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Question reference: S2W-31645

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2007
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 12 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many pupils with (a) disabilities and (b) special needs who have received mainstream schooling have participated in work experience in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.

The following tables providedata from the attendance and absence surveys on the numbers of pupils with a Recordof Needs and/or Individualised Educational Programmes in all years of secondaryschools recorded as not being in school due to being on work experience. The datacovers the years 2003-04 to 2005-06, the only years for which these data were collected.Data on pupils with disabilities are not held centrally.

2005-06 Pupil Numbers

	Secondary	Secondary School Pupils with RoN/IEP
	Pupils, Not SEN	Mainstream Class Only	Some Mainstream Class, Some Special Class	Special Class Only	Special School
Aberdeen City	1,054	15	10	-	45
Aberdeenshire	273	28	20	2	14
Angus	1,126	11	8	13	-
Argyll and Bute	986	43	7	-	4
Clackmannanshire	374	8	3	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	1,635	25	29	-	-
Dundee City	1,059	52	36	1	3
East Ayrshire	1,283	43	3	-	13
East Dunbartonshire	1,550	13	-	-	18
East Lothian	1,181	12	5	-	-
East Renfrewshire	982	39	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	3,185	93	1	-	59
Eilean Siar	426	11	3	-	-
Falkirk	1,388	43	-	-	20
Fife	2,830	79	15	6	2
Glasgow City	3,792	46	-	1	183
Highland	1,859	64	24	-	-
Inverclyde	725	41	1	-	24
Midlothian	..	..	..	..	..
Moray	898	31	13	1	-
North Ayrshire	1,098	21	-	-	9
North Lanarkshire	3,565	74	2	-	92
Orkney Islands	64	3	-	-	-
Perth and Kinross	1,509	56	20	-	-
Renfrewshire	1,955	81	-	-	31
Scottish Borders	759	11	38	1	-
Shetland Islands	268	8	13	8	-
South Ayrshire	1,174	63	-	-	-
South Lanarkshire	3,154	91	11	-	100
Stirling	692	7	1	-	-
West Dunbartonshire	1,001	24	-	-	5
West Lothian	199	5	-	-	-
Scotland	42,044	1,141	263	33	622

Notes:

- means zero or rounds to zero.

.. means data not supplied.

n/a means not applicable.

2005-06 Percentages

	Secondary	Secondary School Pupils with RoN/IEP
	Pupils, Not SEN	Mainstream Class Only	Some Mainstream Class, Some Special Class	Special Class Only	Special School
Aberdeen City	10	12	11	-	31
Aberdeenshire	2	6	6	3	16
Angus	16	13	19	42	n/a
Argyll and Bute	18	20	18	-	17
Clackmannanshire	13	6	13	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	18	11	18	-	-
Dundee City	14	10	11	1	5
East Ayrshire	16	15	18	n/a	16
East Dunbartonshire	19	12	-	-	29
East Lothian	21	24	13	-	n/a
East Renfrewshire	13	19	n/a	n/a	-
Edinburgh, City of	17	14	11	-	18
Eilean Siar	24	19	20	-	n/a
Falkirk	16	9	-	-	19
Fife	13	10	10	46	3
Glasgow City	14	10	n/a	14	25
Highland	13	15	15	-	-
Inverclyde	14	14	100	n/a	41
Midlothian	..	..	..	..	..
Moray	16	20	19	3	n/a
North Ayrshire	12	19	n/a	n/a	10
North Lanarkshire	16	16	17	-	25
Orkney Islands	5	6	-	-	n/a
Perth and Kinross	20	17	13	-	-
Renfrewshire	18	18	-	-	23
Scottish Borders	12	6	21	6	n/a
Shetland Islands	18	9	30	38	n/a
South Ayrshire	17	12	-	-	-
South Lanarkshire	16	13	37	-	32
Stirling	12	4	6	-	-
West Dunbartonshire	16	16	-	n/a	7
West Lothian	2	1	-	-	-
Scotland	14	12	13	7	21

Notes:

- means zero or rounds to zero.

