- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2007
-
Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 12 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will direct the Social Work Inspection Agency to inspect Scottish Borders Council’s Social Work Department, particularly in respect of changes to its assessment criteria for care packages which initially led to the hours of care provided to some vulnerable adults being reduced by half and then increased when the changes became public.
Answer
No. The Social Work InspectionAgency will carry out a full performance inspection of social work services at ScottishBorders Council in 2008.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
-
Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any subject areas will be discontinued by education authorities in order to make way for the new e-learning lesson modules operated by the Ministry of Defence, entitled “Defence Dynamics” and, if so, which ones.
Answer
It is for schools and localauthorities to decide on management and delivery of the curriculum in Scottishschools.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
-
Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Ministry of Defence regarding any specific elements of the current Scottish curriculum that led to Ministry of Defence tri-service teams carrying out 153 visits to Scottish schools in 2005-06, approximately one third of their total number of visits that year.
Answer
None. Such visits would be amatter for schools and local authorities to arrange.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
-
Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on what proportion of school pupils were recruited into the UK armed forces from Scottish schools following a visit by a tri-service recruitment team.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does nothold information on school leaver destinations or on armed forces recruiting activitywhich could provide the analysis requested.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
-
Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on increased levels of recruitment in Scottish schools targeting under 16-year-olds as a means to fill any shortfall in trained personnel in the UK armed forces.
Answer
It is for local authoritiesand schools to consider how and by whom advice on career opportunities shouldbe offered to pupils.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
-
Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it is offering education departments across Scotland in respect of the use of the new e-learning lesson modules operated by the Ministry of Defence entitled “Defence Dynamics”.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-31860 on 2 March 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
-
Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it offers to pupils and schools in contact with Ministry of Defence recruitment and military career teams to ensure that they are aware of children's rights under UN protocols and UK-signed treaties with regard to the rights of the child, to ensure that no Scottish pupils under the age of 18 are deployed to frontline operational duties in Iraq, Afghanistan or elsewhere.
Answer
The Scottish Executive doesnot offer such guidance to pupils and schools in contact with Ministry ofDefence recruitment and military career teams. Recruitment of those under theage of 18 by the British armed forces is voluntary with the informed consent of the volunteer and his/her parents.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
-
Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Ministry of Defence regarding the introduction of e-learning lesson modules, entitled “Defence Dynamics”, targeted at 14 to 16-year-old school pupils.
Answer
No detailed discussions havetaken place. We have asked MOD to engage with Learning and Teaching Scotland so thatwe can better determine how this resource might complement the school curriculumin Scotland. However, ultimately, it is for schools and local authoritiesto decide on management and delivery of the curriculum in Scottish schools.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
-
Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on what proportion of the 15 soldiers under the age of 18 sent to frontline operational duties in Iraq since 2003 had first contact with the military through tri-service teams operated by the Ministry of Defence in schools in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does nothold information on school leaver destinations or on armed forces recruiting activitywhich could provide the analysis requested.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
-
Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the Ministry of Defence with regard to recruitment by the armed forces in schools.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has madeno representations to the Ministry of Defence on recruitment by the armed forcesin schools.
