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Curriculum for Excellence places an emphasis on two hours of planned, timetabled, quality physical education for every pupil each week. It is for individual schools to decide, in the light of local needs and circumstances, what activities should be included in pupils two hours per week timetabled physical education experience and where these activities should take place.

In addition to planned physical education sessions, children and young people will participate in physical activity and sport in the classroom, during travel such as walking and cycling, in the outdoor environment and in the community.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-28088 on 5 November 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

The Scottish Government is aware that patients are experiencing delays in accessing the scoliosis service. A review of the scoliosis service is currently being undertaken to address service issues. The review is due to be completed by February 2011.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-28088 on 5 November 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

Best Value 2 is the name of the approach that the Accounts Commission for Scotland is taking to its second phase of Best Value audits of local authorities in Scotland. The role of governing arrangements for Best Value audits for the Scottish Government, NHS bodies and other public bodies rests with the Auditor General for Scotland, not the Accounts Commission.

Audit Scotland has set out its approach to auditing Best Value on behalf of the Auditor General in the leaflets Auditing Best Value in Central Government Bodies and Auditing Best Value in the NHS that are available on Audit Scotland''s website at:

http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/corp/2009/bv_audit_best_value_central_gov.pdf and

http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/corp/2009/bv_audit_best_value_nhs.pdf.

Under the terms of the Public Finance and Accountability Scotland Act 2000 all accountable officers of the Scottish administration and of public bodies are under a specific duty to ensure that arrangements are in place to secure best value. As public bodies are accountable to ministers, and through ministers to the Parliament, the Scottish Government does not consider it necessary to apply an express statutory duty to public bodies in respect of best value.

Compliance with the duty of best value is an auditable requirement for public bodies under section 22(1)(c) of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000. Audit Scotland set out its approach in the leaflet Auditing Best Value in central government bodies which is available on the Audit Scotland website at:

http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/corp/2009/bv_audit_best_value_central_gov.pdf

Scottish ministers are clear that best value is a powerful tool for improving performance and accountability across the public sector, including local government, central government and public bodies.

The information requested is not held centrally.

This information is not held by the Scottish Government. We understand that the OECD does not collate this data from individual countries in the UK.

Although a reserved matter, the Scottish Government actively supports companies with national pre-eminence in their sector who seek to use "Scottish" or equivalents in their company name.

Public bodies are responsible for managing their own business systems and processes. This includes determining the most effective use of information and communications technology in accordance with any relevant obligations, including openness, accountability and the duty of best value.

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Table 1. Proportion of School Leavers with a Higher Qualification in Information Technology¹ Related Subjects, by Local Authority, 2000-01 to 2008-09.

Data for 2009-10 will not be available until after the publication of post-appeal statistics in March 2011.

Proportion of Leavers (%)

Local Authority	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Aberdeen City	6.9	7.9	6.6	7.3	8.1	7.8	5.6	6.3	6.4
Aberdeenshire	8.0	8.1	10.3	9.0	9.2	8.4	6.3	5.8	6.2
Angus	5.8	5.7	7.1	6.4	5.6	5.6	4.2	4.8	5.7
Argyll and Bute	6.8	5.7	7.6	6.4	4.8	5.1	5.1	4.3	6.6
Clackmannanshire	3.5	4.0	4.5	4.6	5.4	5.1	5.6	4.2	5.7
Dumfries and Galloway	6.0	6.7	6.7	5.5	4.9	4.3	3.8	3.0	4.2
Dundee City	7.8	8.1	7.9	9.2	9.1	8.5	7.6	7.7	8.1
East Ayrshire	8.6	8.2	6.5	8.5	7.5	6.7	5.3	5.3	4.7
East Dunbartonshire	12.3	13.2	13.9	16.5	15.8	12.5	10.7	12.6	12.7
East Lothian	6.1	7.4	7.9	6.9	6.6	6.3	6.1	4.3	7.5
East Renfrewshire	12.2	16.6	15.5	17.0	18.0	13.6	12.7	9.3	10.2
Edinburgh, City of	7.0	7.9	7.4	8.8	8.2	6.8	6.6	7.5	7.4
Eilean Siar	9.0	4.9	8.7	9.9	4.8	6.1	5.2	7.5	6.7
Falkirk	5.3	5.5	6.2	5.6	5.3	3.0	3.8	4.2	4.1
Fife	4.8	5.8	7.0	7.6	7.3	6.0	4.6	5.7	6.2
Glasgow City	4.0	4.3	4.9	5.1	5.3	4.6	4.3	4.5	4.3
Highland	6.4	5.7	6.5	7.4	5.7	5.3	4.5	3.9	4.4
Inverclyde	6.2	7.9	6.2	6.2	7.0	8.0	5.9	4.8	8.3
Midlothian	6.8	6.2	6.8	7.7	7.3	4.7	4.2	6.3	5.9
Moray	8.2	8.7	9.2	7.5	4.6	5.1	5.2	3.9	4.5
North Ayrshire	10.2	12.8	9.9	9.4	10.4	9.7	8.1	6.7	8.9
North Lanarkshire	5.7	6.2	6.2	6.6	6.8	5.8	4.8	5.7	6.1
Orkney Islands	3.9	4.1	3.6	6.8	5.4	1.4	5.2	2.2	3.2
Perth and Kinross	6.5	9.1	8.4	9.2	8.7	9.2	7.9	6.6	8.3
Renfrewshire	7.5	9.3	6.1	10.0	8.9	7.7	5.5	5.3	6.3
Scottish Borders	5.1	5.1	4.8	5.6	4.4	3.7	3.3	4.2	3.8
Shetland Islands	3.7	2.0	6.3	9.9	6.8	1.7	3.9	5.1	7.3
South Ayrshire	9.3	13.3	12.4	9.8	12.3	13.0	12.2	9.2	11.1
South Lanarkshire	7.4	8.8	7.6	8.4	8.9	6.8	6.3	6.5	7.5
Stirling	10.0	8.8	7.9	10.8	11.7	7.4	5.3	5.6	5.9
West Dunbartonshire	6.6	7.4	8.3	7.0	9.3	9.6	5.6	6.9	8.1
West Lothian	6.7	7.7	7.1	8.7	6.3	6.5	5.9	5.8	8.2
Scotland	6.8	7.6	7.5	8.1	7.8	6.8	5.8	5.8	6.5

 

Table 2. Proportion of School Leavers with an Advanced Higher Qualification in Information Technology¹ Related Subjects in Scotland², 2000-01 to 2008-09.

Year	Proportion of Leavers (%)
2000-01	0.2
2001-02	0.6
2002-03	0.7
2003-04	0.7
2004-05	0.7
2005-06	0.6
2006-07	0.4
2007-08	0.5
2008-09	0.6

Notes:

1. Information technology related subjects include, Information Systems, Computing, Computing (new), Computing Studies (new), Computing and Information Technology.

2. The breakdown for Advanced Highers by local authority is very small.