- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS dental surgeries in each local authority area have full patient lists.
Answer
The information requested is not collected or held by the Scottish Government.
NHS dental patient registrations are at a record high level of 90.7%. Patients looking for a dentist can contact local dental practices to enquire if they are registering NHS dental patients. Addresses of dental practices in an area can be found at:
http://www.nhs24.com/findlocal/?postcode=G44+1AB&service=Dentists&page=s11&imageField.x=41&imageField.y=10
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2016
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2016
To ask the First Minister what discussions the Scottish Government is having with the governing bodies of contact sports regarding head injuries.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2016
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Mark McDonald on 28 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many referrals to the children’s reporter were made in each year between 2000-01 and 2015-16, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information is not held centrally. This is a matter for the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA).
Scottish Children's Reporter Administration
Ochil House
Springkerse Business Park
Stirling
FK7 7XE
http://www.scra.gov.uk/
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many free school meals were distributed in each local authority area in the last year.
Answer
The Local Finance Returns outline the amount of free school meals served in pre-primary, primary, secondary and special education; and are published on a financial year, rather than a calendar year basis. The following table outlines the amount of free school meals served in pre-primary, primary, secondary and special education settings according to the most recent Local Finance Returns for 2014-15:
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Total number of free school meals
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Scotland*
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22,828,000
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Aberdeen City
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597,000
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Aberdeenshire
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709,000
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Angus
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417,000
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Argyll & Bute
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330,000
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Clackmannanshire
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262,000
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Dumfries & Galloway
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714,000
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Dundee City
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773,000
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East Ayrshire
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697,000
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East Dunbartonshire
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445,000
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East Lothian
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312,000
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East Renfrewshire
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367,000
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Edinburgh, City of
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1,430,000
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Eilean Siar
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75,000
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Falkirk
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794,000
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Fife
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1,381,000
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Glasgow City
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3,651,000
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Highland
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842,000
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Inverclyde
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427,000
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Midlothian
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422,000
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Moray
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288,000
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North Ayrshire
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779,000
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North Lanarkshire
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1,818,000
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Orkney Islands
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59,000
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Perth & Kinross
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384,000
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Renfrewshire
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733, 000
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Scottish Borders
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418,000
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Shetland Islands
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57,000
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South Ayrshire
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494,000
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South Lanarkshire
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1,356,000
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Stirling
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306,000
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West Dunbartonshire
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516,000
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West Lothian
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979,000
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*Scotland total does not equal the sum of components due to rounding to nearest 000.
This data includes the number of free school meals provided for children in Primary 1-3 in January-March 2015 following the launch of the universal free school meals policy for P1-3 in January 2015.
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many primary school children are registered for free school meals in each local authority, also broken down by month over the last year.
Answer
The latest statistics on free school meals were published on 22 June 2016 in the Scottish Government Statistics Publication - Summary statistics for attainment, leaver destinations and healthy living, No. 6: 2016 Edition. Table 7 in the accompanying supplementary data provides details of the number of children and young people in primary schools in each local authority who were registered for free school meals in each year from 2007. This can be accessed at http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/MealsSD/mealspesd/mealspesd2016.
The information was collected in February 2016 from all publicly funded schools in Scotland and cannot be broken down on a monthly basis.
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on CAP subsidy payments to farmers in Perthshire.
Answer
For the purposes of administering the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Scotland is divided into areas covered by Scottish Government's Area Offices.
The current position for 2015 Basic and Greening Payments for the area covered by the Perth office, which includes but is not limited to Perthshire is as follows:
Total number of eligible claims 2567
Total number of claimants paid in full 2475
Total claimants who have received a part payment 24
Total cases unpaid 68
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many Basic Payment Scheme payments are outstanding, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The information requested is not categorised by local authority and I am therefore supplying the best alternatives available at present which is the information relating to each Rural Payments and Inspections Division local area office as at 14 September 2016.
Area Office
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Eligible
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Full
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Part
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Unpaid
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Ayr
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1817
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1774
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14
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29
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Benbecula
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624
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590
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6
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28
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Dumfries
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1373
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1309
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27
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37
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Elgin
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474
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464
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2
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8
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Galashiels
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1599
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1507
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29
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63
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Golspie
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443
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429
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8
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6
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Hamilton
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765
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749
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7
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9
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Inverness
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1332
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1298
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14
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20
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Inverurie
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2750
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2673
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33
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44
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Kirkwall
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679
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660
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9
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10
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Lerwick
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882
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855
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18
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9
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Oban
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891
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841
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18
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32
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Perth
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2567
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2475
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24
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68
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Portree
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501
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479
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4
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18
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Stornoway
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892
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842
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8
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42
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Thurso
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711
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689
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9
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13
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Other
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37
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0
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0
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37
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Total
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18337
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17634
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230
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473
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- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 12 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what fee payment rate has been paid to Scottish Qualifications Authority invigilators for a standard four-hour session in each year since 2007.
Answer
This is an operational matter for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). I have asked the Chief Executive of SQA to write to you.
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2016
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 14 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that its land reform legislation does not have a negative impact on young people.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 14 September 2016
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address the reported 25% decline in the number of computing teachers in schools between 2005 and 2015.
Answer
While it is ultimately the responsibility of individual local authorities, the Scottish Government is taking a number of actions to help recruit and retain computing teachers. We have increased student teacher intake targets for the fifth year in a row and are setting targets to train teachers in the subjects where they are needed most. Over £2 million funding is being made available to train an extra 260 teachers in 2016-17. The 2016-17 target is 66% above 2011-12 target.
We have delivered our #inspiringteachers campaign to encourage more people into the profession, We also support innovative ways to encourage more graduates into teaching in areas with particular challenges.