.. means data not supplied.

n/a means not applicable.

2004-05 Pupil Numbers

	Secondary	Secondary School Pupils with RoN/IEP
	pupils, Not SEN	Mainstream Class Only	Some Mainstream Class, Some Special Class	Special Class Only	Special School
Aberdeen City	1,485	22	13	-	38
Aberdeenshire	312	21	27	1	16
Angus	1,173	21	12	10	-
Argyll and Bute	924	31	5	-	6
Clackmannanshire	339	7	18	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	1,734	26	42	-	1
Dundee City	1,115	57	22	1	8
East Ayrshire	1,188	35	-	-	9
East Dunbartonshire	1,295	18	-	-	20
East Lothian	1,076	11	7	-	-
East Renfrewshire	1,054	46	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	2,942	80	-	1	55
Eilean Siar	467	17	3	-	-
Falkirk	1,270	34	2	-	11
Fife	2,921	65	30	13	-
Glasgow City	3,244	34	-	-	188
Highland	1,968	60	17	1	1
Inverclyde	731	44	-	-	18
Midlothian	154	5	-	-	-
Moray	1,038	23	14	-	-
North Ayrshire	1,138	15	-	-	7
North Lanarkshire	3,622	49	3	-	93
Orkney Islands	61	-	-	-	-
Perth and Kinross	1,122	36	14	-	-
Renfrewshire	1,636	85	-	-	46
Scottish Borders	646	14	18	1	-
Shetland Islands	275	8	4	-	-
South Ayrshire	1,188	51	2	-	-
South Lanarkshire	3,114	102	8	-	71
Stirling	605	9	2	-	-
West Dunbartonshire	977	10	-	-	3
West Lothian	185	6	-	-	-
Scotland	40,999	1,042	263	28	591

Notes:

- means zero or rounds to zero.

.. means data not supplied.

n/a means not applicable.

2004-05 Percentages

	Secondary	Secondary School Pupils with RoN/IEP
	Non SEN	Mainstream Class Only	Some Mainstream Class, Some Special Class	Special Class Only	Special School
Aberdeen City	15	19	13	-	23
Aberdeenshire	2	4	9	2	16
Angus	17	15	29	40	n/a
Argyll and Bute	17	16	10	-	23
Clackmannanshire	12	8	50	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	19	13	24	-	6
Dundee City	15	11	9	2	10
East Ayrshire	15	15	-	-	9
East Dunbartonshire	15	23	-	-	28
East Lothian	19	18	27	-	n/a
East Renfrewshire	14	25	n/a	n/a	-
Edinburgh, City of	15	13	-	20	14
Eilean Siar	25	32	21	-	n/a
Falkirk	15	9	11	-	8
Fife	14	11	22	33	-
Glasgow City	11	9	n/a	-	21
Highland	14	14	13	4	1
Inverclyde	14	15	n/a	n/a	21
Midlothian	3	3	-	-	-
Moray	18	15	20	-	n/a
North Ayrshire	13	14	n/a	n/a	6
North Lanarkshire	17	11	27	-	22
Orkney Islands	4	-	-	n/a	n/a
Perth and Kinross	15	17	8	-	-
Renfrewshire	15	18	-	-	27
Scottish Borders	10	10	11	10	n/a
Shetland Islands	18	13	17	-	n/a
South Ayrshire	17	14	11	-	-
South Lanarkshire	16	16	22	n/a	19
Stirling	11	6	5	-	-
West Dunbartonshire	16	8	-	n/a	4
West Lothian	2	1	-	n/a	-
Scotland	13	12	14	8	16

Notes:

- means zero or rounds to zero.

.. means data not supplied.

n/a means not applicable.

