Scotland.
Answer · Michael Russell: We have provided a record £1.076 billion for our universities in financial year 2010-11.</p>
29 Apr 2010 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the business case for a new Glenwood Health Centre in Glenrothes will be approved by ministers.
Answer · Nicola Sturgeon: The Glenwood Health Centre Initial Agreement was submitted to Scottish Government for initial comment on 30 March 2010. This document was approved by the NHS Fife Board''s Finance and Resources Committee at its meeting on the same day.</p> <p >Formal approv…
25 Mar 2010 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has submitted a response to the consultation on the draft Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfer) Regulations 2010 and, if so, whether it will publish its response.
Answer · Richard Lochhead: I have written to the UK Government, supporting proposals by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to make regulations covering the ship-to-ship transfer of oil cargoes within the United Kingdom''s internal waters and territorial seas. At the same time I made cl…
9 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to launch a formal consultation on the future of university funding.
Answer · Michael Russell: I have suggested that we might need to consult formally over the coming months and I will seek views from stakeholders on this before I decide.</p>
9 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what alternative methods of funding to tuition fees will form part of its debate on the future of university funding.
Answer · Michael Russell: I have suggested that all alternative solutions to tuition fees should be fully explored in the debate. </p>
9 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its news release of 6 March 2010, Tuition fees not on the agenda, what stakeholders it plans to consult on the future of university funding.
Answer · Michael Russell: As the news release makes clear, I will be talking and listening to students, student leaders, university principals, unions and the entire stakeholder community about what we might do in Scotland to provide a long term and sustainable funding solution “ an a…
9 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31498 by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2010, how many adults in Fife reported ever using drugs in crime and justice surveys in 2007-08, broken down by type of drug.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: The information requested is not held centrally.</p> <p >The Scottish Crime Survey was not conducted in 2007-08 so this information is not available for this time period. The Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey was carried out in 2006 and again in 2008-…
9 Mar 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31498 by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2010, how many adults in Fife reported ever using drugs in crime and justice surveys in 2006-07, broken down by type of drug.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: The information requested is not held centrally.</p> <p >The Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey was carried out in 2006 and provided information at Scotland level. Due to the small sample size (4,988) in 2006, the results are not available below Scotlan…
11 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many extra university places will be created for 2010-11 as a direct result of the £20 million for education and lifelong learning announced during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368).
Answer · Michael Russell : I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 2010. 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/apps2/…
11 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many extra college places will be created for 2010-11 as a direct result of the £20 million for education and lifelong learning announced during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368).
Answer · Michael Russell : I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 2010. 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/apps2/…
11 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Funding Council will announce how the extra £10 million to support higher education students in colleges and universities announced for 2010-11 during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be allocated to universities.
Answer · Michael Russell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 2010. 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/apps2/…
11 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Funding Council will announce how the extra £10 million to support higher education students in colleges and universities announced for 2010-11 during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be allocated to colleges.
Answer · Michael Russell : I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 2010. 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/apps2/…
11 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £20 million announced for education and lifelong learning during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be spent on student support for further education college students.
Answer · Michael Russell: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 8 March 2010. 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/apps2/b…
11 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £20 million announced for education and lifelong learning during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be spent on student support for higher education students.
Answer · Michael Russell : Decisions on the deployment of this funding are yet to be taken. We are working with both the Scottish Funding Council and the Student Awards Agency for Scotland to determine how best to allocate this resource<b> </b>to reflect the balance of demand emerging …
5 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total annual value is of government spending in relation to changes made following the Supporting a Smarter Scotland consultation, broken down by (a) annual managed expenditure and (b) departmental expenditure limit.
Answer · Michael Russell: The Scottish Government has set aside a budget of £30 million from the departmental expenditure limit and up to £40 million annual managed expenditure to cover changes made following the Supporting a Smarter Scotland consultation. It will not be possible to r…
5 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total annual value is of additional student support received in grants, bursaries and loans resulting from changes made following the Supporting a Smarter Scotland consultation.
Answer · Michael Russell: It will not be possible to report the annual value of additional student support received in grants, bursaries and loans following the Supporting a Smarter Scotland consultation until the changes have been implemented in accounting year 2010-11 and data are p…
4 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for places at Scottish universities were received in each year from 2000-01, including for 2010-11, broken down by (a) university and (c) domicile of student.
Answer · Michael Russell: The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) provide application services to UK universities for full-time higher education courses at undergraduate (and some postgraduate) courses. Applications may also be made directly to institutions. Raw applic…
4 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students were given places on Scottish university courses in each year from 2000-01, broken down by (a) university and (c) domicile of student.
Answer · Michael Russell: The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) provide application services to UK universities for full-time higher education courses at undergraduate (and some postgraduate) courses. Applications may also be made directly to institutions. Raw applic…
4 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students entered Scottish universities in each year from 2000-01, broken down by (a) university and (b) domicile of student.
Answer · Michael Russell: Table 1 contains the numbers of entrants to Scottish higher education institutions in each year from 2000-01 to 2007-08 by institution, table 2 contains the number of entrants by domicile.</p> <p >Table 1a. Entrants to Scottish Higher Education Institutions …
4 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported using drugs in the last year in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31498 on 4 March 2010. 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/Apps2/B…
4 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported using drugs in the last month in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31498 on 4 March 2010. 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/Apps2/B…
4 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported ever using drugs in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: The 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey provides the following information on illicit drug use in Fife. The following estimates are based on self-reported data, gathered through a household survey, on illicit drug use amongst adults in the general popul…
2 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many antisocial behaviour notices have been issued in Fife in each year since 2005.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: Antisocial behaviour notices came into effect from 1 April 2006. The information requested is not held centrally. Provision of such information requires local authorities to gather and maintain data. Subsequent submission of this information to the Scottish g…
2 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in Fife in each year since 2005.
Answer · Fergus Ewing: Statistics on the number of antisocial behaviour orders issued to adults and under 16s between 1 October 2004 and 31 March 2008, by local authority area, can be found on the Scottish Government website at <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/">www.scotland.gov…
2 Feb 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what feedback Scottish Enterprise has had from universities regarding contract changes requested of them through its Proof of Concept programme.
Answer · Jim Mather: This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. I will ask its Chief Executive to write to you in this regard.</p>
29 Jan 2010 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students have participated in each of the last three years in two-plus-two degrees in which a university and college co-operate to offer a four-year joint course.
Answer · Michael Russell: We do not hold the specific information requested centrally.</p>