- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-03568 by John Swinney on 8 November 2011, how the Early Years and Early Intervention Change Fund will be divided across each (a) portfolio and (b) year of the current spending review period.
Answer
The final breakdowns across portfolios and over time will be subject to local decisions between delivery partners.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Early Years and Early Intervention Change Fund will be allocated, broken down by budget line.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-04325 on 16 December 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 15 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the revised pay and conditions agreed by the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers in May 2011 has had on the availability of short-term supply teachers to schools in each local autthority and how it has monitored this.
Answer
The Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) is committed to monitoring the implementation of all aspects of the agreement, including short-term supply, and the Scottish Government will play its full part in that through our representation on the Committee.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 15 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be an increase in the number of places on the teacher induction scheme for 2012-13 to address any supply teacher shortages.
Answer
The number of probationer teachers joining the 2012-13 teacher induction scheme will depend on the number of students graduating from one year and four year initial teacher education courses in summer 2012 which were entered by students at an earlier date and not from decisions still to be made.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 15 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to address the shortage of short-term supply teachers, as reported in TES Scotland on 11 November 2011.
Answer
All matters relating to teacher supply and demand are taken into account in the Scottish Government’s annual teacher workforce planning exercise.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 15 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether teacher workforce plans for 2012-13 will take account of any supply teacher shortage.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s annual teacher workforce planning exercise takes account of all available evidence relating to teacher supply and demand.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Housing and Transport last met with senior officials from ScotRail.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2011
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy will next meet NHS Fife.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2011
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 15 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with the University of St Andrews and Fife Council about plans to replace Madras College with a single-site secondary school.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 15 September 2011
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with the Fire Brigades Union in Scotland.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2011