Parliamentary proceedings

The latest information on parliamentary proceedings, primarily from the Scottish Parliament but also covering information that affects Scotland from Westminster that affects children and young people in Scotland.

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Maternity Services Written Answer 27/08/08 [S]
Written Answer given in response to Mary Scanlon's (Cons) question asking the Scottish Executive what the recommended staffing needs are to accompany women during transfer to hospital maternity units, irrespective of labour status and whether the current level of 335 available staffed neo-natal cots in Scotland is sufficient to meet the current level of demand.

Nutrition Written Answer, 27/08/08 [S]
Written Answer given in response to Dr Richard Simpson's (Lab) question asking the Scottish Executive whether it will take up the European Commission’s School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme funding and, if so, how much will be involved.

Pre-School Education Written Answer, 27/08/08 [S]
Written Answer given in response to Des McNulty's (Lab) question asking the Scottish Executive what the ratio of pupils receiving nursery education from a qualified teacher to those not receiving nursery education from a qualified teacher is in (a) West Dunbartonshire, (b) East Dunbartonshire, (c) Renfrewshire, (d) Inverclyde, (e) East Renfrewshire and (f) North Lanarkshire.

Maternity Services Written Answer 26/08/08 [S]
Written Answer given in repsonse to Mary Scanlon's (Cons) question asking the Scottish Executive whether it will establish a safe and reliable 24-hour national service for the co-ordination and undertaking of in-utero transfers, as recommended in NHS Quality Improvement Scotland’s Perinatal Collaborative Transport Study; what research has been done into the financial, practical and emotional implications of in-utero transfers on families and whether it will review the nursing levels in maternity units to ensure that the extent of in-utero transfers are minimised.

Childhood and Sport-Related Injuries Motion 25/08/08 [S]
Motion lodged beofre the Scottish Parliament on 25 August 2008 by Ian McKee (SNP) raising concern as to the lack of data available in Scotland on childhood and sport-related injuries.

School leavers Written Answer 21/08/08 [S]
Written Answer given in response to Jamie McGrigor's (Cons) question asking the Scottish Executive why a higher proportion of male than female school leavers is unemployed and what action it is taking to address this imbalance.

Young Offenders Written Answer 21/08/08 [S]
Written Answer given in response to Dr Richard Simpson's (Lab) question asking the Scottish Executive how many children aged under 16 have been admitted to Scottish Prison Service prisons in each of the last eight quarters.

Literacy Written Answer 19/08/08 [S]
Written Answer given in response to Rhona Brankin's (Lab) question asking the Scottish Executive what proportion of the primary school population goes on to secondary school without achieving basic literacy requirements and what percentage of children leaving P7 can read.

Private Schools Written Answer 19/08/08 [S]
Written Answer in response to George Foulkes' (Lab) question asking the Scottish Executive whether the education ministers will discuss with private schools ways in which such schools can do more for local communities and local schools to justify their charitable status, in advance of the review by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.

Kinship Care Written Answer 19/08/08 [S]
Written Answer in response to Dr Richard Simpson's (Lab) question asking the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that there is no discrimination against families in the payment of allowances where the recommendations in Getting it Right for Every Child in Kinship and Foster Care on establishing informal arrangements are followed; whether, in relation to the commitment in its concordat with COSLA to pay approved kinship carers of looked after children a weekly allowance, it will ensure that progress on this commitment is reported annually by COSLA for all children being looked after both formally and informally and what criteria for payments for kinship carers have been agreed between it, COSLA, local partners and stakeholders.

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