- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2014
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take to improve public transport links to and from Renfrewshire.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2014
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 February 2014
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 18 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13054 by Derek Mackay on 5 March 2013, how many planning appeals in the (a) energy, (b) retail, (c) commercial property, (d) environmental waste management and (e) hotel, leisure and recreation sectors ministers have considered since February 2013 and with what outcome.
Answer
Planning appeal decisions in the period 14 February 2013 to 13 March 2014 are set out by sector in the following table:
| Appeals Decided | Number Allowed |
Energy | 103 | 41 |
Retail | 11 | 8 |
Commercial Property | 20 | 11 |
Environmental Waste Management | 2 | 1 |
Hotel, Leisure and Recreation | 19 | 10 |
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2014
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what so-called red lines an independent Scotland would set when negotiating membership of the EU.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2014
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2014
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 5 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what account the business case for the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme takes of the impact that construction work could have on passenger numbers.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 5 February 2014
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether the term "childcare" in its white paper on independence is to be read as "early learning and childcare".
Answer
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) breakfast and (b) after-school clubs have been organised by schools in each year since 2007, also broken down by local authority.
Answer
Information on the number of schools providing breakfast clubs was collected as part of the annual school meals survey until 2010. This information is published on the Scottish Government website in table 23 of the annual School Meals in Scotland publication. Please see following links to the relevant tables:
2007 data on breakfast clubs:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/04134749/26
2008 data on breakfast clubs:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/06/11134850/30
2009 data on breakfast clubs:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/06/22104701/30
2010 data on breakfast clubs:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/07/06095048/30
As a result of a consultation in September 2010, on school education statistics collections and publications, information on breakfast clubs is no longer collected. Information on after-school clubs is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) classroom assistants and (b) additional support for learning staff there have been in schools in each year since 2007, also broken down by local authority.
Answer
The number employed by each local authority is a decision for that authority alone. The information you requested on classroom assistants and additional support for learning staff is, however, provided in the following tables:
Number of classroom assistants (Full time equivalent) by local authority, 2007-2013
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Aberdeen City | 176 | 189 | 207 | 224 | 186 | 199 | 219 |
Aberdeenshire | 190 | 174 | 178 | 177 | 178 | 190 | 73 |
Angus | 133 | 136 | 121 | 128 | 115 | 122 | 126 |
Argyll and Bute | 115 | 95 | 93 | 94 | 81 | 99 | 75 |
Clackmannanshire | 63 | 62 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 78 | 85 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 143 | 128 | 133 | 95 | 76 | 77 | 75 |
Dundee City | 102 | 99 | 71 | 89 | 66 | 57 | 68 |
