- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time higher education students were assessed as coming from single parent families in each of the last five years and when new statistics will be available.
Answer
Prior to the introduction of the new means testing arrangements at the beginning of the current academic year (2008-09), the income of a parent''s partner or of a step-parent (unless they had legally adopted a student) was not included in the assessment of student support. Therefore students would not need to supply details of such relationships. As a result it is not possible to say how many students came from single parent families.
From 2008-09 onwards the income of parents'' partners and step-parents who haven''t legally adopted the student will be included in support assessments and therefore it will be possible to look at how many students applying for income assessed support come from single parent families.
Statistics on higher education student support provided by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) in academic year 2008-09 will be available in November this year.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by NHS hospitals on courier or taxi transportation services for medical samples, products, equipment and documents, including blood products, medical products, samples for analysis, medical equipment, x-rays, patient records and other medical documents, in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board area and hospital.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time higher education students were assessed as being exempt from parental/spousal contribution and as income not declared/required in each of the last five years and when new statistics will be available.
Answer
The following table shows the number of full-time higher education students supported by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) in academic years 2003-04 to 2007-08 who were assessed as:
1. Income not declared/required, and
2. Exempt from parental spousal contribution.
The total number of full-time higher education students supported by SAAS is also shown.
| Academic Year | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
| Number of Students |
| Income not declared/required | 34,715 | 37,395 | 38,865 | 39,740 | 42,345 |
| Exempt from parental/spousal contribution | 19,785 | 18,060 | 17,765 | 18,990 | 18,865 |
| All full-time students receiving support | 121,020 | 119,745 | 120,400 | 121,200 | 121,775 |
Source: Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS).
Student numbers have been rounded up or down to the nearest five.
The income categories are based on residual benefactor income i.e. income after deductions allowed by SAAS have been subtracted.
Statistics on the assessed benefactor income of full-time students supported by SAAS in academic year 2008-09 will be available in November this year.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many instances of restraint of a child there have been in secure units for children in each of the last three years, broken down by institution.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not collect this information centrally.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Salmond on 12 March 2009
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government will take to address student hardship among those at university.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0312-01.htm
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) male and (b) female mortality rate was where alcohol was a contributory factor in each of the last five years, broken down by community health partnership area, and when it expects new statistics to be available.
Answer
The information requested is available in two tables, which are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47843).
In addition, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) does not routinely publish data on alcohol mortality by Community Health Partnerships (CHPs).
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) male and (b) female mortality rate was where alcohol was the underlying cause in each of the last five years, broken down by community health partnership area, and when it expects new statistics to be available.
Answer
The information requested is available in two tables, from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47842).
In addition, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) do not routinely publish data on alcohol mortality rates by Community Health Partnerships (CPHs).
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the discharge rate from general hospitals was for alcohol-related conditions in each year from 2003-04 to 2007-08, broken down by community health partnership, and when it expects new statistics to be published.
Answer
The information requested is given in two tables, copies of which are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47841).
In addition, the information requested for Community Health Partnerships (alcohol discharge rates) is not routinely published by Information Services Division (ISD).
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many publicly funded schools offered (a) higher and (b) advanced higher courses in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The available information is given in the following table.
| | Schools Presenting at Higher | Schools Presenting at Advanced Higher |
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Aberdeen City | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Aberdeenshire | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| Angus | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Argyll and Bute | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Clackmannanshire | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Dundee City | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| East Ayrshire | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| East Lothian | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| East Renfrewshire | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Edinburgh City of | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 |
| Eilean Siar | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Falkirk | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Fife | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Glasgow City | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 27 |
| Highland | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Inverclyde | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Midlothian | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Moray | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| North Ayrshire | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| North Lanarkshire | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 |
| Orkney Islands | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Perth and Kinross | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Renfrewshire | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Scottish Borders | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Shetland Islands | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| South Ayrshire | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| South Lanarkshire | 21 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
| Stirling | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| West Lothian | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the value of intra-UK exports from Scotland to be, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not available in the format requested.
Estimates of the value of intra-UK exports from Scotland are calculated from data collected via the Global Connections Survey. This survey does not collect data relating to the local authority area of the source of exports.
The most recent published statistics relating to intra-UK exports are taken from the Global Connections Survey for the year 2005. The value of intra-UK exports from Scotland in the year 2005 was estimated to be £41,515 million.
