- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 April 2010
-
Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it is allocating to its Pakistan plan.
Answer
The Pakistan Plan being prepared forms part of the wider Programme of Engagement with South Asia. It is being developed within existing resources.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
-
Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will reassess plans to change the governance arrangements of further education colleges.
Answer
Ministers keep the governance arrangements of further education colleges under ongoing review. Officials plan to meet representatives of stakeholders, including the Scottish Funding Council, the STUC, NUS Scotland and the organisation Scotland''s Colleges, on 11 May 2010 to consider the scope for further improving college governance.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
-
Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will assess the suitability of the New Campus Glasgow project, given that it is a unique merger in Glasgow.
Answer
Any proposal by the Scottish Funding Council to offer financial support in excess of its delegated authority requires to be approved by ministers. In such cases ministers would give close consideration to the business case, including the educational, financial and other benefits.
On the related plans of the three colleges involved in New Campus Glasgow estates project also to explore merger, ministers have as yet received no request to approve such a step.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
-
Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what process the New Campus Glasgow project will follow once it comes before ministers.
Answer
Any proposal by the Scottish Funding Council to offer financial support in excess of its delegated authority requires to be approved by ministers. In such cases ministers would give close consideration to the business case, including the educational, financial and other benefits.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
-
Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on concerns of the Educational Institute of Scotland regarding possible redundancies resulting from the New Campus Glasgow project.
Answer
Employment issues are a matter for a college''s board of management, as the employer. It is my understanding that the colleges in central Glasgow which are discussing merger do not intend that any compulsory redundancies should occur as a direct result of merger.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
-
Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-32224 by Keith Brown on 18 March 2010, when the meetings with the Scottish Funding Council took place and what was discussed.
Answer
Meetings took place on 10 February 2009, 5 May 2009, 26 October 2009, 21 December 2009, 25 January 2010, 2 February 2010 and 22 February 2010. The primary purpose of these meetings was to enable ministers and officials to be updated on relevant aspects of possible college merger and redevelopment of college estate.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
-
Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will satisfy itself that the New Campus Glasgow project is fit for purpose in terms of students and courses.
Answer
Any proposal by the Scottish Funding Council to offer financial support in excess of its delegated authority requires to be approved by ministers. In such cases ministers would give close consideration to the business case, including the educational, financial and other benefits.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
-
Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether discussions are ongoing with Stow College regarding its position on the New Campus Glasgow project.
Answer
No direct discussions between the Scottish Government and Stow College have taken place, or are planned, regarding the colleges position in any merger or in the New Campus Glasgow estates project.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 April 2010
-
Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it expects that the grants scheme to support artists operated by Creative Scotland will be broadly similar to that operated by the Scottish Arts Council.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33273 on 29 April 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 April 2010
-
Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive by what process artistic bodies will apply for grants from Creative Scotland.
Answer
This will be a matter for Creative Scotland itself to decide once it comes into existence. We have ensured that the legislation allows Creative Scotland the maximum flexibility in developing its framework for financial and other support.
The Scottish Arts Council is continuing with business as usual until Creative Scotland is established, and the legislation makes it clear that Creative Scotland will honour all funding arrangements entered into by the Scottish Arts Council.
