- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 17 January 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when materials on anti-bullying strategies will be made available to schools and whether it will provide further details of any in-school training to be provided.
Answer
Bullying is a serious matter and must be addressed quickly and firmly. The Scottish Executive is funding the national Anti-Bullying Network to help schools across Scotland share good practice in tackling bullying. The Network is currently making a range of materials on anti-bullying strategies available to schools and is providing in-school training and a consultancy service to support individual schools in developing effective anti-bullying strategies. The in-school training provided by Network staff is tailored to suit the particular needs of the schools involved.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 11 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what is its estimate of the total bill for outstanding repairs to Scotland's schools.
Answer
The overall management of their school building stock is a matter for individual education authorities. Detailed information of the kind requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 11 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what is its estimate of the total bill for outstanding repairs to Scotland's schools.
Answer
The overall management of their school building stock is a matter for individual education authorities. Detailed information of the kind requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 8 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools inspection reports have included coverage of progress in content and nutritional standards of school meals since the publication in 1996 of the Scottish Diet Action Plan.
Answer
Reports published by HM Inspectors of Schools do not comment on nutritional standards of school meals as a matter of course. The school inspection process informs general consideration of healthy eating issues, particularly in the context of health and nutrition education.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 4 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement by Sam Galbraith on 22 September 1999, when it intends to bring forward proposals to remove the statutory basis of the Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee.
Answer
We shall bring forward proposals at the first opportunity.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 4 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement by Sam Galbraith on 22 September 1999, when it intends to bring forward proposals to remove the statutory basis of the Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee.
Answer
We shall bring forward proposals at the first opportunity.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 2 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will estimate the per capita funding for infertility care provided to each Health Board in Scotland.
Answer
Information on the spending by Health Boards on infertility care is not held centrally. Each Health Board determines the resources to be made available for infertility care for patients resident in its area from within its general allocation.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 28 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the timescale for submissions to the McCrone inquiry into teachers' pay and conditions.
Answer
The timescale for submissions is a matter for the independent Committee of Inquiry.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 28 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the timescale for submissions to the McCrone inquiry into teachers' pay and conditions.
Answer
The timescale for submissions is a matter for the independent Committee of Inquiry.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 19 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will issue guidance to local authorities on the granting of consent to the withdrawal of children from school under section 35 (1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.
Answer
We have no current plans to issue guidance on that section of the legislation. We are supporting authorities in tackling non-attendance in a number of ways through sharing good practice and promoting a positive ethos in schools. Attendance is one of the key priorities of the Scottish Schools Ethos Network, which is funded by the Scottish Executive to support schools by sharing examples of good practice. We also published "Close to the Mark" in December 1997 which highlights examples of schools which have been successful in tackling non-attendance.
