- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 9 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail any representations it has made to any museums and galleries elsewhere in the UK which hold works of art in trust with a view to ensuring that any such items are displayed in public museums and galleries throughout Scotland and whether it will detail what powers it has in this matter.
Answer
We have not made any such representations, nor do we have any powers in relation to such matters.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 September 2001
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 5 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of implementing its individualised educational programmes initiative has been to date and what criteria it intends to use to monitor the success of this project.
Answer
The cost of the Executive's Individualised Educational Programmes (IEP) initiative - the "Success for All" project - is currently in the region of £170,000.
The criteria being used to evaluate the success of the project are:
the extent to which schools are able to use IEPs and the views of teachers regarding the value of them;
the views of parents, pupils, voluntary agencies and others about their effectiveness,and
evaluations of the in-service training carried out by the Success for All team.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 2 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-16872 by Nicol Stephen on 22 August 2001, how much each local authority spent on special school fees in 2000-01 and what proportion of each authority's total special educational needs budget these figures represented.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2001
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Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the remit and function of its Correspondence Unit are.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17817.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 26 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has seen the impact study from Barony College which outlines the college's losses as a result of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak and suggests a positive role for the college in national recovery from the epidemic and, if so, what its response is to the study.
Answer
Yes. The study is addressed to the Scottish Further Education Funding Council, which is responsible for the public funding of Scotland's FE colleges.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 26 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations the Scottish Further Education Funding Council has received with regard to any losses sustained by Barony College as a result of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Dumfriesshire and what proposals have been made to assist the college.
Answer
I understand that these matters were discussed at a meeting between the Scottish Further Education Funding Council and Barony College on 18 June, and that Barony College has submitted to the council two impact studies, dated April and July 2001.
The council has also sought information from Scotland's FE colleges on the impact of foot-and-mouth disease, by issuing a circular letter to all colleges on 28 August which invited responses by 21 September. It will be for the council to determine what action, if any, to take, in light of the responses received.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the guidelines issued to ministers with regard to response to letters from MSPs.
Answer
I am the minister responsible for the Correspondence Unit. Its function is to deal with correspondence written to ministers as described in the Good Practice Guide to Ministerial Correspondence, which is available to all members of the Scottish Executive and staff on the local intranet and in booklet format. Arrangements have been made for copies of the booklet to be available in the Parliament's Reference Centre. No separate guidance has been issued to ministers. All ministers are made aware of the importance of providing comprehensive and timeous replies to correspondence.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 26 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Scottish Further Education Funding Council with regard to assisting higher educational institutions which have experienced unexpected losses as a result of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.
Answer
The Scottish Further Education Funding Council has kept the Scottish Executive advised of its actions - the consideration of this matter at the council's meeting on 5 July and the issue of a circular letter to colleges on 28 August seeking information on the impact of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. However, the public funding of individual colleges remains the responsibility of the Funding Council.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive which minister has responsibility for the operation of its Correspondence Unit.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17817.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 26 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ask to make a ministerial statement to the Parliament on the continuing efforts by Shirley McKie to obtain compensation from Strathclyde Police following her acquittal on a charge of perjury at the High Court in Glasgow in May 1999.
Answer
The question of compensation from Strathclyde Police is a matter for Ms McKie and her legal representatives on the one hand and Strathclyde Police on the other.
