- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32995 by Nicol Stephen on 22 January 2003, which of its "areas" have issued written guidance, guidelines and official circulars that are still operational in respect of pre-school centres, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and tertiary education institutes.
Answer
Such material has been issued principally, but not exclusively, by the Scottish Executive Education Department and the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department, and, prior to 1999, by their predecessor Departments in the former Scottish Office.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 30 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the NHS has any contractual relationships with the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and, if so, what services the advisory service provides.
Answer
There are no contractual arrangements for the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) to provide services to the NHS in Scotland. The BPAS occupies NHS premises at the Sandyford Initiative, Glasgow, as a paying tenant. It is, however, a completely separate organisation.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 30 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it or the NHS is in discussions with the British Pregnancy Advisory Service on the advisory service providing new or additional services.
Answer
The Executive has had no discussions with the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) and has not been made aware of any discussions between the BPAS and any NHS board.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mike Watson on 30 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next meet representatives of the Scottish Arts Council and what issues will be discussed.
Answer
The Scottish Executive are in regular contact with the Scottish Arts Council. No date or agenda for the next meeting has yet been set.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 29 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-27513 by Lewis Macdonald on 7 August 2002, what subsequent progress has been made by local authorities in establishing Quality Partnerships and Quality Contract Schemes with bus operators under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001.
Answer
The development of Quality Partnership schemes and Quality Contract schemes under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 is a matter for individual local transport authorities. While authorities regularly discuss issues of joint concern with bus operators in their area, the Executive is not aware of any such schemes being introduced to date.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what sources of funding are available for the provision of on-demand bus services.
Answer
The Executive specifically funds a number of on-demand services through the Rural Community Transport Initiative.Additionally, local transport authorities are free to fund on-demand services through their Rural Public Passenger Transport Grant and Grant Aided Expenditure allocations.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Elaine Murray on 27 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full costs were of printing, publishing and distributing the annual report of the Scottish Arts Council in each year since 1998.
Answer
This is a matter for the Scottish Arts Council. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils in each local authority area did not attain Level C within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of primary 7 for (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics in each year since 1998.
Answer
The following table shows the percentage of pupils in each local authority who did not reach 5-14 attainment Level C or above by the end of primary 7 in the school years 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02. Results are shown for reading, writing and mathematics separately.The information was obtained from the annual survey of 5-14 attainment levels in publicly funded schools. The results include a small number of pupils where level of attainment was not available.Data collected from Gaelic-medium education establishments are included in the 2001-02 results, but were excluded in previous years due to problems with data definitions and data consistency. Therefore caution should be applied when considering year-on-year comparisons of some local authorities.5-14 Attainment of Pupils in Publicly Funded Schools in Scotland by Local Authority - Percentage of Pupils Not Attaining Level C or Above by End of P7
