- Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 26 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of S2 pupils in state secondary schools reach the required standards in (a) mathematics, (b) English and (c) science.
Answer
The information requested for (a) and (b) can be found in Table 8 of the Statistical Publication Notice
5-14 Attainment in Publicly Funded Schools 2002-03 (by June 2003) published by the Scottish Executive on 9 December 2003. Most pupils are expected to attain at least Level E of the 5-14 attainment levels by the end of S2. Copies of the above publication are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number: 30289).
Information about the attainment of S2 pupils in science will be published in the 2003 Assessment of Achievement Programme Science survey report to be published in Autumn 2004.
- Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much, and what percentage, of its Education Department's budget has been spent on administrative costs in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Education Department’s budget covers programme expenditure only. Its administration costs are funded through the Executive’s Administration Budget and so it would be misleading to provide percentage figures. The Education Department’s expenditure on administration costs since 1999-2000 is as follows:
| | £000 |
| 1999-2000 | 13,272 |
| 2000-01 | 14,882 |
| 2001-02 | 9,598 |
| 2002-03 | 11,240 |
| 2003-04 | 11,607 (provisional) |
HM Inspectorate of Education became an executive agency on 1 April 2001, when its administration costs were transferred to the Education programme budget. Restructuring of Departmental functions in the Scottish Executive over the period also affects some of the year on year comparisons.
For information the Education Department’s programme budget since 2000-01 is shown as follows:
| | £000 |
| 2000-01 | 955,131 |
| 2001-02 | 727,887 |
| 2002-03 | 636,977 |
| 2003-04 | 654,380 |
| 2003-04 | 11,607 (provisional) |
In 1999-2000 the Education programme was within the budget for Education, industry, arts and libraries.
- Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current combined local authority and Executive expenditure per pupil in state secondary schools is in (a) each local authority and (b) Scotland.
Answer
Gross local authority revenue expenditure per pupil on secondary education in 2002-03, the latest year for which figures are available, is given in the following table.
Executive expenditure on education is generally channelled through local authorities and is the therefore included in the figures in the table.
| | Expenditure Per Pupil |
| Scotland | 4,657 |
| Aberdeen City | 4,638 |
| Aberdeenshire | 4,642 |
| Angus | 4,343 |
| Argyll and Bute | 5,067 |
| Clackmannanshire | 4,463 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4,069 |
| Dundee City | 4,779 |
| East Ayrshire | 4,502 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 4,290 |
| East Lothian | 4,465 |
| East Renfrewshire | 4,177 |
| Edinburgh City | 4,473 |
| Eilean Siar | 7,738 |
| Falkirk | 5,321 |
| Fife | 4,162 |
| Glasgow City | 5,755 |
| Highland | 4,869 |
| Inverclyde | 4,357 |
| Midlothian | 4,218 |
| Moray | 4,238 |
| North Ayrshire | 4,641 |
| North Lanarkshire | 4,464 |
| Orkney Islands | 5,949 |
| Perth and Kinross | 4,824 |
| Renfrewshire | 4,380 |
| Scottish Borders | 4,650 |
| Shetland Islands | 9,118 |
| South Ayrshire | 4,719 |
| South Lanarkshire | 4,059 |
| Stirling | 4,586 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 4,807 |
| West Lothian | 4,409 |
Source: LFR1 returns submitted to the Scottish Executive by local authorities and the pupil census September 2003.
- Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 29 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will invite further bids for grant funding for advocacy services for children with additional support needs and their families; what the criteria will be for considering such bids; what the arrangements for funding will be, and what level of funding will be granted.
Answer
We will make available£250,000 in 2005-06 for advocacy services for parents of children with additionalsupport needs, and for young people with such needs. We will set out criteriaand arrangements for funding and invite expressions of interest fromorganisations able to offer services commencing in the 2005-06 financial year. Thisfunding is in addition to the £198,117 allocated to advocacy services throughthe Children, Young People and Families Unified Voluntary Sector Fund.I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-5990. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 26 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when it now estimates that the code of practice relating to the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill will be consulted on and implemented.
Answer
Subject to the Education(Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill progressing successfully through the Scottish Parliament, we will involve stakeholders in drafting a code of practice by autumn2004. The draft code will be the subject of wide consultation in late 2004/early2005 and, thereafter, will be laid before the Scottish Parliament beforepublication and issue.
- Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 11 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the up-to-date position is on Concorde coming to the Museum of Flight.
Answer
This is anoperational matter for the National Museums of Scotland who made an announcement on 26 February about preparationsfor Concorde’s journey by sea and road from Heathrow to the Museum of Flight.
The Museumsexpect that Concorde’s journey will start on 4 April and be completed in alittle over a week. Concorde will go on public display this summer after a fullrestoration programme.
Furtherannouncements will be made by the museums in due course to let people knowwhere and when they can see Concorde during its journey and when it will be availableto view at the Museum of Flight.
- Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 9 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made since the Stage 1 debate on the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill on which organisations it will fund to provide advocacy services for children and parents under the Bill.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-5990 on 2 March 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 8 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisations will receive funding from the unified voluntary sector funds and what the nature is of the projects involved.
Answer
The Children, Young Peopleand Families Unified Voluntary Sector Fund is available to assist nationalvoluntary organisations and innovative local projects working with children,young people and families. A copy of the grant guide, including priorities forthe fund, and a list of organisations approved funding for 2004-05 has beenplaced in the Parliament’s Information Centre (Bib. number 31262).
- Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 4 February 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-5407 by Peter Peacock on 19 January 2004, whether it has not yet established how many of those who currently have a record of needs will not qualify for a co-ordinated support plan under the proposed Educational (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill; whether it intends to proceed with the Bill before the number of people so affected is known, and whether implementation of the Bill will be delayed until the number has been established.
Answer
Until the implementation of the new system, when each and every child with a record of needs will beconsidered for a co-ordinated support plan, the exact number of those currentlywith a record of needs, but who will not receive a co-ordinated support plan,cannot be determined precisely. Each child will have their needs andcircumstances individually assessed and, of course, there will be a right ofappeal to the tribunal. However, the financial memorandum, which accompaniesthe Additional Support for Learning Bill, estimates that 50% of children andyoung people who currently have records of needs will be eligible for co-ordinatedsupport plans. I have set out to Parliament that if this estimate is exceeded Ihave funds to accommodate any variance.
Education authorities willhave a duty to identify and provide for all children with additional supportneeds whether or not they have a co-ordinated support plan. Generally, forthose children and young people with a record of needs who are not eligible fora co-ordinated support plan, individualised educational programmes will be usedto plan the additional support they require to meet their learning needs.
It is intended to proceedwith the bill and Parliament has now approved its general principles.
- Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish a table or tables listing the identifiable public expenditure per capita, for each year in which figures are available, broken down into (a) housing, (b) health, (c) education, (d) tourism, (e) transport, (f) roads, (g) local government, (h) fire and emergency services, (i) police and (j) prisons, and what comparative information it has on identifiable public expenditure per capita under these headings for (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) the United Kingdom and on Scotland's per capita identifiable public expenditure under each heading as a proportion of such expenditure in (1) England, (2) Wales, (3) Northern Ireland and (4) the United Kingdom.
Answer
The information requested isgiven in Tables 8.2-8.6 of Public Expenditure, Statistical Analyses 2003 publishedby The Stationery Office in December 2003, a copy of which is in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 30566). The publication details thewhole of public spending in Scotland and is, therefore, not directly comparable with the Scottish Executive accounts.
