- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its staff will be working on its climate change programme with the Maldives Government during 2010, broken down by directorate.
Answer
There is no specific staffing provision to work on co-operation with the Maldives Government on climate change during 2010. The Scottish European Green Energy Centre in Aberdeen is engaging with the Maldives on renewable energy, and support for this programme will be provided by existing resources, primarily from the Business, Enterprise and Energy Directorate, with additional support as appropriate from the Climate Change and Water Industry Directorate and the Culture, External Affairs and Tourism Directorate.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister plans to visit the Maldives to follow up the commitments made to that country at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
Answer
The First Minister hopes to visit the Maldives around the time of his trip to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, although no arrangements have been confirmed at this time.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 15 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date the First Minister wrote to invite representatives of the Maldives Government to meet him to discuss climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and whether it will make the invitation available on its website.
Answer
The First Minister was approached on 9 November 2009, with a request that a telephone call be set up for the First Minister and the President to discuss the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 and preparations for the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 14 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many classroom assistants are employed in special education in each local authority and how this compares with the figure for each of the last five years.
Answer
Information on the number of classroom assistants employed in special education in each local authority in 2009 can be accessed at table 9.9 in the statistical bulletin Teachers in Scotland published on 27 November 2009. A link to the table is set out below:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/293703/0090773.pdf.
Similar information for the five preceding years can be accessed using the following links
Table 9.9 Teachers In Scotland 2008
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/270926/0080623.pdf.
Table 9.9 Teachers In Scotland 2007
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/03/18093809/106.
Table 9.8 Teachers in Scotland 2006
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/27085753/95.
Table 8.8 Teachers in Scotland 2005
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/99843/0024183.pdf.
Table 7.8 Teachers in Scotland 2004
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/37432/0011629.pdf.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 07 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 14 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions or meetings have taken place between the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and local authority education officials since May 2007 about the principles and procedures for school closures in adverse weather conditions.
Answer
No such discussions or meetings have taken place between the Cabinet Secretary and council education officials. There has been and continues to be, especially during the current period of severe weather, appropriate and close liaison between Scottish Government and council officials about these matters.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 14 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it calculates the average cost of answering a written parliamentary question.
Answer
The methodology for calculating the average cost of answering a written parliamentary question is set out in the Scottish Government Finance Study, published on 2 October 2008, copies of which were placed in The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 46897).
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the First Minister to contribute to its climate change targets.
Answer
The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 creates the long-term statutory framework for addressing climate change in Scotland, in particular the imperative of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Action is already being taken across many ministerial portfolios to implement the Act''s provisions, including those covering energy, transport, business, agriculture and environment.
The Climate Change Delivery Plan: Meeting Scotland''s Statutory Climate Change Targets, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament''s Information Centre (Bib. number 48399), identifies the high level measures necessary to meet Scotland''s emissions reduction targets. The Act requires the Scottish Ministers to publish a report on proposals and policies to meet the annual targets up to 2022 as soon as reasonably practicable after the targets are set in June 2010.
We committed to assessing the carbon impact of the Scottish Government''s spending from 2010-11 and delivered that assessment alongside the draft Budget 2010-11 on 17 September 2009 (available in the Scottish Parliament''s Information Centre, Bib. number 49236).
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment to contribute to its climate change targets.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29958 on 14 January 2010. 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: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the Minister for Children and Early Years to contribute to its climate change targets.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29958 on 14 January 2010. 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: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the Minister for Parliamentary Business to contribute to its climate change targets.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-29958 on 14 January 2010. 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.
