- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2016
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to address the financial deficit that is reported to be facing 16 out of 20 colleges in the current financial year.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2016
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 31 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many secondary school home economics (a) teachers and (b) students there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority.
Answer
How many secondary school home economic (a) teachers there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority can be found in the Scottish Government's published teacher census supplementary tables 8.9 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/teachcenssuppdata and historical datasets: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/PubTeacherCensus and is shown in this table:
Table 8.9: Secondary school teachers where main subject taught is 'Home Economics'
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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Aberdeen City
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32
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29
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27
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25
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25
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24
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24
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23
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24
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Aberdeenshire
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42
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36
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40
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37
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35
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34
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35
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35
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35
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Angus
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28
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28
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26
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25
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25
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23
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27
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23
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23
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Argyll & Bute
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21
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23
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21
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20
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18
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19
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16
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16
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15
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Clackmannanshire
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11
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9
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11
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11
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11
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11
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11
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11
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9
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Dumfries & Galloway
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36
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40
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35
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35
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32
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32
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30
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34
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29
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Dundee City
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30
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29
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28
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25
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28
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29
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28
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26
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29
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East Ayrshire
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26
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27
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25
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24
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24
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20
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22
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19
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18
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East Dunbartonshire
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22
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23
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22
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21
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22
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21
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21
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22
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22
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East Lothian
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10
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17
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17
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16
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15
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16
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16
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14
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15
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East Renfrewshire
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18
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18
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19
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21
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19
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19
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20
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19
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19
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Edinburgh, City of
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56
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62
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61
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58
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59
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54
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52
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57
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53
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Eilean Siar
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9
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9
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9
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8
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8
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9
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9
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8
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9
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Falkirk
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31
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29
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30
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28
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31
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30
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27
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28
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28
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Fife
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70
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65
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59
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53
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57
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56
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58
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61
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59
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Glasgow City
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79
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81
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78
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79
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78
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74
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70
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63
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66
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Highland
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47
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48
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47
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44
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38
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37
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38
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33
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34
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Inverclyde
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19
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18
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17
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16
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15
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17
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16
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15
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12
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Midlothian
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20
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18
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19
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17
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16
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16
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17
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17
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15
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Moray
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22
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21
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18
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19
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18
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19
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18
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18
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16
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North Ayrshire
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29
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28
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25
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23
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23
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21
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21
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21
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19
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North Lanarkshire
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88
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80
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76
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75
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73
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69
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72
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66
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60
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Orkney Islands
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6
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6
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5
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5
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4
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4
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4
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5
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4
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Perth & Kinross
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26
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29
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25
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25
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27
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27
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25
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28
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27
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Renfrewshire
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34
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30
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29
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28
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27
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27
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26
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25
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26
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Scottish Borders
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27
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22
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22
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23
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22
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21
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22
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20
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20
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Shetland Islands
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9
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9
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8
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8
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7
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6
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6
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7
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6
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South Ayrshire
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24
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25
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26
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24
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24
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23
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21
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21
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22
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South Lanarkshire
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47
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55
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55
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55
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55
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56
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57
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57
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54
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Stirling
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16
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14
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13
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12
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13
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12
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13
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11
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13
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West Dunbartonshire
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22
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21
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19
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20
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18
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16
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16
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16
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16
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West Lothian
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34
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35
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31
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31
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31
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34
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32
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28
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28
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All local authorities
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990
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988
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943
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908
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896
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875
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870
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845
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825
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Grant aided
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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(1) Excludes head teachers and depute head teachers.
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How many secondary school home economic (b) students there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority is not collected. However, the SQA website http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/64717.4239.html. has information on exam entries to each subject as well as grades and passes and historical data back to 2007 is at: http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/57518.4241.html which may be of interest.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will amend legislation to extend planning controls on changing premises into betting shops.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2016
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 25 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider reinstating the bursary for studying for an MSc in educational psychology, in light of the reported reduction in the number of applicants since it was removed in 2012.
