Questions and answers

Question reference: S3O-06712

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 April 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 April 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will address concerns over the potential for a reduction in academic staff employment conditions at Stirling University following proposed changes to its academic staff statutes.

Question reference: S3W-22159

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 April 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cumulative total number of subjects offered by publicly funded schools was at (a) higher and (b) advanced higher level in 2008-09 and the previous five years, broken down by local authority area and school.

Question reference: S3W-21631

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 18 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will meet the recommendation in Lord Sutherland’s Independent Review of Free Personal and Nursing Care in Scotland to produce national outcomes and a national performance framework that makes specific reference to securing the welfare of older people.

The Scottish Government has accepted Lord Sutherland''s 12 recommendations in full and these are being taken forward alongside a wider package of measures we are developing in collaboration with local government and health service partners.

The government''s National Performance Framework focuses all of government and public services on a single overarching common purpose and provides clarity through a set of purpose targets and 15 National Outcomes that describe a 10-year vision of the kind of Scotland we want to create.

The interests of older people are reflected in a number of the National Outcomes. Full details of the outcomes the government wants to achieve and how well Scotland is progressing in pursuit of these aims can be found on the Scotland Performs website. Beneath the national level, strategic local priorities are aligned to the 15 National Outcomes and are set out in Single Outcome Agreements prepared by each local authority working with Community Planning Partners (CPPs).

The government recognises that other activity supports the achievement of the Purpose and National Outcomes. Where Community Care outcomes are concerned there is a National Outcomes Framework for Community Care Services which includes measures and targets relevant specifically to improving the quality of systems and processes which support delivery of outcomes for older people and other community care clients. All CPPs have been encouraged to use the framework as a basis for assessing and presenting progress towards more effective joint delivery of community care services and better outcomes for service users.

Question reference: S3W-21709

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the charitable sector spent on medical research in universities in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07, (d) 2007-08 and (e) 2008-09, broken down by (i) institution and (ii) charity, and when new statistics will be available.

The following table provides details of charity income on medical research by institution in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07.

Institution	2004-05 £	2005-06 £	2006-07 £
Aberdeen, University of	7,245,154	6,404,308	6,663,053
Dundee, University of	8,309,655	7,841,500	8,565,930
Edinburgh, University of	15,377,381	18,458,302	17,159,463
Edinburgh Napier University	45,571	93,113	110,285
Glasgow Caledonian University	233,074	275,770	364,406
Glasgow, University of	27,056,570	25,887,579	20,790,285
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh	257,402	105,495	342,732
Robert Gordon University	86,027	69,375	99,722
Stirling, University of	42,655	78,011	264,513
Strathclyde, University of	1,606,839	1,285,774	1,685,324
UHI Millennium Institute	0	6,780	186,709
West of Scotland, University of the	8,574	73,000	28,378
Total	60,268,902	60,579,007	56,260,800

Note: For the purposes of this table, medical research is defined as 11 particular Units of Assessment, such as Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Nursing, in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. However, it is recognised that some other subjects outwith this definition, such as Chemistry, may include an element of charity funding for medical research.

Figures for 2007-08 will be published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) later this year. Details of charity income by particular charity are not recorded in the published accounts of the institutions nor collected by the Scottish Funding Council and are therefore unavailable.

Question reference: S3W-21708

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the charitable sector spent on research in universities in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07, (d) 2007-08 and (e) 2008-09, broken down by (i) institution, (ii) charity and (iii) research topic, and when new statistics will be available.

The following table provides details of charity income by institution in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07.

Institution	2004-05 £	2005-06 £	2006-07 £
Aberdeen, University of	9,235,788	8,280,866	8,695,144
Abertay Dundee, University of	85,566	155,224	126,728
Dundee, University of	22,455,063	19,644,127	21,597,762
Edinburgh College of Art	10,899	6,020	0
Edinburgh Napier University	263,995	198,537	195,698
Edinburgh, University of	28,405,688	31,549,604	32,033,136
Glasgow Caledonian University	335,122	354,015	508,182
Glasgow, University of	36,618,793	33,304,305	27,783,420
Heriot-Watt University	218,000	356,000	414,000
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh	257,402	105,495	349,465
Robert Gordon University	90,938	115,773	136,321
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama	17,000	0	0
St Andrews, University of	2,048,704	2,449,689	3,182,335
Stirling, University of	1,222,823	1,404,970	1,002,865
Strathclyde, University of	3,269,530	2,506,156	2,930,679
UHI Milennium Institute	114,695	120,086	325,557
West of Scotland, University of the	176,638	73,000	110,955
Total	104,844,642	100,623,868	99,392,245

A breakdown by charity and by research topic is not available as these details are not recorded in the published accounts of the institutions nor collected by the Scottish Funding Council. Figures for 2007-08 will be published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) later this year.

Question reference: S3W-21712

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much universities received from the allocation based on charity income under the Main Quality Research Grant (a) for 2009-10 and (b) in each of the last five years, broken down by institution, and when new statistics will be available.

Support for charity-funded research has, since 2006-07, been provided by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) through two elements:

the Main Quality Research Grant based on the number of research active staff which includes staff funded by charity income, and

An additional allocation based on charity income received by institutions to fund research activities.

A full breakdown of support for research for 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09, by discipline, is publicly available in the Scottish Funding Council''s annual main grant letters for each higher education institutions (Table B2) at:

http://www.sfc.ac.uk/information/info_circulars/sfc/2006/sfc2206/sfc2206.html

http://www.sfc.ac.uk/information/info_circulars/sfc/2007/sfc1607/sfc1607.html

http://www.sfc.ac.uk/information/info_circulars/sfc/2008/sfc1008/sfc1008.html.