East Ayrshire | 288 | 219 | 190 | 215 | 208 | 224 | 209 |
East Dunbartonshire | 209 | 155 | 148 | 131 | 104 | 103 | 100 |
East Lothian | 50 | 47 | 45 | 47 | 49 | 48 | 50 |
East Renfrewshire | 70 | 86 | 79 | 86 | 141 | 106 | 103 |
Edinburgh, City of | 434 | 436 | 396 | 440 | 475 | 495 | 552 |
Eilean Siar | 32 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 19 |
Falkirk | 334 | 392 | 371 | 309 | 340 | 338 | 339 |
Fife | 215 | 222 | 181 | 200 | 196 | 179 | 156 |
Glasgow City | 718 | 735 | 694 | 648 | 828 | 1086 | 1077 |
Highland | 136 | 159 | 143 | 175 | 131 | 0 | 0 |
Inverclyde | 106 | 95 | 77 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 85 |
Midlothian | 180 | 103 | 116 | 121 | 111 | 109 | 120 |
Moray | 138 | 112 | 109 | 103 | 69 | 118 | 70 |
North Ayrshire | 300 | 329 | 338 | 313 | 291 | 299 | 300 |
North Lanarkshire | 400 | 393 | 388 | 367 | 379 | 373 | 371 |
Orkney Islands | 32 | 32 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
Perth and Kinross | 69 | 65 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 81 |
Renfrewshire | 258 | 228 | 244 | 191 | 115 | 140 | 109 |
Scottish Borders | 44 | 45 | 49 | 49 | 76 | 50 | 54 |
Shetland Islands | 18 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
South Ayrshire | 136 | 130 | 110 | 122 | 110 | 112 | 202 |
South Lanarkshire | 176 | 232 | 212 | 227 | 325 | 165 | 230 |
Stirling | 80 | 83 | 107 | 123 | 173 | 256 | 119 |
West Dunbartonshire | 234 | 216 | 227 | 184 | 219 | 154 | 120 |
West Lothian | 164 | 242 | 281 | 288 | 299 | 263 | 281 |
All local authorities | 5743 | 5687 | 5532 | 5430 | 5623 | 5666 | 5505 |
Number of additional support needs auxiliary or care assistants (Full time equivalent) by local authority, 2007-2013
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Aberdeen City | 331 | 361 | 278 | 273 | 215 | 211 | 207 |
Aberdeenshire | 528 | 572 | 540 | 565 | 524 | 513 | 673 |
Angus | 87 | 91 | 107 | 108 | 104 | 110 | 111 |
Argyll and Bute | 80 | 81 | 136 | 140 | 173 | 218 | 162 |
Clackmannanshire | 124 | 89 | 74 | 84 | 83 | 49 | 62 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 174 | 202 | 155 | 178 | 205 | 216 | 229 |
Dundee City | 93 | 122 | 161 | 139 | 229 | 162 | 355 |
East Ayrshire | 6 | 8 | 59 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 37 |
East Dunbartonshire | 225 | 202 | 195 | 195 | 191 | 207 | 202 |
East Lothian | 76 | 70 | 82 | 94 | 119 | 134 | 133 |
East Renfrewshire | 157 | 112 | 128 | 114 | 60 | 153 | 112 |
Edinburgh, City of | 262 | 156 | 195 | 194 | 161 | 116 | 122 |
Eilean Siar | 73 | 75 | 77 | 64 | 70 | 66 | 75 |
Falkirk | 116 | 102 | 104 | 147 | 103 | 111 | 95 |
Fife | 505 | 522 | 491 | 565 | 595 | 585 | 627 |
Glasgow City | 612 | 655 | 578 | 488 | 291 | 599 | 120 |
Highland | 378 | 370 | 460 | 541 | 509 | 638 | 669 |
Inverclyde | 164 | 155 | 154 | 135 | 140 | 141 | 136 |
Midlothian | 20 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 86 | 96 | 63 |
Moray | 199 | 210 | 196 | 171 | 223 | 305 | 461 |
North Ayrshire | 26 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
North Lanarkshire | 543 | 514 | 525 | 498 | 495 | 468 | 485 |
Orkney Islands | 11 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 42 | 46 | 56 |
Perth and Kinross | 185 | 178 | 243 | 198 | 218 | 219 | 257 |
Renfrewshire | 159 | 164 | 113 | 144 | 178 | 139 | 197 |
Scottish Borders | 149 | 150 | 167 | 157 | 146 | 162 | 152 |
Shetland Islands | 86 | 87 | 82 | 92 | 96 | 100 | 84 |
South Ayrshire | 120 | 125 | 114 | 120 | 130 | 121 | 66 |
South Lanarkshire | 267 | 242 | 246 | 241 | 212 | 340 | 298 |
Stirling | 64 | 113 | 89 | 75 | 157 | 59 | 68 |
West Dunbartonshire | 44 | 59 | 39 | 71 | 42 | 122 | 121 |
West Lothian | 163 | 171 | 128 | 80 | 27 | 72 | 88 |
All local authorities | 6024 | 6047 | 5991 | 6016 | 5863 | 6494 | 6522 |
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) librarians and (b) science technicians there have been in schools in each year since 2007, also broken down by local authority.
