- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Tripartite Advisory Group on universities will look at comparing funding for student support, including discretionary funds, across the United Kingdom.
Answer
The agreed remit for the Tripartite Advisory Group (TAG) is available on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/UniversitiesColleges/16640/hetaskforce/TripartiteToR.
It does not include looking at comparative funding for student support or discretionary funds.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will include student organisations and other stakeholders not on the Tripartite Advisory Group on universities in its work to compare university sector funding levels across the United Kingdom.
Answer
The first meeting of the Tripartite Advisory Group (TAG) agreed to set up a technical sub-group to support TAG''s work on comparative funding. To keep the sub-group to a manageable number, TAG agreed the sub-group would comprise some six to 10 members drawn from the three TAG members (the Scottish Government, the Scottish Funding Council and Universities Scotland).
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it, or its agencies, has or will undertake a feasibility study into the impact on local businesses of a proposed new supermarket in Perth.
Answer
No feasibility study has been undertaken, however, in the event of a planning application being made, the impact of a supermarket on existing shops would be one of a number of considerations taken into account by the planning authority in reaching a decision.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 30 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it will give to Perthshire golf clubs to capitalise on the Ryder Cup coming to Gleneagles in 2014.
Answer
All Scottish Government funding for the development of sport is routed through sportscotland.
Sportscotland operates a number of funding programmes, such as Awards for All and the Sports Facilities Fund, to which individual golf clubs are eligible to apply.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs have been relocated from Edinburgh to each local authority area in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Scottish Government relocation and asset management policy is aimed at ensuring the best use of the existing government estate, providing the best value for money for the Scottish Government as a whole, and maintaining or improving operational effectiveness. This approach means that relocation is an option that will be pursued following a rigorous and transparent process that shows there are efficiencies for Scotland and that the move provides best possible value for money. Opportunities for relocation continue to be assessed.
Details of the decisions on relocation can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/finance/papers-06/fip06-32.pdf.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many secondary schools have had occupancy rates of 101% or more in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
Statistics on school capacity, by local authority, are published in
School Estate Statistics available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/PubSchooEstates.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which secondary schools in Perth and Kinross have had occupancy rates of 101% or more in the most recent year for which information is available.
Answer
In the 2008 collection of school estate core facts, the school roll of the following secondary schools in Perth and Kinross was 100% or more than capacity:
Crieff High;
Kinross High;
Perth High, and
St Columba''s High.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which primary schools in Perth and Kinross have had occupancy rates of 101% or more in the most recent year for which information is available.
Answer
In the 2008 collection of school estate core facts, the school roll of the following primary schools in Perth and Kinross was 100% or more than capacity:
Abernethy;
Caledonian Road;
Craigie;
Murthly;
St Dominic''s, and
St John''s.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which secondary schools in Angus have had occupancy rates of 101% or more in the most recent year for which information is available.
Answer
In the 2008 collection of school estate core facts, the school roll of Webster''s High Secondary school in Angus was 100% or more than capacity.
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which primary schools in Angus have had occupancy rates of 101% or more in the most recent year for which information is available.
Answer
In the 2008 collection of school estate core facts, the school roll of Liff Primary school in Angus was 100% or more than capacity.
