- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6482 by Henry McLeish on 16 May 2000, what progress has been made by the Trade Union Working Party on Lifelong Learning in respect of enhancing the involvement of trade unions in the broad lifelong learning agenda in Scotland.
Answer
The Trade Union Working Party on Lifelong Learning, inaugurated in August 2000, meets on a quarterly basis. It provides a forum for trade union input to a wide range of lifelong learning issues and makes a valuable input to the development of Executive policy in this area.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12737 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 6 February 2001, whether it will provide a breakdown of the key characteristics of Individual Learning Account holders, including age group, gender, occupation, area of residence and type, subject and level of learning undertaken.
Answer
Surveys of 1,000 Individual Learning Account (ILA) members in Scotland who had used their account and approximately 150 who had yet to undertake learning were conducted by MORI over the period September 2000 to February 2001. Key findings were as follows:57% were female.56% were aged between 31 and 50, and 23% were aged 51 or older.40% were management/professional workers; 9% were process workers and 6% were retail and customer services workers. 24% worked within small companies and 2% were labour market returners.62% of those receiving 80% discounts were undertaking introductory ICT courses.36% of those receiving 80% discounts were undertaking introductory English/communications courses, 1% were undertaking introductory maths/numeracy courses.13% were working towards a degree-level qualification.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3160 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 22 March 2001, whether it will (a) provide an update of figures on the take-up of Individual Learning Accounts and (b) outline any plans to encourage further take-up.
Answer
By 19 November, a total of over 245,000 accounts had been opened for people in Scotland and nearly 110,000 had used them for some learning. The target of 100,000 opened accounts was reached in June this year.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-1600 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 30 September 1999, what reports it has received from HM Inspectorate of Education on nutritional standards for school meals.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20232.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-1600 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 30 September 1999, to what extent the recommendations of the Scottish Diet Action Plan Eating for Health have been implemented in catering services for pre-school and school age children.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20232.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-1212 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 13 September 1999, whether it now has any plans to maximise the take-up of free school meals.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20232.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how long the Fruit Plus and Smart Card initiatives for school children are expected to last.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20235.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Fruit Plus and Smart Card initiatives for school children will cost in each year for which estimates are available.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20235.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what categories of children will benefit from the Fruit Plus and Smart Card initiatives.
Answer
The Fruit Plus initiative is a Glasgow City Council/Greater Glasgow Health Board initiative. It aims to provide a piece of fruit three days a week for pre-school nurseries and primary schools in Glasgow. The funding and timescale of the initiative are a matter for the local authority and the health board. Smartcard initiatives are being introduced across a number of local authorities in Scotland, including developments in Aberdeen, Angus, Argyll and Bute and Glasgow that are supported through the Modernising Government Fund. The current focus of these developments is youth and education services, primarily secondary schools.A steering group chaired by the Scottish Executive with membership from local authority Chief Executives has been set up to put in place a framework for smartcards. Early tasks for the group will be to identify the categories of service most appropriate to smartcards, the likely costs of delivering smartcards and the timescale for such projects across the Scottish public sector.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies have been undertaken on any stigma attached to the current free school meals system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20232.
