- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 8 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider providing funds to upgrade the Redhouse roundabout.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-19005 on 8 January 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 8 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reasons the Leven to Thornton rail link project was not in the Scottish Transport Projects Review.
Answer
The Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) has recommended 29 transport interventions over the next 20 years that will let us plan for the delivery of an efficient, integrated transport network fit for the 21st century.
The Leven to Thornton rail link project was considered as part of the STPR. However, it was not included in the final package of recommended interventions as it was found that it would only provide benefits at a local and regional level.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 8 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reasons the project to dual the A92 around Glenrothes was not in the Scottish Transport Projects Review.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-19005 on 8 January 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the institutions that failed to spend their (a) Higher Education Childcare Fund, (b) undergraduate Discretionary Fund, (c) postgraduate Discretionary Fund and (d) any other discretionary funding, in each of the last three years.
Answer
Any unspent funds from the Higher Education Discretionary Funds are returned by institutions to SAAS. These funds are then redistributed on the basis of applications from institutions with pressure on their current discretionary funds.
Therefore, there were no unspent funds in 2006-07 after the redistribution process completed. The redistribution of underspend from 2007-08 will take place in January 2009. The redistribution process for underspend from academic year 2008-09 will take place in January 2010.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what government financial support is available to independent students.
Answer
Full details of the government financial support available to independent students studying higher education courses at university or college can be found on the Student Awards Agency for Scotland''s website
www.saas.gov.uk. Independent students wishing to attend further education courses can receive full advice on what they are entitled to from their college.
Further details on what funding sources are provided for lone parents can be found at the following link www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Funding-Support-Grants/FFL/Publications.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding sources are provided for higher education students at college and how this funding is distributed.
Answer
Full details of the support available to higher education students and how this funding is distributed can be found on the Student Awards Agency for Scotland''s website
www.saas.gov.uk.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding sources are provided for further education students at college and how this funding is distributed.
Answer
Full details of what funding sources are provided for further education students at college can be found at the following link:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Funding-Support-Grants/FFL/Publications.
Further education (FE) bursary funds are allocated by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), as part of their main recurrent allocation to colleges. Support for students on further education courses in college is distributed by the institution they attend. The SFC work with representatives from the college sector each year to set national guidelines for FE bursaries. The 2008-09 bursary policy can be found on the SFC website at the following link:
www.sfc.ac.uk/information/info_circulars/sfc/2008/sfc1408/guidance_bursary.pdf.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding sources are provided for lone parents studying higher education courses at university or college and studying further education courses.
Answer
Full details of the support available to lone parents studying higher education courses at university or college can be found on the Student Awards Agency for Scotland''s website
www.saas.gov.uk. Lone parents wishing to attend further education courses can receive full advice on what they are entitled to from their college.
Further details on what funding sources are provided for lone parents can be found at the following link www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/82254/0064841.pdf.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 5 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been on the waiting list for a free central heating system in the KY postcode area in each month since, and including, July 2008 for which information is available.
Answer
Information provided by the managing agent, for the KY postcode area, on the number of applicants on the waiting list in each month during the period requested, is shown in the following table:
| Month of Application | Number of Applicants on Waiting List |
| July 2008 | 306 |
| August 2008 | 282 |
| September 2008 | 193 |
| October 2008 | 175 |
| November 2008 | 226 |
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 December 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 5 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new applications have been received for a free central heating system in the KY postcode area in each month since, and including, July 2008 for which information is available and how many have been considered eligible.
Answer
Information provided by the managing agent, for the KY postcode area, on the number of applications and the number accepted, subject to survey, in each month during the period requested is shown in the following table:
| Month of Application | Number of Applications | Accepted Subject to Survey |
| July 2008 | 60 | 23 |
| August 2008 | 51 | 22 |
| September 2008 | 72 | 29 |
| October 2008 | 95 | 10 |
| November 2008 | 182 | 135 |
| Total | 460 | 219 |
Note: 1. An initial assessment is made at the application stage (normally by telephone) and those applications are recorded as accepted, subject to survey.
