- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 31 May 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish proposals on addressing the university funding gap.
Answer
We will bring forward such proposals in due course.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pre-registration student nurse and midwifery intake training places there will be at each higher education institution in 2011-12, also broken down by (a) adult nursing, (b) mental health nursing, (c) learning disability nursing, (d) children’s nursing and (e) midwifery.
Answer
Pre-registration student nurse and midwifery programme training places for 2011-12 are as detailed in the following table:
| | University of Dundee | Glasgow Caledonian University | Edinburgh Napier University | Robert Gordon University | University of Stirling | University of the West of Scotland |
| Adult | 291 | 308 | 368 | 182 | 235 | 534 |
| Child | 32 | 60 | 75 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Mental Health | 56 | 60 | 60 | 30 | 72 | 121 |
| Learning Disability | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midwifery | 11 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 31 |
| Total 2011-12 intakes. | 390 | 469 | 553 | 261 | 321 | 686 |
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 10 February 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve the A92 around Glenrothes.
Answer
As the then Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change indicated in his answer to the member''s question on 23 September 2010, in the last three years, we have invested over £1.8 million on maintenance and safety improvements on the A92 trunk road between Glenrothes and the Tay Road Bridge. This year we plan to spend over £1 million on this section of the A92.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 21 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what projections it has made regarding future funding settlements for colleges and universities.
Answer
The Scottish Government has announced its intention to take forward a spending review that will conclude in September 2011 and will set out detailed budgets for the period to 2014-15. This will be informed by the recommendations of the commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services and the outcomes of the government''s consultation on the future of Scottish Higher Education. Ahead of that, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth confirmed in his statement to the Parliament on 8 December 2010 that the government will publish in January illustrative figures for public spending in the years up to 2014-15.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it has of the legality of the business rates measures announced in the draft budget for 2011-12.
Answer
The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 provides the legal basis for Ministers to set the amount of non-domestic rates including powers to make different provision for different classes of non-domestic property.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive at what level the business rates for out-of-town retail parks announced in the draft budget for 2011-12 are to be set.
Answer
The Non-Domestic Rates (Levying) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2010 were laid in Parliament on 9 December 2010. These regulations set out the stepped levels of business rates that will apply to the largest retail properties in Scotland with a rateable value over £750,000.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 9 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have received council tax discounts in 2010 for the installation of energy efficiency or micro-generation measures broken down by local authority
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 9 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities offer council tax discounts for the installation of energy efficiency or microgeneration measures
Answer
The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 places a duty on individual local authorities to introduce a discount scheme for council tax for those who make their homes more energy efficient. The Scottish Government has no formal role in overseeing the introduction of such schemes, but we have been working with COSLA, local authorities, the energy companies and some other interested parties to support implementation. From the latest information we hold, we understand that all 32 local authorities will each have a scheme in place for the start of the 2011-12 financial year.
The Scottish Government also provided a small amount of funding to allow COSLA and the Improvement Service to commission a review of energy efficient council schemes in Scotland. The review has been completed and a copy of review report has been placed in Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 51226). The report states that, as at the date of publication, 15 local authorities have a scheme in place, 11 have plans which are at an advanced stage and the six remaining authorities are planning to introduce schemes for the start of the 2011-12 financial year.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated cost of cancelled operations has been to the NHS in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The information is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 25 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish the findings of its review of Educational Maintenance Allowance.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth announced in the draft budget statement on 17 November 2010 plans to continue the Education Maintenance Allowance scheme, consistent with the Scottish Government''s commitment to support the least well off students in Scotland and open up opportunities for poorer families.