Answer
Scottish Government funding for educational psychology students was introduced at a time when there was a significant shortage in the supply of educational psychologists compared to demand.
We are working with the National Scottish Steering Group for Educational Psychologists to take action, including exploring training provision, to ensure a sustainable and regular supply of educational psychologists to meet future needs.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 25 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported reduction in the number of (a) educational psychologists across local authorities and (b) applicants to MSc programmes in educational psychology.
Answer
It is for local authorities to take decisions around the number of educational psychologists they employ and how they fulfil their duty to provide a psychology service.
The National Scottish Steering Group for Educational Psychologists is continuing to monitor workforce planning data and trends including the number of applications to the MSc Educational Psychology courses. The group is taking action to ensure a sustainable and regular supply of educational psychologists.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 5 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much direct investment in college estates it has made in (a) real and (b) cash terms in each year since 2007, and how much it will provide in each of the next five years.
Answer
Funding made available by the Scottish Government to invest in college estates from 2007-08 to 2016-17, in cash terms, is shown in the following table. In addition, colleges have been awarded £10 million accelerated capital funding in 2016-17 to help improve existing estates, as included in the recent Programme for Government announcement.
Year
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Cash Terms
(£m)
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2007-08
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122
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2008-09
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92
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2009-2010
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107
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2010-2011
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109
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2011-2012
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50
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2012-2013
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28
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2013-2014
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28
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2014-2015
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27
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2015-2016
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25.5
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2016-2017
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27
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Real terms figures can be calculated using the GDP deflators available through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp
Future capital budgets for the FE sector will be determined as part of the forthcoming Draft Budget process.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it will provide in (a) real and (b) cash terms to the Scottish College for Educational Leadership in each of the next five years to support the "aspiring, new and experienced teachers" referred to in the Programme for Government.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to supporting the Scottish College for Educational Leadership in providing a range of high-quality professional learning opportunities for all teachers and currently gives SCEL up to £1.3 million per year while also supporting the Into Headship programme at a cost of £1.5 million over the next three years. The Programme for Government confirmed that we will work with SCEL to put in place a new package of support for aspiring, new and experienced headteachers. This package is currently under discussion with SCEL and the level of funding will be confirmed further to the Spending Review.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) full- and (b) part-time college students there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by gender.
Answer
The latest available data on students at college in Scotland are Scottish Funding Council data for 2014-15. Table 1 shows the number of full-time and part-time students at college in Scotland in each year since 2006-07, broken down by gender.
Table 1: Number of full-time and part-time students at college in Scotland, by gender, 2006-07 to 2014-15
Mode of study
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Gender
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2006-07
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2007-08
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2008-09
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2009-10
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2010-11
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2011-12
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2012-13
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2013-14
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2014-15
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Full-time
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Female
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37,064
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37,167
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39,068
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41,603
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42,494
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42,968
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41,807
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42,709
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42,974
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Male
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30,920
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30,382
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31,600
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35,094
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37,048
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37,880
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36,480
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37,147
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36,241
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Part-time
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Female
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177,025
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181,947
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174,834
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155,079
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127,603
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101,609
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91,948
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90,105
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87,686
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Male
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132,256
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144,610
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143,394
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128,452
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110,222
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88,609
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82,658
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82,935
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83,978
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Source: InFact Database, Scottish Funding Council
Note: Full-time and part-time headcount figures will not sum to published headcount totals. Students who enrol on both full-time and part-time courses in an academic year will be counted in both categories.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it will provide in (a) real and (b) cash terms in each of the next five years to make Educational Maintenance Allowance an entitlement in Scotland.
Answer
The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is currently an entitlement in Scotland. This means that any applicant who meets the eligibility criteria will be entitled to receive EMA support.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-29137 by Michael Matheson on 13 January 2016, what progress has been made on its commitment to amend legislation to extend planning controls on changing premises into betting shops.
Answer
Amendments to the Use Classes Order in this regard are being considered in the context of the current programme of work to bring forward further reform to the planning system.