2003-04 Pupil Numbers

	Secondary	Secondary school pupils with RoN/IEP
	Non SEN	Mainstream Class Only	Some Mainstream Class, Some Special Class	Special Class Only	Non SEN
Aberdeen City	1,456	25	11	-	31
Aberdeenshire	199	4	16	4	2
Angus	621	9	12	1	-
Argyll and Bute	835	24	5	-	2
Clackmannanshire	426	11	5	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	1,478	30	49	1	-
Dundee City	1,119	34	33	4	3
East Ayrshire	1,193	35	8	-	21
East Dunbartonshire	1,549	12	1	-	8
East Lothian	1,153	21	5	-	-
East Renfrewshire	1,386	35	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	2,487	108	8	1	52
Eilean Siar	421	12	2	-	-
Falkirk	1,407	42	2	-	-
Fife	2,889	38	21	6	1
Glasgow City	3,185	25	-	-	245
Highland	1,882	57	26	2	-
Inverclyde	480	21	-	-	4
Midlothian	326	7	1	-	-
Moray	1,046	29	20	-	-
North Ayrshire	1,339	15	-	-	2
North Lanarkshire	3,356	52	2	1	72
Orkney Islands	44	4	-	-	-
Perth and Kinross	632	13	13	-	-
Renfrewshire	1,748	98	-	5	39
Scottish Borders	827	14	23	2	-
Shetland Islands	169	1	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	1,244	53	3	-	-
South Lanarkshire	2,759	67	5	-	98
Stirling	438	4	-	-	-
West Dunbartonshire	1,089	16	-	-	12
West Lothian	..	..	..	..	..
Scotland	39,183	916	271	27	592

Notes:

- means zero or rounds to zero.

.. means data not supplied.

n/a means not applicable.

2003-04 Percentages

	Secondary	Secondary School Pupils with RoN/IEP
	Non SEN	Mainstream Class Only	Some Mainstream Class, Some Special Class	Special Class Only	Non SEN
Aberdeen City	14	20	11	-	17
Aberdeenshire	1	1	5	9	2
Angus	9	9	22	10	n/a
Argyll and Bute	15	17	12	-	6
Clackmannanshire	15	11	18	n/a	-
Dumfries and Galloway	16	13	30	7	-
Dundee City	15	8	12	4	3
East Ayrshire	15	16	28	-	18
East Dunbartonshire	18	15	14	n/a	10
East Lothian	21	23	19	-	n/a
East Renfrewshire	19	20	n/a	n/a	-
Edinburgh, City of	13	15	57	8	12
Eilean Siar	23	19	10	-	n/a
Falkirk	17	12	13	n/a	-
Fife	13	10	13	11	1
Glasgow City	11	13	-	n/a	22
Highland	13	14	18	13	-
Inverclyde	9	8	-	n/a	4
Midlothian	6	5	25	-	-
Moray	19	19	20	-	n/a
North Ayrshire	15	15	n/a	n/a	2
North Lanarkshire	15	16	17	13	15
Orkney Islands	3	10	-	-	-
Perth and Kinross	8	9	12	-	-
Renfrewshire	15	23	-	50	19
Scottish Borders	13	13	11	29	n/a
Shetland Islands	11	3	-	-	n/a
South Ayrshire	17	18	10	-	-
South Lanarkshire	14	13	14	-	26
Stirling	9	4	-	n/a	-
West Dunbartonshire	17	14	-	n/a	16
West Lothian	..	..	..	..	..
Scotland	13	13	14	8	14

Notes:

- means zero or rounds to zero.

.. means data not supplied.

n/a means not applicable.

Question reference: S2W-31482

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many traffic police officers have been employed by each police force in each of the last five years, showing year-on-year percentage changes and expressed also per head of population.

Question reference: S2W-30753

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 2 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many community projects have received a Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative grant for installation of a micro-renewable energy system, broken down by region, grant amount and system type.

The information requested isprovided in the following tables.

