- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many bills from small businesses are paid within 10 days and how many are not.
Answer
We do not currently hold this information, as our payment system does not classify suppliers according to business size. It would be disproportionately expensive to gather this information.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 October 2008
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Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 5 November 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how much child care funding was ring fenced under the Working for Families programme in the last year prior to single outcome agreements.
Answer
There was no ring fencing for any particular element of the programme including child care.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2008
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Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 31 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average time has been for completing community service orders in 2008 and what it was in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2008
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Answered by Shona Robison on 30 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been changes for 2008 to those people deemed to be at risk for the purpose of free flu vaccinations.
Answer
Following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccine and Immunisation, no changes were made to the list of groups considered to be at risk from the flu for the 2008-09 flu season.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 29 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will agree to Fife Council鈥檚 proposals to reduce the number of homes planned to be built in Fife by 4,270.
Answer
In line with our public announcement in August on progress with the Fife Structure Plan, a decision has not yet been reached, as Scottish Government is considering draft modifications, and progressing the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of their environmental effects, with a view to publishing the proposed modifications and the SEA Environmental Report for public consultation later this autumn. For that reason it is not yet possible to comment on Fife Council''s proposals to reduce the number of homes.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive in what month it expects the final report of the Joint Future Thinking Taskforce on Universities to be published.
Answer
The Joint Future Thinking Taskforce on Universities had a constructive and positive final meeting last month. The Scottish Funding Council are now discussing with Universities Scotland the details of the new funding arrangements in the context of New Horizons. We expect the outcome of this will be made public before the end of the year.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-13507 by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2008, when ministers will make a decision on whether to approve the Fife Structure Plan.
Answer
In line with our public announcement in August on progress with the Fife Structure Plan, Scottish Government is currently drafting modifications to the plan and progressing the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of their environmental effects, with a view to publishing the proposed modifications and the SEA Environmental Report for public consultation later this autumn.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive why it has not yet reached a decision on the Fife Structure Plan.
Answer
In line with our public announcement in August on progress with the Fife Structure Plan, a decision has not yet been reached, as Scottish Government is considering draft modifications and progressing the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of their environmental effects, with a view to publishing the proposed modifications and the SEA Environmental Report for public consultation later this autumn.
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- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 September 2008
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Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many part-time students there are at college or university studying at 50% or more of the time needed to complete a full-time HNC, HND, or undergraduate degree (SCQF Level 7 to 10).
Answer
The number of students studying for an undergraduate higher education qualification (SCQF level 7 to 10) in part-time mode (50% or more of a full-time equivalent) at Scottish institutions was 25,810. Of these 8,640 studied at colleges and 17,170 at higher education institutions (including 7,550 at the Open University in Scotland).
The data relate to the academic year 2006-07.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 September 2008
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Answered by Shona Robison on 8 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on national negotiations over GP involvement in delivering the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programme.
Answer
The arrangements for contracting with GPs to deliver the HPV immunisation programme are being taken forward through local negotiations at NHS board level. On 16 July 2008, the Scottish Government circulated a model locally enhanced service for boards to use in local negotiations. This will remain the model on which the Scottish Government would recommend that local negotiations take place.
