- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 20 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide a substantive answer to question S1W-5364 lodged on 1 March 2000.
Answer
I refer to the answer I gave to question S1W-7690.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 20 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children subject to home supervision requirements by Children's Panels in the last year have not been allocated to a social worker within (a) one month, (b) six months and (c) one year of the order being made, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Implementation of supervision requirements made by children's hearings, whether for supervision at home or in residential accommodation, is a matter for individual local authorities. The information requested is not held centrally.
The Time Intervals Working Group (TIWG) Blueprint for the processing of children's hearings cases is an inter-agency code of practice. It set national standards with effect from 1 April 1999 aimed at streamlining the handling of cases through the system. One of these standards requires local authorities to give effect to supervision requirements with no condition of residence within 15 working days of the date of issue by the children's hearing. The objective is to give effect to supervision requirements without delay. Monitoring is the responsibility of review groups established by each local authority. Reports on performance against the TIWG standards are currently being received.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 19 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S1W-6740, S1W-6741 and S1W-6748 by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000, what target percentage of pupils in (a) secondary schools, (b) primary schools and (c) special schools will have their own e-mail addresses by the end of (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not set any intermediate targets for schools to have their own e-mail addresses.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 19 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce maximum class si'es for primary three to primary seven.
Answer
We have made regulations to set a maximum class size of 30 for primary three from August 2001. A maximum class size of 33 for primary four to seven is set by an agreement of the Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee. This will remain in force following commencement of section 51 of the Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Bill. We have no plans to make regulations on class size maxima for primary four to seven.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 19 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S1W-6732, S1W-6733 and S1W-6734 by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000, to provide details, from information collated from the October 1999 School Survey of Information and Communication Technology, of the ratio of computers of less than four years of age to pupils in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) special schools, discounting in each case those that are used mainly for administration purposes.
Answer
The data collected in the October 1999 Schools ICT Survey do not distinguish computers used mainly for administration purposes. The information requested will be available when the detailed results of the 1999 School Census are published in July 2000.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 19 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4231 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 18 February 2000, what programmes the #13.45 million remaining in the Excellence Fund for 2000-01 will be allocated to, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Announcements on the balance of resources will follow once decisions have been made on their allocation.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 19 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funds was left in the education budget at the end of the last financial year.
Answer
The position regarding expenditure by the Education Department in 1999-2000, and any possible underspend, will be subject to the production of final accounts for that period. These accounts will be published on 31 August 2000.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 19 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding was provided to the Children's Traffic Club in Scotland in each year since it was formed and what the club's projected funding is in the next three years.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provides grant to the Scottish Road Safety Campaign to fund free membership of the Children's Traffic Club in Scotland for all children aged three to four years in Scotland who are registered by their parents. Invitations to register are sent out when children are approaching or shortly after their third birthday.
The table below gives details of the grant provided in each year since the club was formed and projected funding in financial years 2000-01 and 2001-02. The level of funding for financial years 2002-03 and 2003-04 has yet to be determined.
A spending review to consider all aspects of spending within the Scottish Executive's remit is currently underway and funding for the Children's Traffic Club will be considered during this review. The results of the review will not be known until the autumn.
Financial year | Grant |
1995-96 | £322,700 |
1996-97 | £350,000 |
1997-98 | £412,000 |
1998-99 | £460,000 |
1999-2000 | £460,000 |
2000-01 | £460,000 |
2001-02 | £460,000 |
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 19 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S1W-6744 and S1W-6745 by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000, what target percentage of (a) primary schools and (b) special schools will have access to the internet for World Wide Web use by the end of (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not set any intermediate targets for schools' Internet access.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 19 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6739 by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000, whether it intends to introduce targets for the provision of e-mail addresses to teachers in pre-school centres.
Answer
No. Staff in pre-school teams are variously qualified; and the potential for using ICT in pre-school settings needs to be thoroughly and sensitively explored. Our priority for this sector is to assess the scope for using ICT as an aid to young children's learning and for its contribution to the professional development of all staff. My department is supporting work by the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum to address these issues.
