- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 18 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to launch a formal consultation on the future of university funding.
Answer
I have suggested that we might need to consult formally over the coming months and I will seek views from stakeholders on this before I decide.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 17 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what alternative methods of funding to tuition fees will form part of its debate on the future of university funding.
Answer
I have suggested that all alternative solutions to tuition fees should be fully explored in the debate.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31498 by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2010, how many adults in Fife reported ever using drugs in crime and justice surveys in 2007-08, broken down by type of drug.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
The Scottish Crime Survey was not conducted in 2007-08 so this information is not available for this time period. The Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey was carried out in 2006 and again in 2008-09, as the renamed Scottish Crime and Justice Survey.
The drugs misuse report for 2006 can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/09/26163243/0.
The drugs misuse report for 2008-09 can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/02/19144504/0.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-31498 by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2010, how many adults in Fife reported ever using drugs in crime and justice surveys in 2006-07, broken down by type of drug.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
The Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey was carried out in 2006 and provided information at Scotland level. Due to the small sample size (4,988) in 2006, the results are not available below Scotland level, so the information requested for Fife cannot be provided. The drugs misuse report for 2006 can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/09/26163243/0.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many extra university places will be created for 2010-11 as a direct result of the £20 million for education and lifelong learning announced during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368).
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 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: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Funding Council will announce how the extra £10 million to support higher education students in colleges and universities announced for 2010-11 during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be allocated to universities.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 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: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many extra college places will be created for 2010-11 as a direct result of the £20 million for education and lifelong learning announced during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368).
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 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: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Funding Council will announce how the extra £10 million to support higher education students in colleges and universities announced for 2010-11 during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be allocated to colleges.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 08 March 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: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £20 million announced for education and lifelong learning during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be spent on student support for further education college students.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-31736 on 8 March 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: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 8 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £20 million announced for education and lifelong learning during the stage 3 debate on the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill (Official Report c. 23368) will be spent on student support for higher education students.
Answer
Decisions on the deployment of this funding are yet to be taken. We are working with both the Scottish Funding Council and the Student Awards Agency for Scotland to determine how best to allocate this resource to reflect the balance of demand emerging through the applications process. Nonetheless, we made clear our intention during the Budget statement: we expect the additional resource to provide support to an additional 7,500 higher education students studying in our colleges and universities in the next academic year.
