- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline the criteria for determining whether a 999 call made for an ambulance is an emergency call to demonstrate that the criteria are standardised and are not subject to any “fiddling”, as alleged in a recent article in the British Medical Journal.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline the criteria for measuring response times for 999 calls for ambulances across Scotland to demonstrate that the criteria are standardised, in a recent article in the British Medical Journal.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 12 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will direct the Social Work Inspection Agency to inspect Scottish Borders Council’s Social Work Department, particularly in respect of changes to its assessment criteria for care packages which initially led to the hours of care provided to some vulnerable adults being reduced by half and then increased when the changes became public.
Answer
No. The Social Work InspectionAgency will carry out a full performance inspection of social work services at ScottishBorders Council in 2008.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on what proportion of school pupils were recruited into the UK armed forces from Scottish schools following a visit by a tri-service recruitment team.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does nothold information on school leaver destinations or on armed forces recruiting activitywhich could provide the analysis requested.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any subject areas will be discontinued by education authorities in order to make way for the new e-learning lesson modules operated by the Ministry of Defence, entitled “Defence Dynamics” and, if so, which ones.
Answer
It is for schools and localauthorities to decide on management and delivery of the curriculum in Scottishschools.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it is offering education departments across Scotland in respect of the use of the new e-learning lesson modules operated by the Ministry of Defence entitled “Defence Dynamics”.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-31860 on 2 March 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has allocated any funding in support of the proposed e-learning lesson modules and “Defence Dynamics” website operated by the Ministry of Defence and aimed at 14 to 16-year-old school pupils.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to commission, roll out and support e-learning lesson modules covering the (a) manufacturing, (b) construction and (c) services sector to ensure genuine choice for pupils in the context of the announcement by the Ministry of Defence of the “Defence Dynamics” e-learning lesson modules.
Answer
It is for schools andeducation authorities to decide the management and delivery of the curriculumin Scottish schools.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the Ministry of Defence with regard to recruitment by the armed forces in schools.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has madeno representations to the Ministry of Defence on recruitment by the armed forcesin schools.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 2 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on increased levels of recruitment in Scottish schools targeting under 16-year-olds as a means to fill any shortfall in trained personnel in the UK armed forces.
Answer
It is for local authoritiesand schools to consider how and by whom advice on career opportunities shouldbe offered to pupils.
