- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) full-time equivalent lecturers, (b) other academic, (c) administrative and (d) other staff have been employed by each West College Scotland campus in each year since 2011.
Answer
West College Scotland was formed of 3 colleges; James Watt, Reid Kerr and Clydebank in 2013. 2014-15 is the first year for which the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) hold data on staffing at West College Scotland. The SFC report that the number of full-time equivalent lecturers in the year 2014-15 was 390 FTE; 404.9 FTE in the year 2015-16 and 400.2 FTE in 2016-17.
No data is yet available from the SFC for colleges in 2017-18, nor do the SFC hold data by staff type.
Separate data provided by West College Scotland provides data of other academic, administrative and ancillary staff
Category | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-7 |
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Administration and central services | 275 | 230 | 236 |
Premises | 53 | 66 | 68 |
Other expenditure | 38 | 43 | 43 |
Catering | 21 | 32 | 31 |
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many lecturers at each campus within West College Scotland received voluntary severance in each of the last four academic years.
Answer
The SFC has provided the following information in line with college figures produced for annual accounting purposes:
The total voluntary severance headcount taken-up by lecturers across all 3 campuses of West College Scotland was 15 in the year 2014 -15. The breakdown for each of the campuses is:
- Clydebank - 6
- Greenock - 3
- Paisley - 6.
No voluntary severance occurred in the years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017.
The total voluntary severance headcount taken-up by lecturers across all 3 campuses of West College Scotland was 10 in the year 2017 -18. The breakdown across each of the campuses being:
- Clydebank - 2
- Greenock - 4
- Paisley - 4.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many students there were in each West College Scotland campus in each year since 2011.
Answer
The number of enrolments in each West College Scotland (WCS) campus is as follows.
Enrolments at West College Scotland, 2010-11 – 2016-17
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Clydebank (previously Clydebank College) | 9,661 | 8,213 | 8,355 | 7,619 | 6,095 | 6,834 | 6,635 |
Greenock (previously James Watt College) | 15,504 | 14,113 | 13,181 | 11,258 | 5,193 | 4,402 | 4,499 |
Paisley
(previously Reid Kerr College) | 16,171 | 14,829 | 12,248 | 12,695 | 17,748 | 15,564 | 14,836 |
Total enrolments | 41,336 | 37,155 | 33,784 | 31,572 | 29,036 | 26,829 | 25,970 |
Source: Scottish Funding Council
NOTES:
1) Total enrolments include those with unknown campus.
2) West College Scotland is the regional college for West Scotland, and was formed from a merger of Clydebank College, James Watt College and Reid Kerr College in 2013.
3) Prior to the merger, James Watt College had additional campuses in Largs and Kilwinning. These were transferred to the new Ayrshire College during the merger and as such care should be taken when comparing across the time series.
4) Since the merger in 2013-14, most distance learning students at WCS have been allocated at the Paisley campus. This accounts for some of the changes in numbers at WCS campuses in that year.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met ScotRail and what issues were discussed.
Answer
I last met with the Managing Director of the ScotRail Alliance and some of his team on 6 November 2018 where we discussed a number of topics including ScotRail performance and the impending December 2018 timetable change.
My officials at Transport Scotland also meet regularly with ScotRail to discuss a range of issues.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 14 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to support the food and drink industry.
Answer
We continue to work with farmers, food producers and industry bodies to drive forward the Ambition 2030 food and drink strategy. Our new Programme for Government sets out a range of new measures to support the sector, building on the range of work that is already ongoing.
Indeed, direct investment and support to the food and drink sector in Scotland from the public sector across a range of areas including skills, education, research, industry development, standards and capital investment equates to approximately £100 million per annum.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what issues were discussed.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 24 October 2018
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 3 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Renfrewshire Council regarding the provision of childcare in the Paisley area.
Answer
The Scottish Government meets regularly with local authorities to discuss the delivery of the Early Learning and Childcare entitlement. These meetings can be through a number of routes, including one-to-one meetings or through engagement and working groups whose membership includes Scottish Government and local authorities.
Scottish Government officials have also been in contact with Renfrewshire Council in recent weeks regarding developments at Hillview Nursery in the Ferguslie Park area of Paisley.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 18 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the relevant collective agreements are in the engineering construction industry.
Answer
In the context of public procurement, the Statutory Guidance on Addressing Fair Work Practices including the Living Wage in Procurement, published in October 2015, states that we expect contractors who deliver public contracts to take a positive approach to their workforce and adopt policies which demonstrate how they comply with relevant employment, equality and health and safety law, human rights standards and adhere to relevant collective agreements. What may constitute a relevant collective agreement will be determined on a contract–by-contract basis, and the detail of any agreement would be a matter for the employer organisation and its recognised trade union(s). Where such a collective agreement exits, and covers those employees working on the contract, then that agreement will be relevant.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what decision it has made in relation to financial redress for survivors of pre-1964 cases of historic child abuse, and when this will be announced.
Answer
Following my statement to Parliament in November 2016, the InterAction Group established by SHRC and CELCIS began work to consult and engage on a potential financial compensation/redress scheme for victims/survivors of abuse in care in Scotland. Their recommendations, which I received on 5 September, cover all survivors of abuse in care in Scotland, including survivors of pre-64 cases of historic child abuse.
We will now give the recommendations early, detailed and sensitive consideration, and I will report back to Parliament in due course.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 13 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and what issues were discussed.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 13 September 2018
