- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to promote new markets in the food and drink industry.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor1001-01.htm
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 3 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place on the draft Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-09/sor0903-01.htm
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 19 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the £61 million costs attributed in the Audit Scotland report Improving public sector purchasing to achieving £327 million savings have been deducted from its efficiency savings plans.
Answer
The Efficient Government Programme guidance states at paragraph 4.15 that, where development costs arise to meet a number of business objectives - and not solely to generate an efficiency saving - they should not be offset against efficiencies claimed. The Public Procurement Reform Programme, to which the £61 million figure applies, is focused on supporting continuous improvement in purchasing across public bodies. Since increased efficiency is just one of the programme''s objectives, it is not necessary to offset the development costs.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will meet (a) South Lanarkshire and (b) Glasgow City Council to discuss teacher numbers.
Answer
Ministers and officials from the Scottish Government meet regularly with councils to discuss a wide range of education matters. For example, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning met with Glasgow City Council on 6 May 2009 and South Lanarkshire Council on 2 July 2009. At both of these meetings teacher numbers were discussed, in the context of the joint commitment between Scottish Government and local government to reduce class sizes in P1 “ P3.
Ministers and the COSLA Convention have now agreed that we need to renew our approach to that commitment. Officials from the Scottish Government and from COSLA will therefore discuss and agree the positive progress with each local authority on reducing class sizes in P1 “ P3, including Glasgow City and South Lanarkshire.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings it has had with higher education institutions since May 2007 to discuss the number of people applying for teacher training places.
Answer
Officials meet the deans of education several times each year to discuss matters of mutual interest including, on occasions, the number of people applying for teacher training places. The deans are also represented on the Teacher Workforce Planning Group, which is convened by government officials and meets twice or three times each year. They were also represented on the Teacher Employment Working Group which met on four occasions between June and October 2008.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive at how many meetings with higher education institutions its target of reducing class sizes in primaries one to three to 18 pupils or fewer was discussed and what impact this has had on the provision of teacher training places.
Answer
Officials meet the deans of education on a regular basis where issues of mutual interest, including policy commitments on class sizes, are discussed. A teacher workforce planning exercise is conducted each year which takes into account the impact of policy commitments on teacher numbers.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what forward planning is being undertaken to match the number of places allocated for teacher training with the number of teaching posts available in schools.
Answer
A teacher workforce planning exercise is undertaken annually to assess the requirements for teachers in the years ahead. This exercise takes into account the relevant recommendations of the Teacher Employment Working Group which reported in October 2008.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Minister for Schools and Skills has had with the UK Government regarding teacher numbers since his appointment as minister.
Answer
Teacher numbers has not been an agenda item at either of the meetings that the Minister for Schools and Skills has had with UK Government ministers since his appointment, as education is a devolved responsibility for the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teacher training places have been available in each year since 1999, broken down by institution.
Answer
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have (a) applied for and (b) entered teacher training in each year since 1999.
Answer
The following table shows the information available on applications and intakes to Bachelor of Education (BEd) and Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) courses:
| | Applications | Intake |
| Primary | Secondary | | Primary | Secondary | |
| BEd | PGDE | BEd | PGDE | Total | BEd | PGDE | BEd | PGDE | Total |
| 1999-2000 | 5,316 | 1,996 | 866 | 2,870 | 11,048 | 636 | 276 | 172 | 1,003 | 2,087 |
| 2000-01 | N/A | 3,589 | N/A | 3,019 | N/A | 708 | 335 | 175 | 991 | 2,209 |
| 2001-02 | N/A | 4,321 | N/A | 3,733 | N/A | 745 | 745 | 201 | 1,116 | 2,807 |
| 2002-03 | 6,894 | 3,554 | 806 | 3,328 | 14,582 | 773 | 592 | 175 | 935 | 2,475 |
| 2003-04 | 7,380 | 2,066 | 954 | 3,312 | 13,712 | 755 | 706 | 175 | 706 | 2,618 |
| 2004-05 | 7,654 | 3,601 | 822 | 3,587 | 15,664 | 768 | 1,023 | 183 | 1,340 | 3,314 |
| 2005-06 | 8,207 | 4,019 | 941 | 4,659 | 17,826 | 780 | 1,482 | 191 | 1,798 | 4,251 |
| 2006-07 | 8,515 | 4,778 | 831 | 5,511 | 19,635 | 786 | 1,599 | 186 | 1,763 | 4,334 |
| 2007-08 | 8,613 | 5,046 | 938 | 4,562 | 19,159 | 780 | 1,517 | 180 | 1,294 | 3,771 |
| 2008-09 | 7,110 | 4,386 | 840 | 3,934 | 16,270 | 925 | 1,743 | 174 | 1,085 | 3,927 |
| 2009-10 | 6,122 | 4,017 | 813 | 3,907 | 14,859 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Notes:
N/A - not available
Application numbers may include duplicates where applications have been made to more than one University.
2009-10 application numbers are to date.
