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Question reference: S3W-27807

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the financial value of contracts was for (a) skillseekers and (b) modern apprentices allocated to Dumfries and Galloway in the last three years.

The following information is for the Skills Development Scotland spend for modern apprenticeships and skillseekers programme in Dumfries and Galloway for the last three years:

Total Spend Skillseekers:

2006-07 - £483,777,

2007-08 - £390,981,

2008-09 - £328,669.

Total Spend Modern Apprenticeships:

2006-07 - £624,036,

2007-08 - £728,931,

2008-09 - £724,952.

The financial information above relates to the total Skills Development Scotland spend for the delivery of the modern apprenticeships and skillseekers programmes to local training providers for Dumfries and Galloway in all three years and not only the annual cost of new starts.

This does not include Skills Development Scotland spend to national training providers for the Dumfries and Galloway area.

Question reference: S3W-27804

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) skillseekers and (b) modern apprentices were allocated to Dumfries and Galloway in the last three years.

Question reference: S3W-27805

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the breakdown is for (a) skillseekers’ and (b) modern apprenticeship posts allocated to Dumfries and Galloway in the last three years by (i) sector and (ii) age band.

The following tables provide the breakdown for new-start modern apprenticeship and skillseekers posts in Dumfries and Galloway by sector and age band for the last three years.

Table 1 “ Modern Apprenticeships (MAs)

Sector	16 “ 19 MAs			20+ MAs
Sector	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Administration and Related	56	56	62	21	10	0
Animal Care, Land and Water based	13	15	18	1	2	0
Automotive	17	21	14	0	0	0
Construction and Related	115	119	79	15	18	31
Engineering	25	25	12	6	10	6
Food and Drink	0	1	0	1	0	0
Hospitality and Tourism	11	17	12	24	27	0
Management	6	7	11	66	43	1
Media, Publications and Related	2	0	1	0	2	0
Other Services	1	4	1	4	5	0
Personal Services	2	0	1	0	1	0
Retail and Customer Service	17	28	28	5	1	0
Sport, Health and Social Care	13	25	19	9	24	0
Transport and Logistics	0	13	27	1	10	0
Total	278	331	285	153	153	38

Table 2 - Skillseekers

Sector	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Administration and Related	41	43	43
Animal Care, Land and Water based	26	14	30
Automotive	0	3	1
Chemicals and Biotechnology Related	1	2	2
Construction and Related	6	6	5
Engineering	1	6	0
Food and Drink	7	23	12
Hospitality and Tourism	24	36	18
Personal Services	16	12	11
Retail and Customer Service	27	26	52
Sport, Health and Social Care	16	10	15
Transport and Logistics	20	14	8
Total	185	195	197

Question reference: S3W-27806

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of (a) skillseekers and (b) modern apprentices, (i) across Scotland and (ii) allocated to Dumfries and Galloway were allocated to (A) local training providers and (B) local employers in the last three years.

The following table shows the breakdown of skillseekers and modern apprenticeships allocated across Scotland and to Dumfries and Galloway by training provider. For the purpose of Skills Development Scotland, contracting employers who train apprentices directly are counted as training providers.

Skillseekers (SS)	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	Total
All SS starts lowland Scotland*	5,080	4,968	4,873	14,921
All SS starts in Dumfries and Galloway “ delivered by local and non-local training providers	185	195	197	577
All SS starts in Dumfries and Galloway managed through local training providers	107	126	126	359
Contracts held by local training providers but delivered to individuals in Dumfries and Galloway and other areas**	152	154	169	475
Modern Apprenticeships (MA)	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	Total
All MA starts lowland Scotland*	15,633	14,812	9,737	40,182
All MA starts in Dumfries and Galloway “ delivered by local and non-local training providers	431	438	322	1,238
All MA starts in Dumfries and Galloway managed through local training providers	174	197	139	510
MA starts from contracts held by local training providers but delivered to individuals in Dumfries and Galloway and other areas**	197	213	150	560

Notes:

*It is important to note that the table shows overall starts for each programme across lowland Scotland only.

**Dumfries and Galloway local training providers will have delivered MAs outside the area classified for data management purposes. Given the important local nature of this delivery we have provided this information in the last row of each table.

Question reference: S3W-27863

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it did not delay the publication of the document, Scotland’s First Marine Bill, until after the Marine (Scotland) Bill had been passed by the Scottish Parliament.

Question reference: S3W-27860

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many copies of the document, Scotland’s First Marine Bill, will be produced.

Question reference: S3W-27859

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the purpose was of publishing the document, Scotland’s First Marine Bill, on 30 September 2009.

Engagement with stakeholders identified a clear need for accessible information explaining the provisions of the Marine (Scotland) Bill and its effects on marine interests. Its publication on 30 September coincided with a conference on the Scottish Marine Bill, at which the document was distributed to a diverse range of marine stakeholders. It has since been distributed to other interested parties.

Question reference: S3W-27861

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of producing the document, Scotland’s First Marine Bill.

Question reference: S3W-27862

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it anticipates that the Marine (Scotland) Bill will be amended at Stages 2 and 3.

Question reference: S3O-08154

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 October 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth had with local authorities in relation to zero waste in finalising the single outcome agreements.