The content of reports laid before the Scottish Parliament are a matter for the bodies laying those reports and any issues arising there from should be taken up with the authors. The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman periodically gives evidence to parliamentary committees, particularly the Local Government and Communities Committee which hears evidence on her annual report each year. This provides opportunities for members to raise issues with the ombudsman in a parliamentary setting.

This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0129-01.htm

 

This is entirely a matter for Perth and Kinross Council who have powers under the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 to take measures for the maintenance or improvement of flood prevention schemes.

This is entirely a matter for Angus Council who have powers under the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 to take measures for the maintenance or improvement of flood prevention schemes.

There is not a statutory class size maximum throughout schools. The capacity of a school is based on a number of factors including the size of the classrooms, the number of teachers and the design of the school. These factors are taken into account by local authorities when providing information on the capacity of schools for the school estates survey.

The latest available information on the capacity of publicly funded mainstream schools (primary and secondary) comes from the school estates survey which was published in September 2008.

The average capacity as at September 2007, of publicly funded mainstream schools in each local authority that were open in April 2008, is given in the following tables.

Local Authority	Average Capacity
Aberdeen City	478
Aberdeenshire	245
Angus	325
Argyll and Bute	210
Clackmannanshire	397
Dumfries and Galloway	204
Dundee City	554
East Ayrshire	437
East Dunbartonshire	479
East Lothian	376
East Renfrewshire	608
Edinburgh City of	490
Eilean Siar	142
Falkirk	458
Fife	385
Glasgow City	512
Highland	230
Inverclyde	479
Midlothian	421
Moray	300
North Ayrshire	449
North Lanarkshire	432
Orkney Islands	175
Perth and Kinross	239
Renfrewshire	499
Scottish Borders	261
Shetland Islands	123
South Ayrshire	390
South Lanarkshire	353
Stirling	243
West Dunbartonshire	527
West Lothian	398

 

Information on the capacity of special schools was not collected. Guidance for authorities on determining school capacities was issued by the Scottish Executive in Circular 3/2004 and can be found on the Scottish Government website using the following link:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/01/20528/50013.

There is not a statutory class size maximum throughout schools. The capacity of a school is based on a number of factors including the size of the classrooms, the number of teachers and the design of the school. These factors are taken into account by local authorities when providing information on the capacity of schools for the school estates survey.

The latest available information on the capacity of publicly funded mainstream schools (primary and secondary) comes from the school estates survey which was published in September 2008.

The available information on the capacity as at September 2007, of each publicly funded mainstream school that was open in April 2008, has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 47263).

Information on the capacity of special schools was not collected. Guidance for authorities on determining school capacities was issued by the Scottish Executive in Circular 3/2004 and can be found on the Scottish Government website using the following link:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/01/20528/50013.

This PQ was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0108-01.htm

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-18854 on 8 January 2009. 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.

Upgrading the A9 remains a priority for the Scottish Government and is clearly identified as such within the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) and current design work is progressing to dual the Birnam to Luncarty section.

The STPR provides a robust framework of prioritised schemes, the delivery of which will be prioritised in each spending review

A timetable for undertaking the phase 1 work on the A9 upgrade from Dunblane to Inverness will therefore be developed as part of this prioritisation process.

We have a fully committed programme of transport infrastructure investment to 2012.

Recent improvements to the A9 have included a new flyover at Ballinluig.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-18851 on 8 January 2009. 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.