Chamber and committees

It is for local authorities todecide if the level of local sports facility provision is satisfactory in fulfillingtheir statutory responsibility of ensuring that there is adequate provision of sportingfacilities for their residents.

The National Audit of Scotland’s Sports Facilities summary report, published by sportscotland in June 2006 (Bib.number 39798) highlighted the need for significant investment by local authoritiesin our sports facilities. More importantly, however, it called upon local authoritiesto prepare facility strategies to ensure we have the right facilities in the rightplaces. This message is reinforced in Reaching Higher – Building on the successof Sport 21, the revised national sport strategy which I launched on Thursday8 March which sets out the need for quality facilities as one of our national priorities.The Executive, through sportscotland, stands ready to assist local authorities intaking forward their role and responsibilities as set out in the revised strategy.

Official events held at ButeHouse are always hosted by an Executive minister and organised by the Scottish Executive.Since 1999, very occasionally a charity has held a private event at Bute House,hosted by the First Minister. No charity has done so more than once. All costs associatedwith such events would be met by the charity and as these events are unofficial,no record of them is held by the Scottish Executive.

The following tables includeentrants to initial teacher training courses at Scottish higher educationinstitutions (HEIs) leading to registration as a school teacher with the GeneralTeaching Council for Scotland. This includes those studying at postgraduate level(PGCE) and first degree level which consists of Bachelor of Education courses andprogrammes leading concurrently to a degree and a teaching qualification. Entrantsto concurrent courses can obtain a degree with or without a teaching qualification.

Entrants to Teacher TrainingCourses at Scottish HEIs by Gender

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Female	1,820	1,955	2,400	2,175	2,350	2,885	3,560
Male	545	600	685	700	730	960	1,195
Total	2,365	2,555	3,085	2,875	3,085	3,845	4,760

Source: Higher Education StatisticsAgency.

Note: All numbers have been roundedto the nearest 5. Figures include foreign nationals.

Entrants to Teacher TrainingCourses at Scottish HEIs by Ethnicity

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Refused/not known	580	545	490	305	310	545	370
White	1,765	1,980	2,540	2,515	2,725	3,225	4,285
Black African	0	0	5	0	5	5	5
Black Other	0	0	0	0	5	5	0
Indian	5	5	5	10	5	5	10
Pakistani	5	10	15	15	10	20	25
Bangladeshi	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Chinese	0	0	5	5	5	5	5
Other Asian	0	0	0	5	0	5	5
Other	10	10	15	15	15	25	45
Total	2,365	2,555	3,085	2,875	3,085	3,845	4,760

Source: Higher Education StatisticsAgency.

Note: All numbers have been roundedto the nearest 5. Figures include foreign nationals.

Entrants to Teacher TrainingCourses at Scottish HEIs by Disability

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
No Known Disability	2,155	2,315	2,885	2,730	2,925	3,660	4,540
Dyslexia	15	25	25	35	50	55	70
Blind/Partially Sighted	5	0	5	0	5	5	10
Deaf/Hearing Impared	5	10	0	5	10	10	5
Wheelchair User/Mobility Difficulties	0	0	0	5	5	5	5
Mental Health Difficulties	0	5	0	0	5	0	10
An Unseen Disability	30	40	45	40	55	65	75
Multiple Disabilities	0	0	0	5	5	5	5
Other Disability	10	15	15	20	10	20	35
Information Not Sought/Known	145	145	105	35	15	25	5
Total	2,365	2,555	3,085	2,875	3,085	3,845	4,760

Source: Higher Education StatisticsAgency.

Note: All numbers have been roundedto the nearest 5. Figures include foreign nationals. The “Unseen Disability” categoryincludes diabetes, epilepsy and asthma.

The following table is basedon information published on the Energy Saving Trust’s website at www.est.org.uk/schri. The table shows the58 accredited installers based in Scotland, broken down by local authority area. In addition thereare 89 installers outside Scotland that operate in Scotland. Of these, 37 have fullaccreditation and 52 have provisional accreditation.