| Local Authority | Reading% P7 Not Attaining Level C or Above | Writing% P7 Not Attaining Level C or Above |
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| Scotland | 12.2% | 9.6% | 8.1% | 7.0% | 20.7% | 16.6% | 14.7% | 13.0% |
| Aberdeen City | 9.3% | 10.3% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 16.4% | 15.0% | 12.3% | 11.9% |
| Aberdeenshire | 6.6% | 6.2% | 6.8% | 6.3% | 11.8% | 11.6% | 11.3% | 10.4% |
| Angus | 12.2% | 10.8% | 8.5% | 6.9% | 19.6% | 15.7% | 14.5% | 16.1% |
| Argyll and Bute | 20.4% | 9.0% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 35.5% | 13.5% | 11.3% | 12.5% |
| Clackmannanshire | 13.9% | 10.0% | 7.0% | 8.5% | 28.9% | 23.7% | 16.3% | 16.6% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 13.1% | 10.9% | 10.0% | 8.4% | 18.2% | 17.7% | 16.9% | 15.0% |
| Dundee City | 15.6% | 14.2% | 11.8% | 8.9% | 25.6% | 22.3% | 18.7% | 16.9% |
| East Ayrshire | 14.8% | 11.2% | 9.4% | 7.9% | 25.8% | 21.4% | 18.1% | 13.9% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 5.4% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 3.0% | 10.5% | 10.9% | 8.5% | 6.4% |
| East Lothian | 9.3% | 8.9% | 6.5% | 5.8% | 16.5% | 13.3% | 11.8% | 10.3% |
| East Renfrewshire | 7.3% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 10.9% | 8.0% | 8.9% | 8.9% |
| Edinburgh City | 12.0% | 10.7% | 9.1% | 7.9% | 17.6% | 16.8% | 13.9% | 12.8% |
| Eilean Siar | 6.5% | 5.9% | 3.7% | 7.0% | 10.1% | 7.8% | 8.5% | 13.2% |
| Falkirk | 11.6% | 9.3% | 6.6% | 6.9% | 17.6% | 15.3% | 10.3% | 11.4% |
| Fife | 15.9% | 12.8% | 10.8% | 8.7% | 23.8% | 22.3% | 20.3% | 17.0% |
| Glasgow City | 14.9% | 11.4% | 10.6% | 8.3% | 27.6% | 19.9% | 18.2% | 16.6% |
| Highland | 9.0% | 8.1% | 7.6% | 7.2% | 16.1% | 13.4% | 13.2% | 11.3% |
| Inverclyde | 10.9% | 10.3% | 6.7% | 7.1% | 18.0% | 15.8% | 15.6% | 14.5% |
| Midlothian | 12.7% | 10.5% | 11.6% | 8.6% | 23.9% | 20.1% | 20.8% | 14.8% |
| Moray | 10.5% | 6.4% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 15.7% | 11.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| North Ayrshire | 11.5% | 9.3% | 6.9% | 8.0% | 22.5% | 15.4% | 13.0% | 14.2% |
| North Lanarkshire | 11.0% | 9.8% | 7.0% | 6.5% | 23.3% | 19.2% | 14.7% | 11.7% |
| Orkney Islands | 6.6% | 4.5% | 9.5% | 4.4% | 11.5% | 10.3% | 8.5% | 8.8% |
| Perth and Kinross | 9.3% | 6.1% | 6.6% | 7.0% | 15.1% | 10.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| Renfrewshire | 18.8% | 10.3% | 8.2% | 6.1% | 25.7% | 16.4% | 16.1% | 11.5% |
| Scottish Borders | 9.3% | 7.8% | 6.4% | 5.9% | 15.6% | 12.5% | 9.6% | 9.3% |
| Shetland Islands | 10.5% | 6.5% | 7.5% | 3.9% | 18.6% | 14.9% | 14.2% | 9.9% |
| South Ayrshire | 10.2% | 7.4% | 5.1% | 6.0% | 17.7% | 15.1% | 11.5% | 11.0% |
| South Lanarkshire | 10.1% | 8.4% | 6.7% | 5.6% | 17.7% | 15.1% | 13.8% | 10.9% |
| Stirling | 11.7% | 8.4% | 8.7% | 6.1% | 20.6% | 13.7% | 13.0% | 12.7% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 20.2% | 9.0% | 7.8% | 6.6% | 30.7% | 16.5% | 14.4% | 14.4% |
| West Lothian | 12.7% | 11.0% | 8.8% | 6.6% | 21.8% | 20.7% | 17.8% | 14.2% |
5-14 Attainment of Pupils in Publicly Funded Schools in Scotland by Local Authority - Percentage of Pupils Not Attaining Level C or Above by End of P7
| Local Authority | Maths% P7 Not Attaining Level C or Above |
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| Scotland | 11.2% | 11.6% | 10.6% | 9.3% |
| Aberdeen City | 9.4% | 11.7% | 10.0% | 9.0% |
| Aberdeenshire | 6.7% | 8.2% | 7.7% | 8.0% |
| Angus | 12.4% | 12.3% | 10.7% | 11.8% |
| Argyll and Bute | 27.0% | 9.8% | 9.2% | 9.7% |
| Clackmannanshire | 12.2% | 15.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 11.2% | 14.0% | 12.3% | 11.3% |
| Dundee City | 15.5% | 16.4% | 14.4% | 11.9% |
| East Ayrshire | 9.0% | 12.0% | 10.5% | 11.5% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 5.1% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 3.8% |
| East Lothian | 11.1% | 15.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| East Renfrewshire | 6.0% | 7.7% | 5.1% | 3.1% |
| Edinburgh City | 13.4% | 13.5% | 13.1% | 11.0% |
| Eilean Siar | 6.5% | 8.8% | 7.3% | 9.6% |
| Falkirk | 9.7% | 10.7% | 8.2% | 9.3% |
| Fife | 12.7% | 15.3% | 14.4% | 11.8% |
| Glasgow City | 12.4% | 13.3% | 12.8% | 9.9% |
