- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 29 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of additional classrooms required to meet the targets set for class si'e reduction.
Answer
Any needfor additional classrooms in particular schools, will be influenced by issuessuch as local school occupancy levels, future pupil numbers and effectivenessof timetabling. It is for education authorities to consider these issues in thefirst instance.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 19 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its initiatives have necessitated additions to initial teacher education programmes in each year since 1999.
Answer
These figures are not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many single pupil exclusions there have been that lasted for over one academic year in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. The Executive is revising data collection to gain wider informationfrom 2003-04. From 2004-05 data will be available on the length of exclusions.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 13 January 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many excluded pupils were provided with school education in (a) another school managed by the same education authority, (b) another school outwith the same education authority where the managers were willing to receive the pupil and (c) a setting outwith school, in each year since 1999.
Answer
This informationis not held centrally. For 2003-04 onwards, the Executive is collecting a widerset of data on exclusions, including the location of alternative educationprovision for excluded pupils.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community-based out-of-school sex education programmes have been set up in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 15 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines there are regarding the amount of time allocated for each gender to receive sex education in separate classes in schools.
Answer
The guidelines for sex educationare contained within the Health Education 5–14 National Guidelines. Theseguidelines offer a framework within which education authorities and schoolsshould develop their programmes and do not stipulate either the amount of time whichshould be allocated or whether there should be separate classes. These aredecisions for education authorities. This is because in Scotlandthere is no statutory curriculum and the responsibility for its management anddelivery lies with education authorities.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 15 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of time was before (a) temporarily and (b) permanently excluded pupils received any form of education in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. For 2003-04 onwards, the Executive is collecting a wider set of dataon exclusions, including the number of days during which no suitablealternative education is provided, and the nature of the education provision.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 15 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many excluded pupils have been provided with alternative education that was not sufficient to meet their educational needs in each year since 1999.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. For 2003-04 onwards, the Executive is collecting a wider set of dataon exclusions, including the nature of the education provision during a periodof exclusion.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 15 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average time has been for education authorities to find alternative education for excluded pupils in each year since 1999, broken down by education authority area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally. For 2003-04 onwards, the Executive is collecting a wider set of dataon exclusions, including the number of days during which no suitable alternativeeducation is provided.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, within each children's services planning area, services are led jointly by a senior member of the relevant council and a senior figure from the NHS, as referred to in Action Point 1 of For Scotland's Children.
Answer
All areas now have in placelocal arrangements for planning joint services for children and young people.These should involve not only the council and NHS, but other relevantinterests, including, the police, Scottish Children’s Reporter Administrationand voluntary sector. We are revising the guidance to local agencies onchildren’s services planning and will issue this next year ahead of the nextround of children’s services plans. The guidance is being developed in light ofexperience since publication of For Scotland’s Children, and will re-emphasisethe agenda it set.
Every NHS board has adesignated Child Health Commissioner to work closely with other agencies toaddress the needs of children.
