- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 26 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the drop-out rate has been in each college in each year since 2007.
Answer
The Scottish Funding Council has overall responsibility for the performance of colleges, one element of which is the retention of students. I have asked the chief executive of the funding council to write to the member
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 26 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time equivalent university places it has funded for 2010-11.
Answer
We have funded a total of 129,733.1 full-time equivalent under-graduate and post-graduate university places for 2010-11.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 26 August 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of graduates from each Scottish university has found employment in Scotland as a first destination in each year since 2007.
Answer
This information is produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency and is available for year 2007-08, but has not yet been published for year 2008-09.
Qualifiers from HE courses at Scottish Higher Education Institutions in Employment in Scotland Six Months After Graduating - 2007-08
| | % in Employment in Scotland | Number in Employment in Scotland | Total Qualifiers |
| Total | 58.1% | 24,775 | 42,650 |
| Edinburgh College of Art | 41.9% | 105 | 250 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 70.8% | 2,630 | 3,715 |
| Glasgow School of Art | 37.8% | 145 | 385 |
| Heriot-Watt University | 41.0% | 745 | 1,815 |
| Napier University | 57.5% | 1,500 | 2,605 |
| Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 64.4% | 575 | 895 |
| Scottish Agricultural College | 35.7% | 110 | 315 |
| The Open University | 61.7% | 565 | 915 |
| The Robert Gordon University | 71.9% | 1,720 | 2,390 |
| The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama | 51.4% | 90 | 175 |
| The University of Aberdeen | 60.7% | 1,725 | 2,845 |
| The University of Dundee | 69.6% | 2,190 | 3,145 |
| The University of Edinburgh | 43.4% | 2,405 | 5,545 |
| The University of Glasgow | 54.2% | 2,000 | 3,685 |
| The University of St Andrews | 17.7% | 230 | 1,290 |
| The University of Stirling | 68.9% | 1,110 | 1,610 |
| The University of Strathclyde | 68.0% | 3,575 | 5,255 |
| The University of the West of Scotland | 71.2% | 2,350 | 3,300 |
| UHI Millennium Institute | 46.3% | 620 | 1,340 |
| University of Abertay Dundee | 33.0% | 385 | 1,170 |
Notes:
Data supplied by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
Numbers rounded to the nearest five.
Percentages calculated on unrounded figures.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 26 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pre-registration student nurse and midwifery intake training places there are for each higher education institution in 2010-11, also broken down by (a) adult nursing, (b) mental health nursing, (c) learning disability nursing, (d) children’s nursing and (e) midwifery.
Answer
The number of pre-registration student nurse and midwifery intake training places for 2010-11 is detailed below:
| 2010-11 | Dundee University | Glasgow Caledonian University | Napier University | Robert Gordon University | Stirling University | University of the West of Scotland |
| Adult | 332 | 349 | 420 | 208 | 268 | 609 |
| Child | 32 | 60 | 75 | 36 | - | - |
| Learning Disability | - | 30 | 30 | - | - | - |
| Mental Health | 57 | 61 | 61 | 30 | 73 | 122 |
| Midwifery | 20 | 21 | 36 | 24 | 26 | 57 |
| Total 2010-11 | 441 | 521 | 622 | 298 | 367 | 788 |
An additional 23 pre-registration student nurse (adult nursing) intake places have been allocated to the Open University.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 19 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people aged 16 to 18 were classed as not in employment, education or training in each year since 2007, broken down by (a) year and (b) local authority area.
Answer
Young people aged 16 to 19 and not in employment, education or training (NEET), are known as the More Choices and More Chances (MCMC) group. In line with this definition, data is presented for people aged 16 to 19 and not people aged 16 to 18 as requested.
The Annual Population Survey (APS) is the official source for data on people not in education, employment or training. Table 1 shows the latest estimates from the APS, covering each year since 2007, of the numbers of people aged 16 to 19 not in education, employment or training in Scotland. It has not been possible to break these estimates down by local authority area because the sample sizes are too small to provide reliable estimates.
Table 1: Proportion and level of 16-to-19 year olds NEET, Scotland, 2007-2009
| Year | Proportion | Level |
| 2007 | 12.2% | 32,000 |
| 2008 | 11.8% | 31,000 |
| 2009 | 13.8% | 36,000 |
Source: Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec.
Note:
1. Estimates are rounded to nearest thousand.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 13 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools in Fife have offered pupils two hours of physical education per week in each year since 2007, also expressed as a percentage of the total schools in the region.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not routinely collected detailed statistics on the provision of PE in schools either before or since the one-off compilation of statistics in 2005.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have waited longer than one month for their results after seeing a cancer specialist in each NHS board in each year since 2007.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally. The Scottish Government has a target of 62 days from referral to treatment for those patients who have symptoms related to a cancer. This necessitates quick access to a cancer specialist, diagnostic tests and results in order to meet the target.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 29 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much colleges have received in More Choices, More Chances funding in the last four years, including allocations for 2010-11, broken down by (a) year and (b) college.
Answer
This year we are providing almost £600 million in resource funding for colleges, a record level of support and evidence of this administration''s continued commitment to our further education sector.
In his strategic letter of guidance to the Scottish Funding Council earlier this year, The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning made clear his wish to see colleges give priority to give to 16 to 24-year-olds, including those who need more choices and chances. Our ambitions for all young people are reflected in our key learning strategies, including Skills for Scotland, 16+ Learning Choices, and Curriculum for Excellence.
Addressing the needs of the More Choices, More Chances (MCMC) group is therefore a mainstream activity for all colleges and we expect an element of the substantial resource we make available to be deployed to that end.
We recognise, however, that MCMC is a challenging agenda. It was against this background that the Scottish Funding Council allocated some specific and additional funding for strategic improvements in targeted colleges that might inform improvement across the sector. This funding was allocated as follows overleaf.
Table 1: Additional MCMC Allocated Funding 2007-08 to 2009-10
| College | 2007-08 (£000) | 2008-09 (£000) | 2009-10 (£000) |
| Anniesland | 192,884 | 192,884 | 192,884 |
| Cardonald | 275,805 | 275,805 | 275,805 |
| Central | 119,765 | 119,765 | 119,765 |
| Clydebank | 217,907 | 217,907 | 217,907 |
| Glasgow Met | 198,717 | 198,717 | 198,717 |
| John Wheatley | 107,979 | 107,979 | 107,979 |
| North Glasgow | 154,780 | 154,780 | 154,780 |
| Langside | 171,192 | 171,192 | 171,192 |
| Stow | 69,909 | 69,909 | 69,909 |
| Glasgow Nautical | 76,191 | 76,191 | 76,191 |
| James Watt | 570,318 | 570,318 | 570,318 |
| Kilmarnock | 230,867 | 230,867 | 230,867 |
| Dundee | 400,092 | 400,092 | 400,092 |
| Ayr | 101,093 | 101,093 | 101,093 |
| Forth Valley | 112,500 | 112,500 | 112,500 |
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 24 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it makes available to colleges once discretionary and childcare funds are fully used following in-year redistribution.
Answer
Colleges are required to live within their means, however we do endeavour to help meet additional demands by redistributing surpluses where possible. In 2009-10 we redistributed £686,728.40 of higher education discretionary funds and £11,943,839 of further education discretionary funds in response to requests from colleges. These funds can be used to help students in financial difficulties as well as provide childcare support.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 18 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to bring forward the results of its review of childcare support for students.
Answer
A number of options are currently being considered following extensive consultation with key stakeholders. It is expected that the results of the review will be published later this summer.
