- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to extend Social Inclusion Partnerships' arts projects in each of the next three years and, if so, which organisations have applied for this support.
Answer
The Scottish Arts Council’sArts and Social Inclusion Scheme ended in 2003. The council’s new LocalAuthority Partnership Fund will target areas of disadvantage with new artists-in-residenceprojects. Decisions on which areas will benefit from the new scheme are stillunder consideration.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish people won world and international medals in each of the last three years, which medals were won and for what disciplines.
Answer
The table sets out thenumber of Scottish people who have won medals at senior level in the Olympic,Paralympic and Commonwealth Games and in World and European competitions ineach of the last three years. Given that some Scots will have won medals inmore than one of these years, the total for the three years is not the sum of the three.
| Sport (2002) | Number of Scottish Medallists | Total Medals Won | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Aquatics | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Athletics | 3 | 4 | | 1 | 3 |
| Badminton | 12 | 12 | | | 12 |
| Bowls | 9 | 9 | 9 | | |
| Boxing | 3 | 3 | 1 | | 2 |
| Curling | 15 | 15 | 10 | | 5 |
| Cycling | 4 | 7 | 3 | | 4 |
| Disabled Athletics | 1 | 1 | | 1 | |
| Disabled Curling | 5 | 5 | | | 5 |
| Gymnastics | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 1 |
| Judo | 11 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Shooting | 4 | 4 | | 3 | 1 |
| Snooker | 1 | 1 | | 1 | |
| Squash | 4 | 4 | | 4 | |
| Tug of War | 8 | 8 | | 8 | |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | | | 1 |
| Total for 2002 | 86 | 97 | 26 | 28 | 43 |
| Sport (2003) | Number of Scottish Medallists | Total Medals Won | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Aquatics | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Archery | 1 | 1 | | | 1 |
| Athletics | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Bowls | 1 | 1 | | 1 | |
| Boxing | 2 | 2 | 2 | | |
| Canoeing | 1 | 1 | | 1 | |
| Curling | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
| Cycling | 3 | 4 | 2 | | 2 |
| Disabled Athletics | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Football | 5 | 5 | | 5 | |
| Golf | 6 | 6 | 6 | | |
| Orienteering | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Snowsport | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Triathlon | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Water Skiing | 1 | 1 | | | 1 |
| Total for 2003 | 47 | 58 | 30 | 18 | 10 |
| Sport (2004) | Number of Scottish Medallists | Total Medals Won | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | | | 1 |
| Bowls | 10 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Boxing | 4 | 5 | 5 | | |
| Canoeing | 2 | 5 | | 3 | 2 |
| Cycling | 3 | 10 | 7 | | 3 |
| Disabled Aquatics | 7 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| Disabled Athletics | 1 | 1 | | | 1 |
| Disabled Bowling | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Disabled Curling | 5 | 5 | 5 | | |
| Disabled Cycling | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Disabled Shooting | 1 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Golf | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Judo | 1 | 2 | | 1 | 1 |
| Lacrosse | 39 | 39 | | 16 | 23 |
| Rowing | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Snooker | 1 | 1 | | 1 | |
| Snowsport | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Squash | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Triathlon | 1 | 1 | | 1 | |
| Tug of War | 24 | 24 | 16 | 8 | |
| Total for 2004 | 120 | 156 | 60 | 55 | 41 |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 1 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what its strategy is to promote the work of Scottish painters internationally.
Answer
The Scottish Executive aims to ensure that Scottish artistic talent receives both national and international recognition. Our policy in this area is delivered principally by the Scottish Arts Council (SAC).
The SAC’s Visual Arts Department has supported a number of projects which involve international working, funding artists to work and exhibit abroad. The table details the level of SAC activity in this area in recent years:
Visual Arts International Activity
| | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Total Number of Projects | 38 | 48 | 89 |
| Total Investment | £70,533 | £126,842 | £106,059 |
A high profile initiative in this period was the presentation of the first independent Scottish showcase at the 2003 Venice Biennale, one of the most significant events in the international calendar for cutting-edge contemporary art. There will also be a Scottish showcase at the 2005 Venice Biennale, presented by the SAC, the British Council Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland.
In addition, the SAC is working in partnership with the British Council Scotland on some international initiatives and has created a shared post of head of international arts. Through this post the two organisations are developing an International Arts Strategy which it is hoped will be launched in the next few months.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 25 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students completed physical education teaching courses in each of the last five years.
Answer
The table below shows the numbers of graduates from physical education teacher training courses for the years 1998-99 to 2002-03 (the most recent year for which data are available at present).
Teacher Training Graduates in Secondary Level Physical Education 1998-99 to 2002-03
| Year | Graduates1,2 |
| 1998-99 | 60 |
| 1999-2000 | 65 |
| 2000-01 | 60 |
| 2001-02 | 100 |
| 2002-03 | 95 |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency.
Notes:
1. All numbers have been rounded to the nearest five.
2. Includes Bachelor of Education (BEd) and Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) graduates from Scottish higher education institutions.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 23 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified physical education teachers have been in post in primary schools in each of the last three years.
Answer
The available information from the 2003 Teacher Census shows there are 92 full-time equivalent (FTE) primary teachers with physical education as their main subject taught and 9 with it as their other subject.
The previous teacher census was in 1998. The census is now being carried out annually. Comparative figures between 2003-04 and 2004-05 will not be available until the results of the 2004 census are published later this year.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 23 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions with the Ambassador Theatre Group in connection with the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
Answer
There have been no discussions between the Executive and the Ambassador Theatre Group in connection with the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 23 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many qualified physical education teachers will be in post in primary schools in each of the next three years.
Answer
Precise projections are not available. However we would expect numbers to increase in this period, as we move towards meeting the recommendations arising from the PE Review. Both through increases in secondary initial teacher education courses in PE, and through specific additional training for existing primary teachers.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 22 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what its definition is of "physically active".
Answer
In their 2003 strategy for physical activity, the Physical Activity Task Force defined physical activity as “a broad term to describe movement of the body that uses energy”, which can refer to any activity involving movement including walking, housework, manual labour and so on. This strategy was fully accepted by ministers, and has provided the basis for work in this area since then.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 22 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been awarded to Historic Scotland in each of the last three years and how much will be awarded in each of the next three years.
Answer
The funding for Historic Scotland is as follows:
| | 2002-03 (£000) Actual | 2003-04 (£000) Actual | 2004-05 (£000) Actual | 2005-06 (£000) Plans | 2006-07 (£000) Plans | 2007-08 (£000) Plans |
| Scottish Executive Funding | 36,787 | 37,287 | 39,644 | 42,575 | 44,425 | 47,725 |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 22 February 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of primary school children was physically active in each of the last three years.
Answer
Based on the National Physical Activity Strategy definition of physical activity (see answer given to question S2W-14341 on 22 February 2005), all physicallyable primary school children should have been physically active in each of the last three years.
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