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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-05987

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 14 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has paid to the Scottish Inter-Faith Council in each year since 1999.

The ScottishInterfaith Council has received funding from the Scottish Government in eachyear since 1999 as detailed in the following table.

Year	Funding
1999-2000	Nil
2000-01	Nil
2001-02	Nil
2002-03	£34,000
2003-04	£62,090
2004-05	£113,310
2005-06	£117,125.15
2006-07	£186,747
Total	£513,272.15

Question reference: S3W-05988

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 14 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has paid to Stonewall in each year since 1999.

The Scottish Governmenthas not given core funding to Stonewall Scotland, nor does it fund campaigning activity. Grant Funding awarded toStonewall Scotland has been time limited project funding for specific pieces ofwork relating mainly to inclusion in health and housing, and for mainstreamingequality into public services.

The grant fundingawarded to Stonewall Scotland in each year since 1999 is as follows:

Year	Stonewall Scotland
1999-2000	Nil
2000-01	Nil
2001-02	£86,917.66
2002-03	£95,537.84
2003-04	£103,417.66
2004-05	£130,981.00
2005-06	£209,438.80
2006-07	£220,600.00
Total	£846,892.96

Question reference: S3W-05986

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2007
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 14 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has paid to Caledonia Youth in each year since 1999.

Caledonia Youth has received funding from the Scottish Government in each year since 1999 as detailed in the following table.

Financial Year	Funding
1999-2000	£ 9,000
2000-01	£159,500
2001-02	£124,807
2002-03	£307,729
2003-04	£469,020
2004-05	£633,528
2005-06	£435,084
2006-07	£355,396

Question reference: S3W-05740

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Permanent Secretary was informed by the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change of his personal shareholdings, in particular his shareholding in ScottishPower/Iberdrola.

Question reference: S3W-05741

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Permanent Secretary was informed by the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism of his personal shareholdings.

Question reference: S3W-05293

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what safeguards there are to prevent the exposure of children to (a) political bias and (b) scientific inaccuracy or misrepresentation in the classroom.

Question reference: S3W-05295

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 8 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to review any safeguards that exist to prevent the exposure of children to (a) political bias and (b) scientific inaccuracy or misrepresentation in the classroom, following the ruling of Mr Justice Burton in the High Court in London concerning the showing of the film, An Inconvenient Truth, in English schools.

Question reference: S3W-05099

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28470 by Nicol Stephen on 28 November 2006, whether it still believes that the SNP proposals on student funding would cost £1.7 billion to implement and, if not, how much it now believes they will cost and whether it will publish the costings on which the then Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning based his statement on 14 September 2006 that these proposals would cost £1.7 billion (Official Report, c. 27508).

Question reference: S3W-05100

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28470 by Nicol Stephen on 28 November 2006, whether it stands by its statement that there are “estimated costs of around £150 million to replace loans with grants and around £1.6 billion to write off anticipated student loan liabilities” and, if not, what its reasons are for believing that these estimates are inaccurate and whether it will publish revised costings.

Question reference: S3W-05294

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 2 November 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the film, An Inconvenient Truth, and supporting materials were assessed against any safeguards that exist to prevent the exposure of children to (a) political bias and (b) scientific inaccuracy or misrepresentation in the classroom before they were sent to schools.

The responsibilityfor the management and delivery of the curriculum is a matter for education authoritiesand head teachers, or in the case of independent schools, the boards of governorsand head teachers. It is, therefore, for each individual school to decide whetherand if so how, to use the teaching resource developed by Learning and Teaching Scotlandto support pupils’ study of climate change which includes this film.

The prime intentionof the Climate Change Educational Resource, developed by Learning and Teaching Scotlandin conjunction with the Sustainable Development Education Liaison Group, is to encouragediscussion and debate for senior pupils (S5 to S6) on the local and internationalissues surrounding climate change, to raise awareness and stimulate debate.

It should be notedthat all registered teachers in Scotland are subjectto the terms of the revised Standard for Full Registration, published by the GeneralTeaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in September 2007, which puts in place a frameworkof reflective professional judgement and values combined with compliance with localauthority guidelines and policies. In serious individual instances of deliberatepolitical bias, or exposure of pupils to scientific inaccuracy or misrepresentation,matters could be addressed through existing disciplinary procedures at employerand/or regulatory level.

GTCS will be undertakinga full consultation on a new and wide-ranging Code of Professionalism and Conduct to be introduced in 2008.This will set out the key principles and professional standards for registered teachersin Scotland, embodies the need to comply with the Standardfor Full Registration and any future guidance issued by the GTC Scotland.