- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the £10 million for college funding announced on 6 February 2013 is new money or is found from (a) underspend, (b) resource consequentials or (c) another source.
Answer
The additional £10 million of funding for colleges is new money whose source is Barnett consequentials.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government where the £10 million for college funding announced on 6 February 2013 will be allocated.
Answer
The Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council will work with Colleges Scotland and NUS Scotland to set priorities for this additional investment. Further information will be available in due course.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government for what purpose the £10 million for college funding announced on 6 February 2013 is intended.
Answer
The Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council will work with Colleges Scotland and NUS Scotland to set priorities for this additional investment. Further information will be available in due course.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when the teaching grant funding for colleges for 2013-14 will be confirmed.
Answer
Matters relating to the funding of individual colleges fall within the responsibility of the Scottish Funding Council. I have asked its chief executive to write to the member.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will carry out a review of arrests made during the 1984-85 miners' strike.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2013
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 27 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £24 million to be transferred to Skills Development Scotland in 2013-14 as part of the Employability Fund has been allocated to colleges.
Answer
In 2013-14, £24 million of the £52 million Employability Fund will be ring-fenced for the college sector. Of this, £6 million will be administered by Skills Development Scotland. SDS started procurement for the Employability Fund through Public Contracts Scotland on 17 December 2012. Assessment of the bids is now underway.
To provide stability for the college sector, £18 million will be administered by the Scottish Funding Council in 2013-14 and allocated to colleges pro rata to their current funding.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 27 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what progress Skills Development Scotland has made toward delivering the target of 5,800 new college places in 2012-13.
Answer
This question relates to the operational responsibilities of Skills Development Scotland. I will ask its chief executive to respond.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 27 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) Skills Development Scotland (SDS), (b) the Scottish Funding Council and (c) colleges regarding SDS providing college places in the future.
Answer
Officials liaise regularly with Skills Development Scotland, the Scottish Funding Council and college representatives about a range of issues, including SDS-funded college provision. We will continue to engage as the Employability Fund develops in future years.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 27 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent places or how much learning activity will be delivered by the planned 5,800 new college places to be provided by Skills Development Scotland in 2012-13.
Answer
The New College Learning Programme is an entirely new approach to the provision of effective and appropriate learning opportunities for young people which lead to a job or progression in learning. Each opportunity will deliver 192 hours of college learning and 192 hours of work experience.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether claimants who are allocated goods from the Scottish Welfare Fund will be provided with tokens or vouchers to purchase those goods.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-12763 on 25 February 2013. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.