Local Authority	Accreditation Status
	Full	Provisional
Aberdeen City	0	0
Aberdeenshire	3	3
Angus	1	0
Argyll and Bute	0	0
City of Edinburgh	1	1
City of Glasgow	1	2
Dumfries and Galloway	1	0
Clackmannanshire	0	0
Dundee	0	2
East Ayrshire	2	0
East Dunbartonshire	0	0
East Lothian	0	1
East Renfrewshire	0	1
Falkirk	0	0
Fife	2	0
Highland	4	6
Inverclyde	0	0
Midlothian	0	1
Moray	1	1
North Ayrshire	0	0
North Lanarkshire	0	1
Orkney	2	0
Perth and Kinross	2	4
Renfrewshire	0	0
Scottish Borders	2	0
Shetland	1	1
South Ayrshire	1	1
South Lanarkshire	0	0
Stirling	2	1
W Dunbartonshire	0	0
Western Isles	0	1
West Lothian	3	2
Total	29	29

 

Since 2005 all Careers Scotlandstaff, including careers advisers, have received mandatory training in both GoodPractice in Equal Opportunities and Child Protection. In addition, all new careersadvisers receive three-day mandatory training on Additional Support Needs BasicAwareness.

Also since 2005 the followingspecific training has been taken up by Careers Scotland staff:

MentalHealth Awareness

HiddenDisability

AutismAwareness

Drugand Alcohol Awareness

Workingwith Offenders

Workwith the Blind and Partially Sighted

ManagingChallenging Behaviour.

There are no records availableon training prior to the creation of Careers Scotland in 2002. Recording of trainingwas kept manually between 2002 and 2005 and we are therefore unable to provide theinformation requested. However, since 2005 electronic records have been kept whichshow training delivered to staff.

Individual staff members haveadditionally requested and received training in the following:

Britishsign language training

Angermanagement.

Staff also have access to theDisability Confident e-learning modules and all Careers Scotland staff havehad awareness raised through Careers Scotland’s Additional Support Needs Handbook.

Careers advisers are not employedby secondary schools, but are deployed there on an equitable basis dependent onschool population size. Each school is allocated 58 days per annum careers advisertime per 1,000 pupils and this is negotiated and agreed with each school througha Partnership Agreement. In addition, each local authority can identify up to 30%of schools in their area whose pupils need most help in making an effective transitionon leaving school. These schools receive an additional time allocation from CareersScotland.

The following table providesdetails of the numbers of careers advisers, in recent years, operating within eachCareers Scotland Local Advisory Board area, and how they reflect local authorityareas. However, these careers advisers also provide services to unemployed youngpeople, college students and adults as well as to the school pupils.

The table also provides detailsof the total number of secondary school pupils (S1-S6) in each Careers ScotlandLocal Advisory Board area, based on the September 2005 School Census. The numberof pupils per careers adviser has then been calculated using the comparable (January2006) data. However the recent increase in number of careers advisers in 2007 willhave decreased the number of pupils per adviser in most areas, since the data shownfor the School year 2005-06.

	No. of Careers Advisers (Full-Time Equivalent)			Secondary School Population September 2005*	Average No. of Pupils Per Careers Adviser - School Year 2005-06
	January 2005	January 2006	January 2007
Fife	26.5	29.5	31.5	22,213	753
Grampian	22	30.5	30	26,211	859
Tayside	30	32	35	23,332	729
Borders	7.5	10.5	10.5	6,971	664
Edinburgh and Lothians	48.5	61.5	61	42,250	687
Forth Valley	15.5	22	24.5	18,183	827
Ayrshire	29	30	34	24,692	823
Dumfries and Galloway	10	10	11	9,581	958
Lanarkshire	51.5	59	61.5	42,293	717
Dunbartonshire	12.5	15	19	14,603	974
Glasgow area	39	47	70.5	28,499	606
Renfrewshire	35	37	40.5	24,656	666
Totals	327	384	429	283,484

Note: *Secondary School Rollsby Stage – September 2005 School Census (S1-S6).

Careers advisers operate withinmultidisciplinary teams. Schools additionally get support from other Careers Scotlandstaff including specialist programmes to help prevent pupils becoming NEET (notin education, employment or training) and a range of World of Work experiences andenterprise activities within the delivery of a consistent, coherent and progressivecareer education programme.

The information requested isnot held centrally.

The information requested isnot held centrally.

The North East of Scotland TransportPartnership has commissioned feasibility work which is expected to be completedby spring 2007. We will then be able to fully assess the proposals.

Current feasibility work on theAberdeen Crossrail proposal is assessing the potential for new stations at Kintore,Newtonhill, Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South.