- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Salmond on 12 March 2009
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government will take to address student hardship among those at university.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0312-01.htm
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many publicly funded schools offered (a) higher and (b) advanced higher courses in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The available information is given in the following table.
| | Schools Presenting at Higher | Schools Presenting at Advanced Higher |
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Aberdeen City | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Aberdeenshire | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| Angus | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Argyll and Bute | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Clackmannanshire | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Dundee City | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| East Ayrshire | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| East Lothian | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| East Renfrewshire | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Edinburgh City of | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 |
| Eilean Siar | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Falkirk | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Fife | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Glasgow City | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 27 |
| Highland | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Inverclyde | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Midlothian | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Moray | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| North Ayrshire | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| North Lanarkshire | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 |
| Orkney Islands | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Perth and Kinross | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Renfrewshire | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Scottish Borders | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Shetland Islands | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| South Ayrshire | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| South Lanarkshire | 21 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
| Stirling | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| West Lothian | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) male and (b) female mortality rate was where alcohol was a contributory factor in each of the last five years, broken down by community health partnership area, and when it expects new statistics to be available.
Answer
The information requested is available in two tables, which are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47843).
In addition, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) does not routinely publish data on alcohol mortality by Community Health Partnerships (CHPs).
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the discharge rate from general hospitals was for alcohol-related conditions in each year from 2003-04 to 2007-08, broken down by community health partnership, and when it expects new statistics to be published.
Answer
The information requested is given in two tables, copies of which are available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47841).
In addition, the information requested for Community Health Partnerships (alcohol discharge rates) is not routinely published by Information Services Division (ISD).
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) male and (b) female mortality rate was where alcohol was the underlying cause in each of the last five years, broken down by community health partnership area, and when it expects new statistics to be available.
Answer
The information requested is available in two tables, from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47842).
In addition, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) do not routinely publish data on alcohol mortality rates by Community Health Partnerships (CPHs).
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of any reallocations of discretionary funds that it has made for colleges or universities in 2008-09.
Answer
The in-year re-allocation of Higher Education Discretionary Funds for 2008-09 was as follows:
| Institution | Additional Amount Allocated |
| Ayr College | 20,000 |
| Barony College | 3,000 |
| Borders College | 7,250 |
| Cardonald College | 23,272.99 |
| Central College | 23,272.99 |
| Clydebank College | 23,272.99 |
| Cumbernauld College | 23,000 |
| Dumfries and Galloway College | 8,000 |
| Adam Smith College | 23,272.99 |
| James Watt College | 23,272.99 |
| Motherwell College | 23,272.99 |
| North Glasgow College | 23,272.99 |
| Oatridge College | 15,000 |
| Reid Kerr College | 23,272.99 |
| South Lanarkshire College | 10,240 |
| Stevenson College | 23,272.99 |
| Stow College | 23,272.99 |
| West Lothian College | 23,272.99 |
| University of Abertay Dundee | 23,272.99 |
| Glasgow Scholl of Art | 15,000 |
| St Andrews University | 15,000 |
| Stirling University | 23,272.99 |
| UHI | 23,272.99 |
| Glasgow Metropolitan College | 23,272.99 |
| Anniesland College | 10,000 |
| Elmwood College | 2,865 |
| Total | 478,449.85 |
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received requests for additional discretionary funds in the last 14 months from colleges, universities or the Scottish Funding Council and, if so, from whom and for how much.
Answer
The requests for additional Discretionary Funds in academic years 2007-08 and 2008-09 are shown in the following tables:
In-Year Re-Distribution 2007-08
| Institution | Additional Amount Requested (£) |
| Adam Smith College | 50,000.00 |
| Cumbernauld College | 20,000.00 |
| Cardonald College | 20,000.00 |
| Napier University | 40,000.00 |
| Motherwell College | 70,000.00 |
| GCNS | 5,000.00 |
| James Watt College | 90,000.00 |
| University of Abertay Dundee | 21,000.00 |
| Stevenson college | 43,207.00 |
| Ayr College | 10,000.00 |
| Borders College | 10,000.00 |
| Central College of Commerce | 100,000.00 |
| Oatridge College | 12,000.00 |
| Angus College | 40,000.00 |
| Glasgow School of Art | 10,000.00 |
| Scottish Agricultural College | 10,000.00 |
| Forth Valley College | 156,875.00 |
| South Lanarkshire College | 240,000.00 |
| Coatbridge College | 15,000.00 |
| John Wheatley College | 6,000.00 |
| UHI | 40,000.00 |
| Dundee College | 70,000.00 |
| North Glasgow College | 30,000.00 |
In-Year Re-Distribution 2008-09
| Institution | Additional Amount Requested (£) |
| Ayr College | 20,000 |
| Barony College | 3,000 |
| Borders College | 7,250 |
| Cardonald College | 30,500 |
| Central College | 89,000 |
| Clydebank College | 40,000 |
| Cumbernauld College | 23,000 |
| Dumfries and Galloway College | 8,000 |
| Adam Smith College | 35,000 |
| James Watt College | 120,630 |
| Motherwell College | 27,869 |
| North Glasgow College | 60,000 |
| Oatridge College | 15,000 |
| Reid Kerr College | 30,000 |
| South Lanarkshire College | 10,240 |
| Stevenson College | 34,748 |
| Stow College | 123,000 |
| West Lothian College | 26,000 |
| University of Abertay Dundee | 48,000 |
| Glasgow Scholl of Art | 15,000 |
| St Andrews University | 15,000 |
| Stirling University | 25,000 |
| UHI | 40,000 |
| Glasgow Metropolitan College | 23,398 |
| Anniesland College | 10,000 |
| Elmwood College | 2,865 |
| Total | 882,500 |
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much discretionary funding has been provided to higher education and further education institutions in the 2008-09 academic year, broken down by type and institution.
Answer
The full list of allocations for the Higher Education Discretionary Funds, provided to colleges and universities, is available on the Student Award Agency for Scotland (SAAS) website at
http://www.saas.gov.uk/student_support/other_funding.htm#discretionary.
In addition to this, information on which institutions have received further funds as part of the in-year re-distribution process can be found in the answer to question S3W-21493 on 6 March 2009. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
Information on discretionary fund allocations to colleges for further education students is not held by the Scottish Government and can be obtained from the Scottish Funding Council.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the value of intra-UK exports from Scotland to be, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not available in the format requested.
Estimates of the value of intra-UK exports from Scotland are calculated from data collected via the Global Connections Survey. This survey does not collect data relating to the local authority area of the source of exports.
The most recent published statistics relating to intra-UK exports are taken from the Global Connections Survey for the year 2005. The value of intra-UK exports from Scotland in the year 2005 was estimated to be £41,515 million.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the value of international exports from Scotland to be, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
This information is not available in the format requested.
Estimates of the value of international exports from Scotland are calculated from data collected via the Global Connections Survey. This survey does not collect data relating to the local authority area of the source of exports.
The most recent published statistics relating to international exports are taken from the Global Connections Survey for the year 2007. The value of international exports from Scotland in the year 2007 was estimated to be £20,630 million.