CommunityGrants Approved (including Grants Paid) by Region to 22 January 2007

Region	Number of Grants Approved	Value of Grants Approved
South West Scotland	7	£197,453.41
Strathclyde and Central	24	£856,127.84
Aberdeen	10	£292,453.96
Tayside	11	£390,453.55
Lothian and Edinburgh	31	£603,873.69
Argyll and Islands	25	£964,690
North Highland	19	£327,079
East Highland	15	£339,103
Orkney	21	£449,160
Shetland	19	£633,228
West Highland	21	£547,877
Western Isles	22	£843,037

Community grants approved (includinggrants paid) by technology to 22 January 2007

Technology	Number of Grants Approved	Value of Grants Approved
Solar water	45	£635,419.99
Solar air	5	£51,797.36
Solar air/solar water	5	£78,857.41
Wind	62	£1,296,607.39
Hydro	6	£76,087
Biomass	36	£1,562,842.73
Ground source heat pump	49	£1,857,819.76
Solar hot water/wind	5	£114,543.12
Hydro/GSHP	1	£15,639.25
Solar hot water/GSHP	4	£265,810
Multiple	5	£339,112.44
Hydrogen	1	£100,000
GSHP/Wind	1	£50,000

Question reference: S2W-30752

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 2 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many households have received a Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative grant for installation of a micro-renewable energy system, broken down by region, grant amount and system type.

The information requested isprovided in the following tables.

Householder Grants Approved (includingGrants Paid) by Geography (to 13 November 2006)

Region	Number of Grants Approved	Value Approved
South West Scotland	147	£319,680.04
Strathclyde and Central	138	£309,695.69
Aberdeen	150	£325,533.75
Tayside	193	£421,554.29
Lothian and Edinburgh	239	£446,074.71
Argyll and Islands	60	£158,680.19
Caithness, Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty	95	£239,448.38
Inverness and Nairn	82	£177,649.69
Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey	28	£51,142.16
Lochaber and Skye	31	£82,635.58
Orkney	54	£141,805.84
Shetland	79	£115,732.71
Western Isles	16	£43,013.62

HouseholderGrants Approved (including Grants Paid) by Technology (to 13 November 2006)

Technology	Number of Grants Approved	Value Approved
Solar Water Heating	643	£746,651.70
Wind Turbine	62	£227,905.15
GSHP	459	£1,560,089.23
Hydro	5	£18,506.95
Biomass	74	£212,033.43
Solar Water Heating/Wind	1	£1,236.41
Lerwick District Heating	62	£55,003.95
Air Source Heat Pump	5	£9,538.11
Solar Space Heating	2	£1,681.71

Question reference: S2W-31171

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were cared for in residential homes in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area and showing year-on-year percentage changes.

Question reference: S2W-31172

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total cost and (b) average cost per resident were of providing residential care in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area and showing year-on-year percentage changes.

Question reference: S2W-31170

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total and (b) average payments were to home carers in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area and showing year-on-year percentage changes.

Question reference: S2W-31169

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were cared for by home carers in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area and showing year-on-year percentage changes.

Question reference: S2W-31251

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 1 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many junior doctors have been found to be in breach of New Deal working hour limits in each year since 1999, also broken down by NHS board.

Information relating to the complianceof junior doctors with the New Deal contract has only been recorded centrally, fromdata provided by NHS boards, since 2004. The information you are seeking prior tothis date may be available from individual health boards.

Under the New Deal contract,rotas for junior doctors are monitored by health boards twice yearly (February toJuly and August to January). The data is collated centrally and is published byspeciality and NHS board on the Scottish Health Statistics website under WorkforceStatistics at:

http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/info3.jsp?pContentID=1348&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show&#JunDr.

Section B gives details of medicalposts in NHS Scotland with tables B13 to 17 providing summaries of compliance ratesfor junior doctors with the New Deal. The information is based on rota periods ratherthan on calendar years and records only full compliance with the contract, thatis the 56 hour limit as well as rest and natural break requirements.

Question reference: S2W-31239

Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2007
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 1 February 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many social workers have been attacked by clients in each local authority area in each year since 1999.

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