- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £20 million announced for education and lifelong learning during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be spent on student support for higher education students.
Answer
Decisions on the deployment of this funding are yet to be taken. We are working with both the Scottish Funding Council and the Student Awards Agency for Scotland to determine how best to allocate this resource to reflect the balance of demand emerging through the applications process. Nonetheless, we made clear our intention during the Budget statement: we expect the additional resource to provide support to an additional 7,500 higher education students studying in our colleges and universities in the next academic year.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £20 million announced for education and lifelong learning during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be spent on student support for further education college students.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 8 March 2010. 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/apps2/business/pqa/default.aspx
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported using drugs in the last month in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31498 on 4 March 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported using drugs in the last year in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31498 on 4 March 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported ever using drugs in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
Answer
The 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey provides the following information on illicit drug use in Fife. The following estimates are based on self-reported data, gathered through a household survey, on illicit drug use amongst adults in the general population aged 16 years and over in Scotland.
| | Self-Reported use at any Point in Lifetime | Self-Reported use in the year Prior to Survey Interview | Self-Reported use in the Month Prior to Survey Interview |
| Estimated Number in Fife | Estimated % of Adults in Fife | Estimated Number in Fife | Estimated % of Adults in Fife | Estimated Number in Fife | Estimated % of Adults in Fife |
| Amphetamine | 21,000 | 7.0% | 2,000 | 0.6% | 1,000 | 0.2% |
| Cannabis | 62,000 | 21.0% | 17,000 | 5.7% | 9,000 | 2.9% |
| Cocaine | 13,000 | 4.4% | 5,000 | 1.7% | 2,000 | 0.7% |
| Crack | 1,000 | 0.3% | - | - | - | - |
| Ecstasy | 18,000 | 6.1% | 3,000 | 1.2% | 2,000 | 0.6% |
| Heroin | 1,000 | 0.5% | - | - | - | - |
| LSD | 12,000 | 3.9% | * | 0.1% | * | 0.1% |
| Magic Mushrooms | 16,000 | 5.3% | * | 0.1% | * | 0.1% |
| Methadone/Physeptone | 1,000 | 0.2% | - | - | - | - |
| Temazepam | 8,000 | 2.6% | 1,000 | 0.3% | * | 0.1% |
| Valium | 14,000 | 4.6% | 1,000 | 0.5% | 1,000 | 0.3% |
| Anabolic Steroids | 3,000 | 1.0% | 1,000 | 0.2% | 1,000 | 0.2% |
| Poppers | 20,000 | 6.6% | 1,000 | 0.5% | 1,000 | 0.3% |
| Crystal Meth | 1,000 | 0.3% | - | - | - | - |
| Ketamine | 3,000 | 1.0% | 1,000 | 0.3% | * | 0.1% |
| Glues, Solvents, Gas or Aerosols | 5,000 | 1.8% | - | - | - | - |
| NET: Yes - taken any drug | 73,000 | 24.5% | 19,000 | 6.5% | 10,000 | 3.4% |
| NET: No - not ever taken drugs | 224,000 | 75.5% | 277,000 | 93.5% | 287,000 | 96.6% |
Source: Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2008-09 (Fife: 999 respondents).
Notes:
* Indicates that data are not available in data tables as unweighted base is below 50.
- Indicates that no respondents gave an answer in the category.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 3 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total annual value is of additional student support received in grants, bursaries and loans resulting from changes made following the Supporting a Smarter Scotland consultation.
Answer
It will not be possible to report the annual value of additional student support received in grants, bursaries and loans following the Supporting a Smarter Scotland consultation until the changes have been implemented in accounting year 2010-11 and data are published on actual spending.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 3 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total annual value is of government spending in relation to changes made following the Supporting a Smarter Scotland consultation, broken down by (a) annual managed expenditure and (b) departmental expenditure limit.
Answer
The Scottish Government has set aside a budget of £30 million from the departmental expenditure limit and up to £40 million annual managed expenditure to cover changes made following the Supporting a Smarter Scotland consultation. It will not be possible to report the annual value of Scottish Government spending until the changes have been implemented in accounting year 2010-11.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 2 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what feedback Scottish Enterprise has had from universities regarding contract changes requested of them through its Proof of Concept programme.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. I will ask its Chief Executive to write to you in this regard.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 1 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students were given places on Scottish university courses in each year from 2000-01, broken down by (a) university and (c) domicile of student.
Answer
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) provide application services to UK universities for full-time higher education courses at undergraduate (and some postgraduate) courses. Applications may also be made directly to institutions. Raw application data is not held centrally by Scottish Government.
The information requested above is available from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) www.ucas.ac.uk/about_us/stat_services/stats_online/. UCAS make acceptance data available through online datasets and online statistical enquiry tools. They also regularly issue press releases containing acceptance statistics.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 1 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for places at Scottish universities were received in each year from 2000-01, including for 2010-11, broken down by (a) university and (c) domicile of student.
Answer
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) provide application services to UK universities for full-time higher education courses at undergraduate (and some postgraduate) courses. Applications may also be made directly to institutions. Raw application data is not held centrally by Scottish Government.
The information requested above is available from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) www.ucas.ac.uk/about_us/stat_services/stats_online/. UCAS make applications data available through online datasets and online statistical enquiry tools. They also regularly issue press releases containing application statistics.
