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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S4W-00118

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 31 May 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many compulsory redundancies have been made by each (a) university and (b) college in 2011.

Question reference: S4W-00117

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 May 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many compulsory redundancies have been made by organisations and institutions for which it provided funding (a) 2010 and (b) 2011, broken down by (i) organisation or institution, (ii) parliamentary region and (iii) parliamentary constituency.

There has been no compulsory redundancies in the Scottish Government, its agencies, NDPBs and non-ministerial departments during the period 2010-11. There is currently a no compulsory redundancy agreement in place for these organisations which runs up until 31 March 2012. There will, therefore, be no compulsory redundancies during this period. We do not hold information on other organisations.

Question reference: S4W-00119

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 31 May 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many compulsory redundancies have been proposed by each (a) university and (b) college for 2011-12.

Question reference: S4W-00123

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 31 May 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will bring forward measures to improve support for university students.

Question reference: S3W-40213

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2011
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.

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

Question reference: S3O-12956

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2011
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.

Question reference: S3W-38180

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2010
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.

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.

Question reference: S3W-38179

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2010
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.

Question reference: S3W-38178

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2010
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.

Question reference: S3W-38045

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2010
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