- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 22 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all projects for young people for which it has provided funding through Perth and Kinross Council since 1999, showing the (a) type of project and (b) amount of funding awarded.
Answer
This is a matter for Perth and KinrossCouncil. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 22 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how any relocation of the freshwater laboratory from Faskally in Perthshire would fit with its policy of public sector job dispersal.
Answer
There are no plans at this stageto relocate staff from the FRS facility at Faskally. Fisheries Research Servicesare however conducting an option appraisal exercise to ascertain whether or notfurther investment in the Faskally site represents good value for money, comparedto a range of other options. Any decision will be consistent with the Scottish Executive’srelocation policy.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the relocation of the Stone of Destiny to Scone.
Answer
Decisions regarding theStone of Destiny rest solely with Her Majesty The Queen as advised by Her Commissionersfor the Safekeeping of the Regalia, whose duties are set out under the Royal warrantissued on 12 November 1996 immediately prior to the Stone’s departure from WestminsterAbbey and return to Scotland. Historic Scotland officials have advised the Commissionerson technical matters relating to the care of the stone (and the Honours of Scotland)but they have no locus in any decision-making regarding the location of the stone.This is solely a matter for the commissioners.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received a response from the commissioners of the regalia following the parliamentary debate on the Stone of Destiny on 13 December 2006 and, if so, what their response was.
Answer
At the request of the First Minister,I wrote to the Lord Advocate, the Lord Justice Clerk and the Lord Clerk Registerprior to the debate to inform them that it was taking place. All responded priorto the debate and were unanimous in their view that the stone should remain at EdinburghCastle. I have received no further correspondence from the Commissioners of theRegalia on this matter following the parliamentary debate on 13 December 2006.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has passed a copy of the Official Report of the parliamentary debate on the Stone of Destiny on 13 December 2006 to the commissioners of the regalia.
Answer
Historic Scotland issued hardcopies of an abstract of the Official Report of the parliamentary debateon the Stone of Destiny on 13 December 2006 to the Commissioners of the Regaliaon Friday 9 February 2007 in order to ensure that the commissioners were fully informedof the debate if they had not previously read the Official Report publishedon the Scottish Parliament website.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all local authorities are complying with the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.
Answer
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate ofEducation (HMIE) are monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the Act. Aninterim report of a specific inspection programme was published on 31 October 2006 anddid not identify any specific breach of duty by local authorities. This report isavailable at:
http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/publication/Interim%20Report%20ASL%20Act%202005.pdf.The final report of their findingswill be published in autumn 2007.
In addition, HMIE are providinginformation on the implementation of the act through their routine inspection programmeof schools and education authorities.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children with autism there are in the Fife local authority area; in what types of school they are placed in, and how many are home educated.
Answer
The number of pupils in publiclyfunded schools in Fife, for whom Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is recorded asthe main difficulty in learning in a Record of Needs and/or an Individualised EducationalProgramme is published in tables 6.8, 7.5 and 8.5 of
Pupils in Scotland 2005http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/02/28083932/0.
There were seven pupils in independentspecial schools located in Fife for whom ASD was recorded as the main difficulty in learning.The number of pupils with ASD being home educated is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors whether local authorities are fully implementing and complying with the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-31711 on 19 February 2007. Allanswers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s websitethe search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children there are with autism in Scotland and what action is being taken to improve their lives and ensure that they receive education suitable for their needs.
Answer
The number of pupils in publiclyfunded schools for whom Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is recorded as the maindifficulty of learning in a Record of Needs and/or an Individualised EducationalProgramme is published in table 1.7 of
Pupils in Scotland 2005:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/02/28083932/0.Thenumber of pupils in independent schools for whom ASD is recorded as the main difficultyof learning in a Record of Needs and/or an Individualised Educational Programmeis published in table 4 of the Independent School Census 2005:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/04/25091645/0.The Scottish Executive is takingforward a number of actions, in both education and health, to improve the livesof children of children with ASD. These actions include the formation of the ASDEducation Working Group, which is carrying forward the recommendations of the reportof Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education, which examines the educational provisionfor children with ASD and the NAS make school make sense report. The ScottishExecutive Health Department has set up the ASD Reference Group, which is takingforward the recommendations in the Public Health Institute of Scotland’s ASDNeeds Assessment Report (2001). The Scottish Executive also provides significantfunding to a number of projects, all aimed at improving the lives of children withASD.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that it is appropriately funding local authorities to fulfil their obligations under the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.
Answer
Yes. The Scottish Executive providessignificant funding specifically for the implementation of the Education (AdditionalSupport for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004. The funding for 2006-07 and 2007-08 is £12.5million per annum.
