- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 1 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what feedback has been received from participants in the current round of New Opportunities Fund ICT training for teachers and whether it will make public any general findings from end-of-course questionnaires or other forms of feedback.
Answer
The main source of feedback from individual teachers and school librarians will be a recently established online evaluation questionnaire. Summary tables of information from completed questionnaires are available on the National Grid for Learning (NGfL) website at
http://devnofeval.ngfl.gov.uk/stats/scotland.php3.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 22 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when the proposed Gaelic-medium teachers course at Lews Castle College will commence and what input Jordanhill College of Education is expected to make to it.
Answer
Discussions are on going about the development of new arrangements in initial teacher education to enable more Gaelic-speaking students to train for teaching.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 22 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what information is being given to people enquiring about the Gaelic-medium teachers course at Lews Castle College and what consultation it undertook with Jordanhill College of Education and Lews Castle College regarding the course.
Answer
The arrangements are a matter for Lews Castle College and the Jordanhill College of Strathclyde University in consultation with the General Teaching Council in the first instance. We are keeping closely in touch with developments.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 16 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what means of distribution were employed and what the target market was for Working together for Scotland: A Programme for Government.
Answer
Working together for Scotland: A Programme for Government was sent on publication free of charge to 663 organisations. It has been distributed on the same basis to MSPs, members of the UK Cabinet, members of the press, and internally within the Scottish Executive. It is available to members of the public through the Stationery Office bookshop, priced £4.95. It is also available on the internet, at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/government/pfg-00.asp.Working together for Scotland reports on how the Executive is achieving the targets in the original Programme for Government and sets out new commitments for the future. The organisations who received Working together for Scotland free of charge cover a wide spectrum of Scottish life. They included local authorities, health boards and NHS Trusts, many charities, large corporations, and further and higher education institutions.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 16 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many copies of Working together for Scotland: A Programme for Government were printed and what the costs were of printing and publishing the document.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-12906 on 13 February 2001.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to resolve any difficulty experienced with regard to the scheduling of cases in the Sheriff Court, Glasgow, concerning prosecution of parents whose children are absent from school without authorisation.
Answer
Programming of cases in the Sheriff Court is a matter for the Sheriff Principal. However, the Scottish Executive has not been made aware of any scheduling difficulties in Glasgow Sheriff Court in regard to prosecutions of parents whose children are absent from school without authorisation. Such prosecutions are rare and where they do arise will be scheduled by the Sheriff Court as required.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 15 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what conditions will apply to the release of #1 million for Scottish Opera from the additional resources allocated to the Scottish Arts Council.
Answer
Any additional funding for Scottish Opera will be to enable the company to continue to undertake a programme of high quality work throughout Scotland and build on its successful outreach and educational work. Detailed conditions of grant will be a matter for the Scottish Arts Council who will monitor the company's financial and artistic performance closely.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 15 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive under what powers the Minister for Environment, Sport and Culture directed the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) to reserve #1 million as a special grant to Scottish Opera from the additional resources given to the SAC.
Answer
I made no direction. Following discussions with the Scottish Arts Council, they agreed to earmark an additional £1 million per year for Scottish Opera, subject to consideration of a revised business plan from the company.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 1 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it will make to the British Council regarding its proposals for eight smaller offices in Germany to replace the present structure in the light of its policy of building relationships with the German lander.
Answer
The development of Scottish Executive links with the German länder will not be affected by the structure of the network of British Council offices in Germany.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 1 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make any contribution to the costs of any of the new British Council offices in Germany in the light of its policy of building relationships with the German lander.
Answer
No. The nature and funding of the British Council's office network in Germany is a matter for the council, who have assured me that programme expenditure has not been reduced and that activity will continue at current levels.
