- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 15 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Common Service Agency's National Services Division is satisfied that plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow will result in higher quality provision of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenisation.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to S2W-8561 answered 15 July 2004 which is on the parliament’s website, searchfacility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 15 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Common Service Agency's National Services Division is satisfied that plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow will result in higher quality provision of paediatric renal transplantation.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-8561 answered 15 July 2004.which is on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be foundat
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 15 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Common Service Agency's National Services Division is satisfied that plans for the reconfiguration of maternity services in Greater Glasgow will result in higher quality provision of interventional fetal therapy.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to S2W-8561 answered 15 July 2004 which is on the Parliament’s website , the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration is being given to the minority report on reorganisation of maternity services in plans for the reconfiguration of such services in Greater Glasgow.
Answer
I am considering this submissionalong with all other information available to me and all representations made tome.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are now any plans to increase the graduate endowment threshold repayment above the rate of inflation.
Answer
There is no payment threshold for the graduate endowment.
Liable graduates must pay the endowment on 1 April following graduation but may meet their liability by adding the amount to their student loan. There is a partnership agreement commitment to support a UK-wide increase to the repayment threshold for student loans.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 23 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in ensuring that Glasgow Housing Association Ltd meets its targets to achieve second stage transfer to community ownership.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is as follows:
Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) is committed to achieving its target of transferring its housing stock through second stage transfers into community ownership. Seventeen housing associations have expressed an interest in being part of a prototype programme to be progressed during 2004-05. GHA is currently working with the local housing organisations and other stakeholders, including Communities Scotland, to agree the overall guidance and framework for second stage transfers and Communities Scotland will be responsible for monitoring GHA’s progress with this.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to evaluate the effects of the graduate endowment.
Answer
The graduate endowment is part of the package of improved student support introduced in 2001-02 which includes bursaries for young students from low-income families. The first graduates liable to pay the endowment will complete courses this year and make their payments on 1 April next year. While we will continue to monitor participation in higher education in the light of the new support arrangements it is too early to begin to evaluate the effects of the graduate endowment.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on its plans to commission a Scottish-based student income and expenditure survey.
Answer
The survey has been commissioned, is currently at the survey design stage and is expected to report by January 2005.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8592 by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 June 2004, what range of decisions the minister can take in relation to the proposals for closure of the Queen Mother's Hospital and what factors the minister is required to take into account in arriving at a decision.
Answer
As I said in my earlier reply the reconfiguration proposals from NHS Greater Glasgow are subject to my approval. In coming to a view I will need to consider the adequacy of the public consultation and the substantive proposals – in particular the consistency of the proposed reorganisation with national policy on the organisation of maternity services.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to reduce drop-out rates in further and higher education.
Answer
The Executive recognises the need to see further improvements in levels of retention in further and higher education institutions. Scotland’s retention rates for higher education compare well with other countries, with a completion rate of 83% compared to the OECD average of 77%. In relation to further education, the overall retention rate is 85%.
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council currently monitors access and retention strategies through consideration of institutions’ strategic plans and reports on progress through a circular letter. It also discusses progress with higher education institutions through a programme of institutional visits. Both Further and Higher Education Funding Councils also monitor the annual performance figures on retention rates for colleges and higher education institutes and actively engage with institutions which appear to be underperforming in this area.
The Executive is also active in developing better collaboration between schools, colleges, Scottish Enterprise and careers guidance with a view to reducing the possibility of learners entering colleges and universities with misplaced aspirations.
The Scottish Further Education Funding Council and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council recognise the additional cost of teaching students from non-traditional backgrounds and provide additional funding to support retention and completion from these groups.
