- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 13 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications would be for minimum teaching qualifications in pre-school education and the early years of primary school should the Schools (Scotland) Code 1956 be repealed, as presently proposed.
Answer
The repeal of the pre-school provisions of the Schools (Scotland) Code 1956 - proposed and consulted upon in 2000 - will not of itself carry any implications for minimum teaching qualifications in pre-school education. The "special qualification" referred to in paragraph 5(2) of the Code is no longer offered in this form; and all courses leading to the B.Ed and PCGE qualifications now cover pre-school education. We will be issuing guidance to local authorities and others on the future deployment of teachers in early years services.We hope shortly to make an announcement more generally on the future of the Schools (Scotland) Code.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 12 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to prevent any cutback to the activity of the Scottish Place-Names Survey at Edinburgh University which may result from the current financial position of the survey.
Answer
The funding of the Scottish Place-Names Survey is a matter for the University of Edinburgh.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it will make available to local authorities to allow them to meet any additional costs arising out of any National Joint Committee determinations on the pay and conditions for nursery nurses.
Answer
Provision towards general local authority pay and price inflation was included within the total local government settlement allocations for the three years 2001-02 to 2003-04, which were announced in December 2000. We would expect local authorities to meet from their overall budgets any net costs arising from the current evaluation of local government posts (including nursery nurse posts) and subsequent setting of rates of pay.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 2 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) why there has been a delay in responding to the Scottish Arts Council's submission for funding for a Scottish National Theatre and related projects and (b) when it plans to respond to the submission.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-18806 on 1 November 2001.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 1 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it anticipates that the proposed national theatre company will be fully operational.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-18806.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 1 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with regard to the funding and implementation of the proposals for a national theatre company.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-18806.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 1 November 2001
To ask the First Minister what submissions the Scottish Executive has made to the Inquiry by Dr Iain Anderson and the Scientific Review led by the Royal Society, both established by Her Majesty's Government in response to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak with a remit to cover Great Britain.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is contributing to both inquiries but no formal submission has yet been made. The Royal Society is making a fact-finding trip to Dumfries and Galloway this week and will meet my officials and other partners involved in disease control and eradication.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 26 October 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will make scottishparliamentlive.com available in a form which is readily accessible to Mac users.
Answer
Scottish Parliamentlive.com webcasts the proceedings of the Scottish Parliament using the two main streaming platforms, Windows Mediaplayer and Realplayer. Users of both PCs and Apple Mac computers who have downloaded the appropriate players can view the streams. Guidance on how to optimise performance is available via the site's user guide and further assistance to users is available on request.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 October 2001
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 23 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17754 by Ross Finnie on 20 September 2001, when and in what form it will publish detailed information on the likely causes and contacts which resulted in the subsequent spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Dumfries and Galloway and the Borders following the first outbreak recorded on 1 March 2001 at the farm run by C M Kirkpatrick, Nether Place, Dryesdale, Lockerbie.
Answer
Issues relating to the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Scotland are covered by the terms of reference of the Inquiries of the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Both these bodies are completely independent of the Scottish Executive and will report to their respective councils, after which their findings will be made publicly available. The Scottish Executive itself has no plans to publish detailed information on the causes and spread of the disease.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many personnel in the education sector are qualified to undertake (a) speech therapy, (b) child psychological assessment and (c) assessment of special needs using the Gaelic language.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
