- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many postgraduate primary teaching degree places (a) have been funded in each year since 2000 and (b) are expected to be funded in each of the next five years.
Answer
The table shows the number of full-time equivalent Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (one year PGDE) primary places funded in each year since 2000.
| Academic Year | PGDE Primary |
| 2000-01 | 1,316 |
| 2001-02 | 1,329 |
| 2002-03 | 404 |
| 2003-04 | 475 |
| 2004-05 | 1,005 |
| 2005-06 | 1,455 |
| 2006-07 | 1,555 |
| 2007-08 | 1,255 |
| 2008-09 | 1,655 |
| 2009-10 | 1,355 |
Note: Figures for 2000-01 and 2001-02 include PGDE secondary places as the Scottish Funding Council in these years did not spilt these places into two separate areas.
The Scottish Government carries out an annual teacher workforce planning exercise that underpins advice to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) on intakes to initial teacher education courses. Decisions have not yet been announced relating to 2010-11 and subsequent years.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 14 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £30 million announced for student support by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning on 28 October 2009 (Official Report c. 20531) is from savings through fiscal drag on the parental income thresholds.
Answer
The £30 million announced for student support is new money for 2010-11.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many undergraduate secondary teaching degree places (a) have been funded in each year since 2000 and (b) are expected to be funded in each of the next five years.
Answer
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent Bachelor of Education (four year BEd) secondary places funded in each year since 2000.
| Academic Year | BEd Secondary |
| 2000-01 | 617 |
| 2001-02 | 599 |
| 2002-03 | 623 |
| 2003-04 | 677 |
| 2004-05 | 716 |
| 2005-06 | 713 |
| 2006-07 | 678 |
| 2007-08 | 695 |
| 2008-09 | 680 |
| 2009-10 | 678 |
Note: Numbers of BEd places cover students in years one to four of courses.
The Scottish Government carries out an annual teacher workforce planning exercise that underpins advice to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) on intakes to initial teacher education courses. Decisions have not yet been announced relating to 2010-11 and subsequent years.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many undergraduate primary teaching degree places (a) have been funded in each year since 2000 and (b) are expected to be funded in each of the next five years.
Answer
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent Bachelor of Education (four year BEd) primary places funded in each year since 2000.
| Academic Year | BEd Primary |
| 2000-01 | 2,200 |
| 2001-02 | 2,283 |
| 2002-03 | 2,346 |
| 2003-04 | 2,415 |
| 2004-05 | 2,429 |
| 2005-06 | 2,451 |
| 2006-07 | 2,439 |
| 2007-08 | 2,500 |
| 2008-09 | 2,765 |
| 2009-10 | 3,253 |
Note: Numbers of BEd places cover students in years one to four of courses.
The Scottish Government carries out an annual teacher workforce planning exercise that underpins advice to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) on intakes to initial teacher education courses. Decisions have not yet been announced relating to 2010-11 and subsequent years.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 14 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many postgraduate secondary teaching degree places (a) have been funded in each year since 2000 and (b) are expected to be funded in each of the next five years.
Answer
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (one year PGDE) secondary places funded in each year since 2000.
| Academic Year | PGDE Secondary |
| 2000-01 | 1,316 |
| 2001-02 | 1,329 |
| 2002-03 | 805 |
| 2003-04 | 950 |
| 2004-05 | 1,305 |
| 2005-06 | 1,905 |
| 2006-07 | 1,710 |
| 2007-08 | 1,210 |
| 2008-09 | 1,005 |
| 2009-10 | 905 |
Note: Figures for 2000-01 and 2001-02 include PGDE primary places as the Scottish Funding Council in these years did not spilt these places into two separate areas.
The Scottish Government carries out an annual teacher workforce planning exercise that underpins advice to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) on intakes to initial teacher education courses. Decisions have not yet been announced relating to 2010-11 and subsequent years.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 10 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to match the maximum amount of student support available to dependent students under the age of 25 in Scotland with the maximum amount offered in England.
Answer
The government has no plans to match the maximum amount of student support available to dependent students under the age of 25 in Scotland with the maximum amount offered in England.
Following discussions with opposition parties and the NUS around the recent consultation paper, Supporting a Smarter Scotland, we have matched the income of dependent and independent students. These measures will take the income of students from low income families in colleges and universities to £5,852 per annum in academic year 2010-11.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 10 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, following the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning on student support on 28 October 2009 (Official Report c. 20531), what changes to the eligibility criteria for the additional loan are envisaged for dependent students under 25 years of age.
Answer
There will be no changes to the eligibility criteria for the additional loan for dependent students under 25 years of age.
Details of the eligibility criteria can be found at www.saas.gov.uk.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £30 million announced for student support by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning on 28 October 2009 (Official Report c. 20531) is from efficiency savings, broken down by (a) type of saving and (b) year accrued.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 27 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students have undertaken teacher training courses since 2000, broken down by (a) institution and (b) year of study.
Answer
The following table shows how many students entered four year Bachelor of Education (BEd) and one year full-time and two year part-time Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) courses, by institution in each year since 2004-05.
BEd and PGDE Intakes
| University | Academic Year |
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Aberdeen | 441 | 551 | 555 | 479 | 553 |
| Dundee | 237 | 311 | 344 | 273 | 321 |
| Edinburgh | 698 | 889 | 878 | 811 | 768 |
| Glasgow | 636 | 785 | 796 | 712 | 751 |
| Stirling | - | - | - | - | 34 |
| Strathclyde | 1,040 | 1,381 | 1,411 | 1,179 | 1,204 |
| West of Scotland | 262 | 334 | 350 | 317 | 330 |
| Total | 3,314 | 4,251 | 4,334 | 3,771 | 3,961 |
Notes:
1. Information available shows intake numbers to BEd and PGDE course.
2. BEd primary courses not offered at Stirling University prior to 2008-09.
3. Open University offer a PGDE maths (five to 10 places have been available). No returns have been received confirming numbers each year on the course.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have fully implemented the Disabled Persons’ Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009.
Answer
The implementation of the Disabled Persons'' Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009 is a matter for local authorities, not the Scottish Government.
The provisions of the act state that local authorities have until 30 September 2010 to initiate the statutory process for disabled parking spaces that they wish to make enforceable, and to remove those advisory disabled spaces that are no longer needed. In 2011, local authorities must report to Scottish ministers outlining their completed implementation process and then on an annual basis thereafter.