| Highland | 10.1% | 11.2% | 11.1% | 10.4% |
| Inverclyde | 10.8% | 10.9% | 10.3% | 8.2% |
| Midlothian | 11.7% | 14.0% | 15.0% | 14.3% |
| Moray | 8.4% | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.2% |
| North Ayrshire | 9.4% | 10.9% | 9.7% | 9.7% |
| North Lanarkshire | 10.1% | 9.5% | 9.4% | 7.4% |
| Orkney Islands | 6.3% | 4.9% | 9.5% | 9.2% |
| Perth and Kinross | 7.6% | 9.4% | 7.4% | 9.1% |
| Renfrewshire | 18.2% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Scottish Borders | 9.3% | 11.7% | 9.5% | 8.0% |
| Shetland Islands | 11.4% | 9.3% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| South Ayrshire | 10.6% | 8.4% | 8.0% | 5.6% |
| South Lanarkshire | 8.7% | 9.4% | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| Stirling | 10.7% | 11.6% | 8.7% | 7.6% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 16.3% | 13.9% | 9.4% | 8.8% |
| West Lothian | 11.6% | 13.9% | 13.8% | 10.3% |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils in each local authority area did not attain Level A within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of primary 4 for (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics in each year since 1998.
Answer
The following table shows the percentage of pupils in each local authority who did not reach 5-14 attainment Level A or above by the end of primary 4 in the school years 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02. Results are shown for reading, writing and mathematics separately.The information was obtained from the annual survey of 5-14 attainment levels in publicly funded schools. The results include a small number of pupils where level of attainment was not available.Data collected from Gaelic medium education establishments are included in the 2001-02 results, but were excluded in previous years due to problems with data definitions and data consistency. Therefore caution should be applied when considering year-on-year comparisons of some local authorities.5-14 Attainment of Pupils in Publicly Funded Schools in Scotland by Local Authority - Percentage of Pupils Not Attaining Level A or Above by End of P4
| Local Authority | Reading% P4 Not Attaining Level A or Above | Writing% P4 Not Attaining Level A or Above |
| | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| Scotland | 7.6% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 4.3% | 11.7% | 7.5% | 6.0% | 5.2% |
| Aberdeen City | 7.6% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 8.7% | 8.4% | 7.1% | 4.6% |
| Aberdeenshire | 5.5% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 6.5% | 5.2% | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| Angus | 4.3% | 3.5% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 7.4% | 5.0% | 7.8% | 6.0% |
| Argyll and Bute | 23.3% | 4.9% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 25.3% | 4.8% | 3.8% | 6.5% |
| Clackmannanshire | 8.2% | 7.4% | 3.7% | 4.6% | 13.9% | 7.4% | 6.5% | 4.4% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 7.3% | 6.6% | 6.0% | 4.2% | 10.1% | 9.4% | 8.7% | 6.2% |
| Dundee City | 9.4% | 6.5% | 6.6% | 4.4% | 14.0% | 10.5% | 7.5% | 8.0% |
| East Ayrshire | 6.4% | 5.5% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 18.2% | 8.8% | 5.7% | 5.5% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 4.8% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 6.7% | 3.9% | 2.4% | 2.2% |
| East Lothian | 5.7% | 5.3% | 6.6% | 4.0% | 8.4% | 6.7% | 4.6% | 3.3% |
| East Renfrewshire | 3.9% | 2.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 7.5% | 4.0% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| Edinburgh City | 7.1% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 5.5% | 9.2% | 8.5% | 6.7% | 5.6% |
| Eilean Siar | 6.5% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 2.4% | 12.9% | 4.1% | 8.0% | 3.8% |
| Falkirk | 7.3% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 10.5% | 5.4% | 4.4% | 4.7% |
| Fife | 8.8% | 7.9% | 6.0% | 5.8% | 14.1% | 10.0% | 7.7% | 6.4% |
| Glasgow City | 8.3% | 6.4% | 5.7% | 6.5% | 16.1% | 9.7% | 8.5% | 8.9% |
| Highland | 7.5% | 5.9% | 4.6% | 5.0% | 11.3% | 7.3% | 5.9% | 4.4% |
| Inverclyde | 7.4% | 5.3% | 3.2% | 3.4% | 13.1% | 9.4% | 4.4% | 4.6% |
| Midlothian | 8.6% | 7.8% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 11.3% | 8.3% | 7.3% | 5.3% |
| Moray | 5.3% | 4.0% | 5.2% | 4.5% | 7.3% | 5.0% | 6.2% | 6.4% |
| North Ayrshire | 6.9% | 5.6% | 4.6% | 3.5% | 10.7% | 7.4% | 7.0% | 4.2% |