From 2009-10, a new funding model, the Research Excellence Grant, is being developed. Full details will be contained in SFC''s main grant letter for higher education institutions which will be available on the SFC website www.sfc.ac.uk from 2 April 2009.

Question reference: S3W-21710

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether funding to support charity funded research will continue to be allocated by the Scottish Funding Council (a) in 2009-10 and (b) beyond and when new statistics will be available.

Question reference: S3W-21711

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Scottish Funding Council will allocate to support charity funded research in 2009-10 and when new statistics will be available.

Question reference: S3W-21515

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what would be required to enable freight to be transported on the Leven to Thornton railway line.

Question reference: S3W-21567

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children are held in secure accommodation and how many were held in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area and institution.

The current number of children in secure care accommodation is not held centrally. However, the government annually publishes secure care accommodation statistics which can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/09/09105012/0.

Details of the number of children held in secure accommodation are as follows:

Number of Young People in Secure Accommodation on 31 March 2006 by Centre and Local Authority Area of Young Person''s Home

Local Authority of Young Person''s Home	Edinburgh Secure Services	The Elm''s Close Support Unit	Rossie School	St Mary''s Kenmure	St Philip''s	Total
Aberdeen City	0	0	3	1	0	4
Aberdeenshire	0	0	1	0	0	1
Angus	0	0	1	1	0	2
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0	0	1	1
Clackmannanshire	1	0	0	1	0	2
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0	1	0	1
Dundee City	1	0	2	0	1	4
East Ayrshire	0	0	1	1	1	3
East Dunbartonshire	1	0	0	1	0	2
East Lothian	1	0	1	0	0	2
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh City	8	0	1	0	0	9
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	0	0	1	0	1
Fife	0	0	1	1	0	2
Glasgow City	0	0	3	3	7	13
Highland	0	0	0	1	0	1
Inverclyde	0	0	1	1	0	2
Midlothian	1	0	0	0	0	1
Moray	0	0	1	0	0	1
North Ayrshire	0	0	1	2	0	3
North Lanarkshire	0	0	1	2	0	3
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	1	0	1
Perth and Kinross	0	0	1	0	0	1
Renfrewshire	0	0	2	2	0	4
Scottish Borders	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	0	0	0	2	0	2
South Lanarkshire	0	0	0	3	0	3
Stirling	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	1	0	1
West Lothian	0	0	0	2	0	2
Outwith Scotland or Unknown	0	0	2	7	1	10
Total	13	0	23	35	11	82

Source: Secure Accommodation Statistics 2005-06 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00523.

Note: St. Philip''s opened on 14 March 2006.

Number of Young People in Secure Accommodation on 31 March 2007 by Centre and Local Authority Area of Young Person''s Home

Local Authority of Young Person''s Home	Edinburgh Secure Services	The Elm''s Close Support Unit	Rossie School	St Mary''s Kenmure	St Philip''s	Good Shepherd	Total
Aberdeen City	0	0	3	1	0	1	5
Aberdeenshire	0	0	6	0	0	1	7
Angus	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Clackmannanshire	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Dundee City	0	3	1	2	0	0	6
East Ayrshire	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
East Lothian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh City	12	0	2	0	2	0	16
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fife	0	0	0	5	1	0	6
Glasgow City	0	0	5	3	10	1	19
Highland	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Inverclyde	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Midlothian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Ayrshire	0	0	1	4	2	0	7
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Renfrewshire	0	0	0	2	0	4	6
Scottish Borders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
South Lanarkshire	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Stirling	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
West Lothian	0	0	0	1	1	2	4
Outwith Scotland or Unknown	0	0	2	4	0	0	6
Total	12	3	24	27	22	18	106

Source: Secure Accommodation Statistics 2006-07 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00606.

Notes: Good Shepherd opened on 29 August 2006.

Number of Young People in Secure Accommodation on 31 March 2008 by Centre and Local Authority Area of Young Person''s Home

Local Authority of Young Person''s Home	Edinburgh Secure Services	The Elm''s Close Support Unit	Rossie School	St Mary''s Kenmure	St Philip''s	Good Shepherd	Kibble	Total
Aberdeen City	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	5
Aberdeenshire	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Angus	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	4
Clackmannanshire	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Dumfries and Galloway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dundee City	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4
East Ayrshire	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	6
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	4
East Lothian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Edinburgh City	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
Fife	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	6
Glasgow City	0	0	2	6	9	6	3	26
Highland	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3
Inverclyde	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3
Midlothian	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
Moray	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
North Ayrshire	0	0	2	4	2	1	2	11
North Lanarkshire	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	7
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Renfrewshire	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4
Scottish Borders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
South Lanarkshire	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	6
Stirling	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
West Lothian	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Outwith Scotland or Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	11	3	19	25	24	18	18	118

Source: Secure Accommodation Statistics 2007-08:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00681

Notes:

St. Mary''s Kenmure was temporarily closed from 30 March 2008 but young people were still reported as being in this centre at the end of the month. Consequently, some young people will be counted in admissions for other centres for 30 to 31 March without having been recorded as discharged by St. Mary''s.

For 2007-08, young people using the emergency bed have been included for St. Mary''s Kenmure as they were not able to differentiate between emergency and non-emergency beds.

Kibble opened on 23 July 2007.

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