- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether under its £1.25 billion school building programme primary schools might be built in communities where no such school exists, but where there is an identified need for one.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27982 on 28 October 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.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have been held with Glasgow City Council regarding the construction of new primary schools in that local authority area under the £1.25 billion school building programme.
Answer
As I set out in my statement to Parliament on 17 June 2009, this school building programme will be taken forward in partnership with COSLA and councils. We are in the process of engaging with all of our local government partners, including Glasgow City Council, regarding the primary element of the programme.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-26570 by John Swinney on 18 September 2009, whether it will provide a response that contains the information requested in that question.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26569 on 18 September 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.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to complete the construction of primary schools to be built under its £1.25 billion school building programme.
Answer
We expect all of the primary schools to be completed by 2015.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to announce the first tranche of primary schools to be built under its £1.25 billion school building programme.
Answer
We have agreed with COSLA to accelerate the process of agreeing the first primary schools to benefit from this programme and expect to make an announcement by the end of the year.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to announce the complete list of primary schools to be built under its £1.25 billion school building programme.
Answer
We expect to announce the first primaries to benefit from the programme by the end of the year. The timing of further announcements has not yet been decided.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-26571 by John Swinney on 18 September 2009, whether it will provide a response that contains the information requested in that question.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26569 on 18 September 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.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-26573 by John Swinney on 18 September 2009, whether it will provide a response that contains the information requested in that question.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26569 on 18 September 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.
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 8 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it used when deciding to remove the funding for the Glasgow Airport Rail Link from its budget.
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/sor1008-01.htm
- Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been a change to the policy on prisoners eligible to be held in the open prison estate and, if so, when any new policy was implemented and what the reason was for such changes.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
A review of the circumstances surrounding the transfer of prisoner Robert Foye to the Open Estate was undertaken in early 2008. Its recommendations were implemented shortly afterwards:
Since these arrangements have been put in place, a further review was undertaken (Balancing Risk and Need) in response to the abscond of Brian Martin. The Justice Secretary has undertaken to respond to this report later in the autumn.
