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Question reference: S2W-14293

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 March 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish people won world and international medals in each of the last three years, which medals were won and for what disciplines.

The table sets out thenumber of Scottish people who have won medals at senior level in the Olympic,Paralympic and Commonwealth Games and in World and European competitions ineach of the last three years. Given that some Scots will have won medals inmore than one of these years, the total for the three years is not the sum of the three.

Sport (2002)	Number of Scottish Medallists	Total Medals Won	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Aquatics	3	7	1	4	2
Athletics	3	4		1	3
Badminton	12	12			12
Bowls	9	9	9
Boxing	3	3	1		2
Curling	15	15	10		5
Cycling	4	7	3		4
Disabled Athletics	1	1		1
Disabled Curling	5	5			5
Gymnastics	2	2	1		1
Judo	11	14	1	6	7
Shooting	4	4		3	1
Snooker	1	1		1
Squash	4	4		4
Tug of War	8	8		8
Weightlifting	1	1			1
Total for 2002	86	97	26	28	43

Sport (2003)	Number of Scottish Medallists	Total Medals Won	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Aquatics	3	5	2	3
Archery	1	1			1
Athletics	5	7	5	1	1
Bowls	1	1		1
Boxing	2	2	2
Canoeing	1	1		1
Curling	9	9	5	4
Cycling	3	4	2		2
Disabled Athletics	3	5	4	1
Football	5	5		5
Golf	6	6	6
Orienteering	1	2	1		1
Rowing	1	1	1
Snowsport	3	6	1	1	4
Triathlon	2	2	1	1
Water Skiing	1	1			1
Total for 2003	47	58	30	18	10

Sport (2004)	Number of Scottish Medallists	Total Medals Won	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Athletics	1	1			1
Bowls	10	11	6	4	1
Boxing	4	5	5
Canoeing	2	5		3	2
Cycling	3	10	7		3
Disabled Aquatics	7	19	6	11	2
Disabled Athletics	1	1			1
Disabled Bowling	5	8	2	3	3
Disabled Curling	5	5	5
Disabled Cycling	1	2	1	1
Disabled Shooting	1	1	1
Golf	7	10	6	2	2
Judo	1	2		1	1
Lacrosse	39	39		16	23
Rowing	1	4	1	2	1
Sailing	1	1	1
Snooker	1	1		1
Snowsport	4	4	2	1	1
Squash	1	2	1	1
Triathlon	1	1		1
Tug of War	24	24	16	8
Total for 2004	120	156	60	55	41

Question reference: S2W-14310

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 March 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what its strategy is to promote the work of Scottish painters internationally.

The Scottish Executive aims to ensure that Scottish artistic talent receives both national and international recognition. Our policy in this area is delivered principally by the Scottish Arts Council (SAC).

The SAC’s Visual Arts Department has supported a number of projects which involve international working, funding artists to work and exhibit abroad. The table details the level of SAC activity in this area in recent years:

Visual Arts International Activity

	2002	2003	2004
Total Number of Projects	38	48	89
Total Investment	£70,533	£126,842	£106,059

A high profile initiative in this period was the presentation of the first independent Scottish showcase at the 2003 Venice Biennale, one of the most significant events in the international calendar for cutting-edge contemporary art. There will also be a Scottish showcase at the 2005 Venice Biennale, presented by the SAC, the British Council Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland.

In addition, the SAC is working in partnership with the British Council Scotland on some international initiatives and has created a shared post of head of international arts. Through this post the two organisations are developing an International Arts Strategy which it is hoped will be launched in the next few months.

Question reference: S2W-14306

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 March 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to extend Social Inclusion Partnerships' arts projects in each of the next three years and, if so, which organisations have applied for this support.

Question reference: S2W-14305

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 March 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have taken part in Social Inclusion Partnerships' arts projects in each of the last three years.

The Executive’s culturalagency, the Scottish Arts Council, does not hold data of this description. the answer to S2W-14304 answered 1 March 2005, refers to the number of SocialInclusion Partnership arts projects which participated in the Scottish ArtsCouncil’s Social Inclusion scheme. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S2W-14304

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 March 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive which Social Inclusion Partnerships' arts projects are supported under the Scottish Art Council's social inclusion scheme, broken down by local authority area.

A breakdown of SIP arts projectsacross local authority areas supported by the Scottish Arts Council’s Arts and SocialInclusion Scheme is listed below.

Scottish Arts Council SocialInclusion Scheme Grants

Project	Award
Alloa South And East SIP	45,283
Ballochgoy Social Inclusion Partnership - Step-Up Project	22,750
Blantyre and North Hamilton Social Inclusion Partnership	88,574
Clackmannanshire Strategic Alliance SIP	10,000
Glasgow Alliance - Big Step Care Leavers	64,617
Glasgow Alliance - East End Social Inclusion Partnership	3,300
Glasgow Alliance - Greater Easterhouse	150,000
Glasgow Alliance - Greater Govan SIP	70,000
Glasgow Alliance - Greater Pollock SIP	55,000
Glasgow Alliance - North Glasgow SIP	76,650
Gorbals Arts Strategy Group	55,189
Great Northern SIP (GNP)	20,000
Highlands and Islands Social Inclusion Partnership	39,340
Levern Valley Partnership	9,394
Paisley Partnership Regeneration Company	91,319
Penilee Social Inclusion Partnership (Glasgow)	13,400
Scottish Borders Social Inclusion Partnership	15,300
South Edinburgh Partnership	21,010
Tranent Social Inclusion Partnership	104,343
West Dunbartonshire Partnership	110,000
West Lothian Social Inclusion Partnership	15,955
Total	1,081,424

Question reference: S2W-14352

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many students completed physical education teaching courses in each of the last five years.

The table below shows the numbers of graduates from physical education teacher training courses for the years 1998-99 to 2002-03 (the most recent year for which data are available at present).

Teacher Training Graduates in Secondary Level Physical Education 1998-99 to 2002-03

Year	Graduates^1,2
1998-99	60
1999-2000	65
2000-01	60
2001-02	100
2002-03	95

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency.

Notes:

1. All numbers have been rounded to the nearest five.

2. Includes Bachelor of Education (BEd) and Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) graduates from Scottish higher education institutions.

Question reference: S2W-14353

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 23 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified physical education teachers have been in post in primary schools in each of the last three years.

The available information from the 2003 Teacher Census shows there are 92 full-time equivalent (FTE) primary teachers with physical education as their main subject taught and 9 with it as their other subject.

The previous teacher census was in 1998. The census is now being carried out annually. Comparative figures between 2003-04 and 2004-05 will not be available until the results of the 2004 census are published later this year.

Question reference: S2W-14320

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 23 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions with the Ambassador Theatre Group in connection with the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.

Question reference: S2W-14354

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 23 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified physical education teachers will be in post in primary schools in each of the next three years.

Question reference: S2W-14294

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2005
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 22 February 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many primary schools have provided at least two hours of high-quality physical education by a qualified teacher in each of the last three years and how many schools expect to provide such education in each of the next three years.