- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 15 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has asked the Scottish Funding Council to explain why it has reduced funding for architecture courses.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to questions S3W-32198 and S3W-32200 on 15 March 2010. 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: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 15 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made representations to the Scottish Funding Council to maintain funding levels for architecture courses.
Answer
Further to my answer to question S3W-31132 on 4 February 2010, the Minister for Culture and External Affairs met the Scottish Funding Council on 9 March 2010 to discuss concerns raised by the sector about the council''s proposals to reduce the funding level for architecture, built environment and planning courses.
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: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 15 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the impact on the industry of the Scottish Funding Council’s planned reduction in funding for architecture courses.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32198 on 15 March 2010. 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: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 15 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the Scottish Funding Council’s planned reduction in funding for architecture courses.
Answer
This is a matter for the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), not Scottish ministers. The SFC''s proposal to reduce funding for the teaching of architecture formed part of its recent consultation on subject price groups. The responses to the consultation are the subject of further consideration and no final decision on price groups has yet been made by the council.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 11 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates Scotland’s share of the UK national debt will be in the event of Scottish independence.
Answer
The proportion of the UK national debt assigned to Scotland under independence would be subject to negotiation as part of a revised constitutional settlement.
The Scottish Government believes any apportionment of the UK national debt should take into consideration the historic balance of expenditures and revenues in Scotland relative to the UK as a whole. For example, the recent Scotland Office report Time Series Analysis of Government Expenditures and Revenues in Scotland estimated Scotland''s fiscal position between 1980-81 and 2007-08 including an illustrative geographical share of North Sea revenue. The results suggest that, over this period, Scotland''s cumulative deficit would have been 40% smaller than if it was assigned a per capita share of the UK''s deficit.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 11 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its favoured model is for dividing UK assets and liabilities in the event of Scottish independence.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31757 on 11 March 2010. 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: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities have appointed a digital champion to coordinate their preparations for the digital terrestrial broadcast switchover.
Answer
I have asked Willie Pretswell, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
The occupancy of HMP Kilmarnock on the Friday of each week in 2010 is as follows:
Number of Prisoners
| Date | |
| 1 January | 530 |
| 8 January | 536 |
| 15 January | 548 |
| 22 January | 540 |
| 29 January | 547 |
| 5 February | 547 |
| 12 February | 541 |
| 19 February | 547 |
| 26 February | 546 |
| 5 March | 542 |
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 10 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30746 by Bruce Crawford on 28 January 2010, how many officials from the (a) Office of the Scottish Parliamentary Counsel and (b) relevant policy directorate have been employed in the drafting of the proposed Referendum Bill.
Answer
The Referendum Bill team comprises of three policy officials. The drafting of the Referendum (Scotland) Bill was carried out by two officials in the Office of the Scottish Parliamentary Counsel.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 5 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether other EU nationals living in Scotland will be allowed to vote in its proposed referendum on Scottish independence.
Answer
I refer the member to Chapter 2 of
Scotland''s Future, Draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill Consultation Paper, published on 25 February 2010. It can be accessed at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Elections/rbc. Copies are also available in The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 50315).
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 5 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30626 by Bruce Crawford on 25 January 2010, on what date the proposed Referendum Bill will be published.
Answer
The draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill was published on 25 February 2010.
