- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of the ratio of computers of less than four years old to pupils in special schools, discounting those that are used mainly for administration purposes.
Answer
This information will be available when the detailed results of the 1999 School Census are published in July 2000.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects all pupils in primary schools to have their own e-mail address.
Answer
The target set our in Making it work together: a programme for government is that there should be an e-mail address for every school child by 2002.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects all special schools to have access to the Internet for World Wide Web use.
Answer
Scottish local authorities are working towards the target of having all schools connected to the Internet by 2002.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects all pupils in secondary schools to have their own e-mail address.
Answer
The target set in Making it work together: a programme for government is that there should be an e-mail address for every school child by 2002.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends to take in relation to the findings of the recently published report Detailed results of the October 1999 School Survey of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Answer
An extensive programme involving expenditure of over £100 million is already under way to develop Information and Communications Technology in Scottish schools. This survey is one of a number of measures that provide useful baseline information against which to track progress.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects all pre-school centres to have access to the Internet for World Wide Web use.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not established any targets for pre-school centres to have access to the Internet.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of the ratio of computers of less than four years old to pupils in secondary schools, discounting those that are used mainly for administration purposes.
Answer
This information will be available when the detailed results of the 1999 School Census are published in July 2000.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive the report of the McCrone Committee of Inquiry into the professional conditions of teachers.
Answer
31 May.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a statement about the findings of the recently published report Road Accidents and Children Living in Disadvantaged Areas.
Answer
The review is useful to help explain the ways in which the social and physical environment can contribute to higher child pedestrian casualty rates. The Scottish Executive will take the study's findings into account when targeting road safety campaigns for disadvantaged areas. This will help us to make progress towards meeting our target for a reduction of 50% in the number of child road deaths and serious injuries by 2010.
Copies of the report Road Accidents and Children Living in Disadvantaged Areas: A Literature Review have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 23 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve child safety awareness, particularly for children living in disadvantaged areas.
Answer
The Scottish Executive will continue to fund the operation of the Children's Traffic Club in Scotland to ensure that road safety education is available free to all three and four year old children in Scotland. Research published last year found that the club was having a positive effect on both the members and their carers.
The format of the Children's Traffic Club in Scotland is being revised. Changes are being made to the number, frequency and content of books sent to members with the aim of encouraging greater use of the materials, particularly by members and carers from lower socio-economic groups.
