- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 17 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many disabled people have taken part in the modern apprenticeship programme in each of the last five years.
Answer
The numbers of people who have started a Modern Apprenticeship and declared a disability in the last five years is as follows:
2014-15 - 103
2013-14 - 92
2012-13 - 63
2011-12 - 74
2010-11 - 60
Other Modern Apprentices may have a disability but have chosen not to declare it.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 17 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with a visual impairment have taken part in the modern apprenticeship programme in each of the last five years.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Skills Development Scotland (SDS). I will ask the Chief Executive of SDS to write to you regarding the information you have requested.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 13 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government which schools in West Lothian are being given support by the Attainment Scotland Fund schools programme; how much support they are receiving; what criteria were used for selecting them, and what support the programme can provide to the schools that were not chosen but were close to the selected schools in the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation rankings.
Answer
The schools in West Lothian involved in the Attainment Scotland Fund Schools Programme are Bridgend Primary School and St Thomas Primary School. We are currently reviewing their improvement plans and once finalised their funding allocation will be made available. The schools were selected on the basis that over 70% of their pupils live in the 20% most deprived data zones in Scotland (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation).
The Scottish Attainment Challenge provides both the targeted support made through the Attainment Scotland Fund and universal support available across Scotland. This includes an attainment advisor, who will work collaboratively alongside local authority staff on agreed priorities, a national hub, which provides a virtual centre of educational expertise and incorporates a range of features to build collaborative learning and engage leaders and practitioners.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 12 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many posts in Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd attract a recruitment and retention allowance or other market-based pay supplement and whether it will provide a breakdown of staff in these posts by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) geographical area.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 12 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how much Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd pays in recruitment and retention allowances or similar market-based pay supplements.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
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Current Status:
Withdrawn
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 10 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has not provided financial support to the Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian for 2015-16.
Answer
Following the commissioning of a report into the operation of the West Lothian Third Sector Interfaces, we have been working with the gateway to address a number of issues. Whilst that process has been ongoing no Scottish Government funding has been provided for 2015-16.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 10 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the independent report that it has commissioned into the Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian.
Answer
The Scottish Government has been actively engaging with the West Lothian Voluntary Sector Gateway to seek to address a number of matters, and a report was commissioned earlier in 2015 into the operation of Voluntary Sector Gateway. Whilst the process is on-going and whilst the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is considering matters relating to the charity, the report cannot be made publicly available.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 10 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has provided to the Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian over the last three years.
Answer
West Lothian Voluntary Sector Gateway has been granted the following funding from Scottish Government Third Sector Unit:
2012-13 – £187,200
2013-14 – £187,200
2014-15 – £187,200
No funding has been advanced to date for 2015-16.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 10 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the investigation by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator into the Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian.
Answer
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is part of the Scottish Administration, however it is not under the control of Scottish Ministers. As such it would not be appropriate for the Scottish Government to comment on what is an operational matter for OSCR.