| North Lanarkshire | 6.7% | 4.9% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 14.7% | 8.4% | 6.1% | 4.5% |
| Orkney Islands | 4.6% | 3.4% | 1.6% | 3.0% | 4.6% | 6.0% | 1.6% | 3.0% |
| Perth and Kinross | 5.7% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 4.2% | 7.5% | 6.1% | 6.4% | 4.2% |
| Renfrewshire | 15.1% | 4.4% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 16.0% | 6.0% | 5.3% | 5.1% |
| Scottish Borders | 3.6% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 5.1% | 4.2% | 3.9% |
| Shetland Islands | 4.2% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 6.0% | 4.2% | 4.5% | 2.5% | 5.4% |
| South Ayrshire | 5.3% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 7.6% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 4.0% |
| South Lanarkshire | 6.0% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 10.1% | 6.1% | 4.0% | 3.7% |
| Stirling | 6.3% | 5.9% | 5.0% | 4.8% | 11.1% | 8.1% | 5.0% | 4.5% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 10.6% | 5.7% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 13.4% | 8.7% | 6.6% | 4.6% |
| West Lothian | 9.2% | 7.1% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 12.6% | 7.9% | 5.7% | 4.2% |
5-14 Attainment of Pupils in Publicly Funded Schools in Scotland by Local Authority - Percentage of Pupils Not Attaining Level A or Above by End of P4
| Local Authority | Maths% P4 Not Attaining Level A or Above |
| | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| Scotland | 3.3% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 1.9% |
| Aberdeen City | 2.4% | 3.0% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| Aberdeenshire | 1.4% | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
| Angus | 2.0% | 1.6% | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| Argyll and Bute | 20.6% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 1.6% |
| Clackmannanshire | 3.4% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.9% | 2.5% |
| Dundee City | 5.2% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| East Ayrshire | 3.0% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 1.3% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 4.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| East Lothian | 2.3% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| East Renfrewshire | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.6% |
| Edinburgh City | 2.8% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.0% |
| Eilean Siar | 5.0% | 0.0% | 4.0% | 2.1% |
| Falkirk | 2.3% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.1% |
| Fife | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 1.8% |
| Glasgow City | 3.5% | 2.6% | 3.1% | 3.0% |
| Highland | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.1% | 2.9% |
| Inverclyde | 3.0% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.5% |
| Midlothian | 4.6% | 4.1% | 2.8% | 1.8% |
| Moray | 2.4% | 2.0% | 3.6% | 3.4% |
| North Ayrshire | 2.3% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| North Lanarkshire | 2.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Orkney Islands | 1.8% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.3% |
| Perth and Kinross | 2.0% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| Renfrewshire | 8.0% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 0.8% |
| Scottish Borders | 1.0% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| Shetland Islands | 2.7% | 2.3% | 0.6% | 2.0% |
| South Ayrshire | 2.7% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.6% |
| South Lanarkshire | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| Stirling | 2.5% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.9% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 7.6% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| West Lothian | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.1% | 0.8% |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give details of all guidance, guidelines and official circulars initiated by it and the former Scottish Office that are still operational in respect of pre-school centres, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and tertiary education institutes.
Answer
Written material of the kind mentioned can take a number of forms and is issued from a number of areas within the Executive. Central logging of this written material is not undertaken. This was also the case with similar material issued by the former Scottish Office.
