- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children with disabilities were on waiting lists for respite services in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 March 2004
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to address concerns about guidelines on school rationalisation since its letter of 12 March 2003 to the Education, Culture and Sport Committee and what impact such action will have on the current consultation on school closures in the rural communities of Midlothian.
Answer
Followingdiscussion with COSLA, we will prepare guidance for parents and localauthorities, to raise understanding of the processes and the responsibilitiesof the respective parties.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 March 2004
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that statistics regarding Scottish higher education will be directly comparable with other countries in the European higher education area before 2010.
Answer
The Scottish Executive will carry out any required work in consultation with data providersand other UK administrations in line with the normal NationalStatistics arrangements.
Statisticians and otheranalysts working within the Scottish Executive are in regular contact withdata providers, other UK administrations and the funding councils regardinghigher education statistics. In particular, active membership of the HigherEducation Statistics Agency (HESA) statutory business committee and its subgroups will ensure that any necessary preparation work is carried out by HESA.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what tools it uses to ensure that proper comparisons can be made between Scotland and other countries in respect of participation rates in higher and further education.
Answer
The Scottish Executive uses a range of data to compare participation rates in Scotlandwith those of other countries. In particular the Executive is developing tertiaryeducation participation indicators which are compliant with the OECD’spublication Education At A Glance. These are likely to be published forthe first time in the summer and annually thereafter.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the participation rates for higher education would be if they were calculated under the initial entry rate system used in England.
Answer
The Scottish Executive doesnot publish an estimate of the initial entry rate for Scotland andcurrently has no plans to do so.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Answered by Allan Wilson on 24 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any applications have been received from Syngenta to plant, and grow, Genetically Modified (GM) mai'e Bt 11 in Scotland.
Answer
An application fromSyngenta, for Part C marketing consent for Bt11 maize, is currently beingconsidered by the commission and member states. If granted the consent wouldenable Syngenta to market their GM maize anywhere in the European Union. TheEuropean legislative framework does not require Syngenta to submit a separate UK orScottish application.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Answered by Allan Wilson on 22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any applications have been received from Syngenta to plant, and grow, GM mai'e Bt 176 in Scotland
Answer
GM maize (Bt 176) hascommercial consent enabling it to be grown anywhere in the European Union. Thisconsent is valid until 17 October 2006.
The maize is marketed primarilyfor its resistance to the European Corn Borer pest. The Corn Borer is notpresent in the UK and no application has been made by Syngenta toplace this GM variety on the national seeds list.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what priority will be given to the educational value of rural schools in decisions in respect of realising the asset value of rural school buildings for the financing of its second phase PPP/PFI projects.
Answer
Thedetailed content and financing of school PPP projects are matters for the localauthorities. They will take a wide range of issues into account in consideringthe structure of their projects, and the future configuration of their schoolestate.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2004
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what subsidy it provides in the current year to higher education institutions for students from (a) Scotland, (b) other parts of the United Kingdom and (c) other parts of the European Union.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provides funding to higher education institutions through the ScottishHigher Education Funding Council. The Funding Council allocates funding toinstitutions and not in support of individual students.
The Student Awards Agencyfor Scotland (SAAS) pays a tuition fee contribution (£1,125 in 2003-04) onbehalf of all eligible Scottish domiciled and EU students undertaking full-timehigher education courses in Scotland. SAAS also makes a means-tested contribution up tothat amount for Scottish domiciled students on full-time higher educationcourses elsewhere in the UK. A limited number of Scottish domiciled and EUstudents undertaking taught post-graduate level courses in Scotlandwill have a fee contribution of £2,940 made on their behalf by SAAS.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2004
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of students at each higher education institution in Scotland is domiciled outwith the United Kingdom and what this percentage is for the whole of Scotland.
Answer
The percentages of students domiciled outwith the United Kingdom, at each higher education institution in Scotland, in 2001-02, are presented in the following table:
Higher Education Students at Higher Education Institutions in Scotland, 2001-02
| | % Non UK Domicile | Non UK Domicile | All Domicile |
| University of Abertay Dundee | 13.2 | 611 | 4,617 |
| Edinburgh College of Art | 17.2 | 297 | 1,731 |
| Glasgow School of Art | 14.9 | 215 | 1,442 |
| Queen Margaret College | 16.3 | 722 | 4,416 |
| The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama | 9.9 | 66 | 666 |
| The Robert Gordon University | 11.7 | 1,311 | 11,250 |
| The University of Paisley | 5.4 | 579 | 10,794 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 3.7 | 559 | 15,170 |
| Napier University | 9.8 | 1,323 | 13,568 |
| The University of Edinburgh | 14.8 | 3,659 | 24,667 |
| The University of Glasgow | 6.9 | 1,627 | 23,510 |
| The University of Strathclyde | 14.0 | 3,197 | 22,775 |
| The University of Aberdeen | 13.9 | 1,905 | 13,753 |
| Heriot-Watt University 1 | 65.9 | 11,648 | 17,677 |
| The University of Dundee | 13.1 | 2,043 | 15,584 |
| The University of St Andrews | 24.9 | 1,890 | 7,576 |
| The University of Stirling | 8.7 | 759 | 8,751 |
| Scottish Agricultural College | 3.8 | 27 | 712 |
| UHI Millennium Institute | 0.7 | 42 | 5,922 |
| Bell College | 0.5 | 20 | 3,957 |
| Scotland | 15.6 | 32,500 | 208,538 |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
Note:
1. Heriot Watt University has a high enrolment of distance learning students with 88% of non-UK domiciled students being distance learners.
