- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to increasing the bursary and tuition support available to student nurses who are willing to work in under-served areas of the NHS in Scotland.
Answer
From autumn 2002, all nursing students will have their tuition fees paid for them and have living cost support by way of a non-means-tested bursary and dependants' allowance where necessary. The teaching institutions have local arrangements to assist students, through car loan schemes, student accommodation and ensuring that when possible, placements are arranged at locations convenient for the student. These arrangements should ensure that all students have the necessary support to undertake nursing studies in their chosen discipline and we have no plans to introduce different levels of support.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to make nursing a more attractive career option by funding the infrastructure necessary to provide high quality training facilities for student nurses.
Answer
The Scottish Executive Health Department has contracts with institutions of higher education to provide nurse education and pays them an annual amount for the cost of the course, based on student numbers, but allowing for matters like accommodation requirements. The NHS either provides the accommodation or contract finance allows universities to provide their own accommodation and many improvements have been made since the contracts began.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding (a) has been made available for the recruitment and support of student nurses in the current year and (b) will be made available for this purpose in the next two years.
Answer
Forty-four million, six hundred thousand pounds is available for support of student nurses this year. £47.9 million will be available in 2002-03, and £51.4 million in 2003-04.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 6 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance or instructions it issues, or plans to issue, to funding bodies for the arts on marketing arts events to socially and economically disadvantaged people and communities.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20277.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 6 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what support and encouragement it gives, or plans to give, to funding bodies for the arts in respect of marketing arts events to socially and economically disadvantaged people and communities.
Answer
The National Cultural Strategy includes a key priority to develop wider opportunities for cultural access. Increasing access to the arts is therefore a priority for the Executive and audience development is an important aspect of this. Scottish funding bodies and public sector arts providers are aware of this emphasis and the Scottish Arts Council, as part of its £0.5 million lottery funding scheme for audience and sales development, is exploring ways to market arts events to all possible audiences including those affected by social exclusion. The local authorities' contribution is being considered by a working group of the Executive and COSLA with a view to developing guidelines setting out best practice.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 6 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what support and encouragement it gives, or plans to give, to improving access to arts events, including improving ticket purchase systems, for socially and economically disadvantaged people and communities.
Answer
As part of the Scottish Arts Council's £0.5 million lottery funding scheme for audience and sales development the council has funded a range of training programmes for marketing staff in arts organisations throughout the country including those in socially and economically disadvantaged communities. The most recent of these was a marketeers forum hosted by the council on 28 November where over 100 marketing officers from arts organisations attended. The council will also continue to work with local authorities to support access to the arts for socially and economically disadvantaged people and communities.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 6 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what support and encouragement it gives, or plans to give, to attracting new audiences to the arts.
Answer
The Executive announced on 25 October that additional support would be given to audience development initiatives aiming to bring people into contact with the arts. I am delighted to say that this year an additional £50,000 is being devoted specifically for this purpose and a further £50,000 to projects which promote access and participation in the arts and culture by socially excluded groups. Plans for these initiatives are being taken forward by the Scottish Arts Council. This is in addition to the wide range of initiatives and research already funded by the council under its £0.5 million Audience and Sales Development Lottery scheme and the £120,000 voted funds allocated for audience development, including the maintenance of a full time Audience Development Officer at the council. Also, the council's social inclusion scheme has given, or is about to give, support to about 30 of the 48 Social Inclusion Partnerships to establish arts projects within local communities.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 6 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what support and encouragement it gives, or plans to give, to funding bodies for the arts in respect of offering incentives to artists and arts companies to target new audiences among socially and economically disadvantaged people and communities.
Answer
The Executive set out its priorities for the arts and culture in the National Cultural Strategy which was launched last year. It included a key priority to maximise the social benefits of culture. The Scottish Arts Council is exploring the aspect of audience development and its important role in the social justice agenda. The Executive announced on 25 October that additional support would be given to audience development initiatives aiming to bring people into contact with the arts. I am delighted to say that this year an additional £50,000 is being devoted specifically for this purpose and a further £50,000 to projects which promote access and participation in the arts and culture by socially excluded groups. Plans for these initiatives are being taken forward by the Scottish Arts Council.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 6 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance or instructions it issues, or plans to issue, to funding bodies for the arts on offering incentives to artists and arts companies to target new audiences among socially and economically disadvantaged citi'ens and communities.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20281.
- Asked by: Brian Fitzpatrick, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 6 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what support and encouragement it gives, or plans to give, to funding bodies for the arts in respect of targeting arts events to socially and economically disadvantaged people and communities.
Answer
In awarding to the Scottish Arts Council £15.2 million in additional funding over the period of the spending review, the Executive made clear the importance it attached to work in disadvantaged areas. This reflects our priorities set out in the National Cultural Strategy, which was launched last year. It included a key priority to maximise the social benefits of culture. The First Annual Report on the implementation of the strategy published on 25 October set out a wide range of actions taken and planned to maximise culture's contribution to promoting social justice. We will continue to work with the local authorities and the council to maximise the benefit of the arts in these communities.