Answer
The number employed by each local authority is a decision for that authority alone. The information you requested on librarians and science technicians is, however provided in the following tables:
Number of library staff (Full time equivalent) by local authority, 2007-2013:
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Aberdeen City | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
Aberdeenshire | 18 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
Angus | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Argyll and Bute | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Clackmannanshire | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
Dundee City | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 9 | 9 |
East Ayrshire | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
East Dunbartonshire | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
East Lothian | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
East Renfrewshire | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Edinburgh, City of | 24 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 22 |
Eilean Siar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Falkirk | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Fife | 22 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 17 |
Glasgow City | 28 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Highland | 17 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 0 |
Inverclyde | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Midlothian | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Moray | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
North Ayrshire | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
North Lanarkshire | 25 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
Orkney Islands | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Perth and Kinross | 18 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
Renfrewshire | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
Scottish Borders | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Shetland Islands | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
South Ayrshire | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
South Lanarkshire | 16 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
Stirling | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
West Dunbartonshire | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
West Lothian | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
All local authorities | 355 | 346 | 347 | 342 | 341 | 288 | 268 |
Number of Technicians (Full time equivalent) by local authority, 2007-2013:
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Aberdeen City | 63 | 79 | 78 | 68 | 63 | 63 | 59 |
Aberdeenshire | 116 | 115 | 86 | 93 | 93 | 89 | 75 |
Angus | 27 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
Argyll and Bute | 23 | 21 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 29 |
Clackmannanshire | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 50 | 51 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 45 |
Dundee City | 22 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 57 | 20 | 18 |
East Ayrshire | 32 | 30 | 34 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
East Dunbartonshire | 39 | 46 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 38 |
East Lothian | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 |
East Renfrewshire | 27 | 28 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 31 |
Edinburgh, City of | 48 | 42 | 58 | 52 | 55 | 49 | 56 |
Eilean Siar | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Falkirk | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 30 |
Fife | 89 | 89 | 87 | 81 | 64 | 68 | 66 |
Glasgow City | 111 | 118 | 117 | 100 | 79 | 93 | 101 |
Highland | 39 | 45 | 54 | 48 | 36 | 40 | 39 |
Inverclyde | 25 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 13 |
Midlothian | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Moray | 37 | 38 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 35 | 35 |
North Ayrshire | 38 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 33 | 35 |
North Lanarkshire | 101 | 98 | 98 | 101 | 98 | 100 | 84 |
Orkney Islands | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Perth and Kinross | 26 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 28 |
Renfrewshire | 31 | 26 | 32 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 28 |
Scottish Borders | 26 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Shetland Islands | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
South Ayrshire | 31 | 29 | 28 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 31 |
South Lanarkshire | 92 | 74 | 66 | 76 | 65 | 70 | 64 |
Stirling | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
West Dunbartonshire | 32 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
West Lothian | 37 | 41 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 44 |
All local authorities | 1265 | 1271 | 1241 | 1215 | 1156 | 1122 | 1089 |
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what minimum qualification would be required by people employed to deliver early learning and childcare as discussed in its white paper on independence.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-18713 on 8 January 2013. 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: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether the proposed 1,140 hours of childcare for all one-year-old to school age children would be paid for without increasing any rates of taxation.
Answer
Independence offers the opportunity to bring in this long-term proposal as tax revenues generated by more women returning to the labour market will stay in Scotland. The initial investment in early learning and childcare will be funded from the savings and increased revenues set out in “Scotland’s Future”, including reducing defence and security spending to £2.5 billion per year and ending the married couples tax allowance.
Further detail on the link between increased female labour market participation and increased tax revenues is available in the note on Childcare and Female Labour Market Participation at the link below:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0043/00439259.pdf
The Scottish Government does not plan to raise any rates of taxation to pay for the expansion of early learning and childcare set out in “Scotland’s Future”.