- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to promote tourism in areas served by the M74.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2018
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 31 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to farmers to prevent river bank erosion.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 31 May 2018
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much each local authority has spent on community transport in each of the last three years.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information.
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 24 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many probationer teachers have been retained following their probationer year in each of the last three years, also broken down by local authority.
Answer
In September 2016 there were 2,630 probationer teachers working in publicly funded schools in Scotland. Of these teachers, 2,326 (88%) were still working in publicly funded schools in Scotland in 2017.
Probationer and Post Probationer Teachers in Publicly Funded Schools in Scotland
| 2014 Cohort | 2015 Cohort | 2016 Cohort |
| Probationers | Post-Probationers | Probationers | Post-Probationers | Probationers | Post-Probationers |
Aberdeen City | 83 | 70 | 85 | 74 | 90 | 82 |
Aberdeenshire | 141 | 124 | 157 | 140 | 139 | 121 |
Angus | 51 | 45 | 57 | 54 | 48 | 42 |
Argyll & Bute | 21 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 19 |
Clackmannanshire | 29 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 39 | 31 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 64 | 52 | 74 | 60 | 78 | 71 |
Dundee City | 57 | 55 | 65 | 60 | 72 | 61 |
East Ayrshire | 49 | 41 | 61 | 56 | 41 | 39 |
East Dunbartonshire | 77 | 65 | 78 | 66 | 99 | 85 |
East Lothian | 59 | 52 | 76 | 64 | 57 | 47 |
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East Renfrewshire | 94 | 79 | 91 | 70 | 91 | 83 |
Edinburgh City | 137 | 108 | 163 | 135 | 170 | 128 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
Falkirk | 91 | 85 | 95 | 85 | 97 | 89 |
Fife | 158 | 138 | 179 | 160 | 192 | 169 |
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Glasgow City | 240 | 205 | 229 | 195 | 239 | 214 |
Highland | 109 | 86 | 119 | 97 | 130 | 120 |
Inverclyde | 33 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 30 | 26 |
Midlothian | 44 | 39 | 51 | 46 | 49 | 44 |
Moray | 49 | 43 | 38 | 35 | 37 | 33 |
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North Ayrshire | 52 | 46 | 53 | 51 | 63 | 60 |
North Lanarkshire | 149 | 137 | 153 | 134 | 155 | 143 |
Orkney Islands | 11 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 9 |
Perth & Kinross | 66 | 56 | 62 | 50 | 60 | 52 |
Renfrewshire | 111 | 87 | 89 | 75 | 109 | 98 |
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Scottish Borders | 32 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 22 |
Shetland Islands | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
South Ayrshire | 52 | 43 | 49 | 43 | 57 | 48 |
South Lanarkshire | 169 | 153 | 178 | 163 | 194 | 183 |
Stirling | 64 | 53 | 49 | 37 | 70 | 58 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 56 | 47 | 55 | 46 | 60 | 54 |
West Lothian | 80 | 70 | 76 | 68 | 79 | 71 |
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Grant Maintained | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Scotland | 2,448 | 2,094 | 2,524 | 2,194 | 2,630 | 2,326 |
Notes:
1. For each cohort, the number of probationers in post in September of that year are shown and then the number who are still working in a publicly funded school in Scotland in the following September. For example the 2016 cohort are teachers who were probationers in September 2016.
2. Post-Probationers are shown in the local authority where they were probationers regardless of where in Scotland they worked after probation.
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 24 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many probationer teachers have been placed in each of the last three years, also broken down by local authority.
Answer
The Scottish Government works closely with the General Teaching Council for Scotland to administer the Teacher Induction Scheme and allocate eligible probationer teachers to every Local Authority each year.
The following table indicates the total number of probationers placed in each Local Authority for the last three years:
Local Authority | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
ABERDEEN | 87 | 89 | 95 |
ABERDEENSHIRE | 156 | 140 | 159 |
ANGUS | 58 | 48 | 58 |
ARGYLL & BUTE | 18 | 21 | 28 |
CLACKMANNANSHIRE | 29 | 40 | 26 |
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY | 74 | 78 | 97 |
DUNDEE | 66 | 71 | 80 |
EAST AYRSHIRE | 61 | 41 | 73 |
EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE | 78 | 99 | 119 |
EAST LOTHIAN | 77 | 57 | 69 |
EAST RENFREWSHIRE | 91 | 92 | 86 |
EDINBURGH | 165 | 170 | 159 |
FALKIRK | 97 | 97 | 108 |
FIFE | 181 | 194 | 225 |
GLASGOW | 230 | 238 | 238 |
HIGHLAND | 120 | 131 | 145 |
INVERCLYDE | 29 | 30 | 36 |
MIDLOTHIAN | 51 | 50 | 46 |
MORAY | 39 | 37 | 37 |
NORTH AYRSHIRE | 54 | 62 | 79 |
NORTH LANARKSHIRE | 155 | 156 | 216 |
ORKNEY ISLANDS | 12 | 14 | 10 |
PERTH & KINROSS | 62 | 60 | 68 |
RENFREWSHIRE | 90 | 110 | 102 |
SCOTTISH BORDERS | 31 | 26 | 32 |
SHETLAND ISLANDS | 10 | 9 | 7 |
SOUTH AYRSHIRE | 51 | 57 | 56 |
SOUTH LANARKSHIRE | 177 | 195 | 191 |
STIRLING | 49 | 70 | 67 |
WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE | 58 | 60 | 63 |
WEST LOTHIAN | 76 | 80 | 93 |
WESTERN ISLES | 12 | 13 | 17 |
TOTALS | 2544 | 2635 | 2885 |
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 April 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 17 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to the workforce of Pinneys in Annan.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 17 April 2018
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12220 by John Swinney on 7 November 2017, on what date the cabinet secretary instructed his officials to engage with each of the organisations.
Answer
As detailed in the response to S5W-12220 the Scottish Government has continued stakeholder engagement since the introduction of the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill in June 2017.
As I set out in my letter to the Education and Skills Committee on 15 March 2018, it is entirely right and proper for the Scottish Government to discuss policy options with stakeholders throughout the passage of the Information Sharing Bill. I discuss stakeholder engagement with officials on an on-going basis and am and remain fully aware of engagement undertaken by officials in relation to the Bill.
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter to the Education and Skills Committee by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 15 March 2018, on what date the engagement with Social Work Scotland took place.
Answer
The engagement with Social Work Scotland referred to in the letter of 15 March took place on 6 November 2017.
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Education Skills or (b) a special adviser cleared the publication of the response to the Freedom of Information (FOI) request, FOI/18/02950, regarding correspondence with Children in Scotland
Answer
I cleared the response to FOI/18/02950.
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills or (b) a special adviser cleared the publication of the response to the Freedom of Information (FOI) request, FOI/17/02787, regarding the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
I cleared the response to FOI/17/02787.