Christina McKelvie

16 Jan 2008 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of any changes to the rates of student support for further and higher education students that will apply for academic year 2008-09.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: I am delighted to announce thenew rates of support for students in further and higher education for academic year2008-09. I am today placing in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre details of the rates of those loans, bursaries and grants, which will be…

5 Dec 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of its plans to move from loans to grants for part-time students.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: I am pleased to announcethe details of our new support for part-time students studying in highereducation (HE) for academic session 2008-09.</p><p>We will introducea £500 part-time HE fee grant from academic year 2008-09 for all new and existingstudents who e…

28 Nov 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many small businesses in the Falkirk East parliamentary constituency will benefit from the proposed cut in business rates.

Answer · John Swinney: Information on smallbusinesses in the form requested is not held centrally. However, information onthe number and rateable value of non-domestic properties which may be eligible forrelief under the Small Business Bonus scheme is available for the local author…

28 Nov 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many small businesses in the East Kilbride parliamentary constituency will benefit from the proposed cut in business rates.

Answer · John Swinney: Information onsmall businesses in the form requested is not held centrally. However,information on the number and rateable value of non-domestic properties whichmay be eligible for relief under the Small Business Bonus scheme is availablefor each of the local…

28 Nov 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many small businesses in the Hamilton South parliamentary constituency will benefit from the proposed cut in business rates.

Answer · John Swinney: Information onsmall businesses in the form requested is not held centrally. However,information on the number and rateable value of non-domestic properties whichmay be eligible for relief under the Small Business Bonus scheme is availablefor each of the local…

29 Oct 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the response to the review of Scotland’s colleges will be made.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: I am pleased to announcethat the Scottish Government’s response is being published today. Copies will beavailable in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43789).</p>

7 Sep 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Skills Strategy for Scotland will be published.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: I am pleased to announcethat the Skills Strategy for Scotland is being published today. A key principleof our strategy is developing coherent and cohesive structures for skills developmentand delivery. As an initial step we are merging learndirect scotland wi…

16 Aug 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it provides to deafblind people and whether it has plans to increase this support.

Answer · Shona Robison: The provision of directsupport to deafblind people is a matter for local agencies. The government does,however, provide funding and support to agencies who work with the deafblind community.Deafblind Scotland receives core funding under section 10 of the Soci…

21 Jun 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether a review is being undertaken of police procedures for investigating allegations of rape and, if so, what the nature of that review is, when it expects it to be completed and whether it will publish its results.

Answer · Kenny MacAskill: The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) are currently conducting a review and evaluation of practices and procedures in respect of the investigation of rape and serious sexual crime, the ultimate objective being to improve attrition rates…

21 Jun 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is undertaking a review of the prosecution of rape allegations and, if so, what the nature of that review is, when it expects it to be completed and whether it will publish its results.

Answer · Elish Angiolini: The Crown Office andProcurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) completed its <i>Review of the Investigation andProsecution of Sexual Offences in Scotland</i> last year and published its reportin June 2006. A copy of the Report is available on the COPFS website at:</p>…

19 Jun 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total outstanding debt is on student loans to pay the graduate endowment and what the total repayment figure is for such loans.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: </b>The combined outstanding debt held as student loans for those students who opted to fully or partly add their liability to their student loan for the three cohorts is £26,306,720.</p> <p >The total amount repaid by students to the Student Loans Company …

19 Jun 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total graduate endowment fee charged has been and how much (a) was paid in cash, (b) was paid through extending student loans, (c) was paid through a combination of cash and extension of student loans, (d) is currently outstanding and (e) has been written off, also broken down by…

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The information requestedin this question is given in the following table which shows what the total graduateendowment fee charged has been and how much (a) was paid in cash, (b) was paid throughextending student loans, (c) was paid through a combination of c…

19 Jun 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, graduates from each of the three cohorts liable to pay the graduate endowment fee have had their fee written off and what the figures are across the three cohorts.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The number of studentswho have had their fee written off, the percentage of the liable group they representand the value for those students who have had their fee written off for the threecohorts is:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td n…

19 Jun 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, graduates from each of the three cohorts liable to pay the graduate endowment fee are in debt recovery and what the figures are across the three cohorts.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The number of studentswho are currently in debt recovery, the percentage of the liable group they representand the value for those students who are currently in debt recovery for the threecohorts is:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td n…

19 Jun 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, graduates from each of the three cohorts liable to pay the graduate endowment fee paid by extending their student loans and what the figures are across the three cohorts.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The number of studentswho have opted to extend their student loan, the percentage of the liable groupthey represent and the value for those students who have opted to extend their studentloan for the three cohorts is:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadd…

19 Jun 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, graduates from each of the three cohorts liable to pay the graduate endowment fee paid part in cash and part by extending their student loans and what the figures are across the three cohorts.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The number of studentswho paid part cash/part loan, the percentage of the liable group they representand the value collected part cash/ part loan for the three cohorts is:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <thead> <tr> <td nowrap valign=botto…

19 Jun 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, graduates from each of the three cohorts liable to pay the graduate endowment fee paid it in cash and what the figures are across the three cohorts.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The number of studentswho paid in cash, the percentage of the liable group they represent and the valuecollected in cash for the three cohorts is:</p><table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td nowrap valign=bottom> <p align=center>Year</p> </td>…

19 Jun 2007 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of graduates from Scottish universities were liable for the graduate endowment in each year of its operation.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: In the past threeyears of operation, the graduate endowment has been payable by the following percentagesof students:</p><p>2005 - 14% of studentswho graduated were liable to pay the endowment.</p><p>2006 - 56% of studentswho graduated were liable to pay the …