- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many overseas students extended their stay beyond six months to complete their studies in each of the last five years.
Answer
The following table showsthe number of overseas graduates and diplomates completing courses lastinglonger than six months, at higher education institutions and further educationcolleges in Scotland for the period from 1997-98 to 2001-02 inclusive.
| Year | Total | HEIs | FECs |
| 1997-98 | 6,208 | 5,820 | 388 |
| 1998-99 | 5,116 | 4,800 | 316 |
| 1999-2000 | 5,356 | 5,069 | 287 |
| 2000-01 | 5,114 | 4,899 | 215 |
| 2001-02 | * | 5,242 | * |
Sources: Higher EducationStatistics Agency and Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFEFC).
Notes:
*This data is not yetavailable.
1. The term “graduate”refers to a student who has successfully completed a course at first degreelevel or above; the term “diplomate” refers to a student who has successfullycompleted a course at higher education (sub-degree) level.
2. Overseas is defined hereas non-UK domicile.
3. These figures exclude allopen and distance learning students as those students are not deemed to be“studying in” Scotland.
4. SFEFC collects andpublishes data on enrolments on individual courses at further education colleges.As individuals commonly enrol on more than one course in an academic year, thenumber of enrolments is significantly higher than the number of students.
5. Data shown is for courseswith length greater than six months or 26 weeks.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures the Scottish Executive is considering to improve support to asylum seekers within higher education.
Answer
The Scottish Refugee IntegrationForum has recommended that asylum seekers be allowed access to part-time HigherNational courses on the same basis as currently applies for non-advanced courses.We are working with institutions and the funding councils to ensure that asylumseekers will be eligible for fee waiver support in respect of such courses and forhardship support in respect of books and, if appropriate, travel passes, from academicyear 2003-04.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its plans to amend the guidance that is provided to academic institutions on making awards from hardship funds will be complete in time for implementation in the 2003-04 academic year.
Answer
The relevant guidance has beenamended and issued to institutions.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in producing guidance material to ensure that official consultation responses on planning applications are open to all, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-2229 which is available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Ministerial Working Group on Prostitution will be involved in the development of its proposal to introduce an offence of kerb crawling.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S2W-2216 today. All answers to written parliamentary questionsare available on the Parliaments website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the proposal that reporters for local plan inquiries be appointed independently by its Inquiry Reporters Unit, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-2229 which is available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will define “kerb crawling” in the development of its proposal to introduce such an offence.
Answer
The definition of “kerb crawling”will be a matter for consideration in the discussions of the Expert Group on Prostitution.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the proposal to pass responsibility for neighbour notification to local authorities, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-2229 which is available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will make planning appeal inquiries more accessible, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
We published the consultation paper
Modernising Public Local Inquiries in July 2003. The paper looks atthe scope for modernising the planning inquiry process and at opportunities forbetter practice. The consultation paper is available in the Parliament's ReferenceCentre (Bib. number 28275).
The closing date for responses to this public consultation is 28 November 2003.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what developments are being pursued on the interface between planning and transport, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
Ministers and officials are inregular contact on a range of issues where there is an interface between planningand transport.
