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Question reference: S3W-40301

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Aberdeen City Council regarding the proposed third crossing over the River Don in Aberdeen.

There have been no discussions between Scottish Ministers or officials and Aberdeen City Council specifically regarding the proposed Third Don Crossing. My predecessor met NESTRANS to discuss other matters on 12 March 2010. The Third Don Crossing was referred to as part of another issue but not discussed in detail.

A letter has recently been received from Aberdeen City Council regarding the possibility of including the construction of the Third Don Crossing in the Non Profit Distributing (NPD) model form of contract which is being considered for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. A response will be issued shortly.

Question reference: S3W-40052

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 11 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time teaching posts are vacant in each local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-40049

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 11 March 2011

The following table contains the number of teachers in full-time, temporary posts, from the September Teacher Census for the years 2006 to 2010. As data are not collected in April, teacher numbers in September from the previous calendar year should be used in each case as these relate to the same academic year.

Local Authority	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Aberdeen City	202	205	147	166	180
Aberdeenshire	212	228	245	272	275
Angus	89	99	89	111	138
Argyll and Bute	82	85	78	69	75
Clackmannanshire	39	67	67	82	51
Dumfries and Galloway	123	136	147	139	149
Dundee City	142	156	145	131	145
East Ayrshire	171	242	217	213	204
East Dunbartonshire	149	168	175	186	210
East Lothian	130	119	134	153	156
East Renfrewshire	188	176	160	200	216
Edinburgh City	389	295	385	406	410
Eilean Siar	12	33	22	34	34
Falkirk	180	180	192	179	214
Fife	366	423	397	373	455
Glasgow City	741	869	874	761	728
Highland	154	305	277	217	204
Inverclyde	121	129	105	102	82
Midlothian	120	120	105	106	89
Moray	91	87	90	83	81
North Ayrshire	200	190	201	155	196
North Lanarkshire	560	585	512	472	457
Orkney Islands	10	24	34	32	25
Perth and Kinross	126	163	141	154	190
Renfrewshire	215	251	266	213	238
Scottish Borders	76	137	152	116	117
Shetland Islands	23	28	30	35	36
South Ayrshire	130	147	114	118	156
South Lanarkshire	408	404	404	346	364
Stirling	122	106	87	130	140
West Dunbartonshire	179	183	187	139	117
West Lothian	212	275	296	279	345
Grant-Aided	6	10	8	15	9

Note: The data exclude pre-school teachers.

Question reference: S3W-40045

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 11 March 2011

The following table contains the number of teachers in full-time, permanent posts, from the September Teacher Census for the years 2006 to 2010. As data is not collected in April, teacher numbers in September from the previous calendar year should be used in each case as these relate to the same academic year.

Local Authority	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Aberdeen City	1,435	1,370	1,311	1,286	1,174
Aberdeenshire	1,883	1,845	1,915	1,805	1,737
Angus	967	973	975	924	905
Argyll and Bute	736	740	716	697	671
Clackmannanshire	425	474	406	365	372
Dumfries and Galloway	1,249	1,178	1,239	1,198	1,134
Dundee City	1,291	1,262	1,253	1,215	1,175
East Ayrshire	938	933	906	857	821
East Dunbartonshire	964	937	908	828	820
East Lothian	736	744	695	676	628
East Renfrewshire	910	956	921	870	853
Edinburgh City	2,557	2,551	2,440	2,295	2,246
Eilean Siar	304	284	290	281	243
Falkirk	1,292	1,257	1,245	1,198	1,123
Fife	2,854	2,808	2,817	2,772	2,707
Glasgow City	4,228	4,177	4,016	3,688	3,593
Highland	1,939	1,911	1,920	1,898	1,868
Inverclyde	699	690	667	627	602
Midlothian	669	685	668	610	588
Moray	769	773	747	728	692
North Ayrshire	1,081	1,088	1,060	991	960
North Lanarkshire	2,853	2,931	2,886	2,831	2,740
Orkney Islands	199	184	163	160	162
Perth and Kinross	1,017	978	981	940	898
Renfrewshire	1,374	1,403	1,282	1,216	1,148
Scottish Borders	904	865	823	816	813
Shetland Islands	273	264	288	269	249
South Ayrshire	852	889	835	801	820
South Lanarkshire	2,625	2,557	2,577	2,436	2,318
Stirling	741	745	745	724	702
West Dunbartonshire	782	794	760	738	727
West Lothian	1,477	1,498	1,513	1,460	1,384
Grant-Aided	56	137	138	132	101

Note: The data exclude pre-school teachers.

Question reference: S3W-40047

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 11 March 2011

The following table contains the full-time equivalent number of teachers in permanent posts, from the September Teacher Census for the years 2006 to 2010. As data is not collected in April, teacher numbers in September from the previous calendar year should be used in each case as these relate to the same academic year.

Local Authority	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Aberdeen City	1,643	1,565	1,489	1,466	1,356
Aberdeenshire	2,242	2,240	2,340	2,136	2,120
Angus	1,069	1,072	1,082	1,047	1,028
Argyll and Bute	822	823	811	809	789
Clackmannanshire	462	448	449	414	418
Dumfries and Galloway	1,404	1,401	1,407	1,397	1,303
Dundee City	1,376	1,363	1,366	1,340	1,311
East Ayrshire	1,015	1,013	989	961	920
East Dunbartonshire	1,075	1,059	1,031	955	958
East Lothian	812	838	785	792	749
East Renfrewshire	1,011	1,054	1,019	970	954
Edinburgh City	2,866	2,932	2,817	2,677	2,632
Eilean Siar	387	365	364	355	319
Falkirk	1,397	1,383	1,380	1,359	1,283
Fife	3,125	3,063	3,081	3,075	3,034
Glasgow City	4,540	4,486	4,327	4,039	3,977
Highland	2,229	2,215	2,252	2,242	2,229
Inverclyde	762	757	733	698	674
Midlothian	756	764	756	726	693
Moray	881	884	868	856	819
North Ayrshire	1,186	1,195	1,166	1,107	1,080
North Lanarkshire	3,039	3,127	3,098	3,061	3,003
Orkney Islands	253	230	225	217	222
Perth and Kinross	1,164	1,123	1,147	1,132	1,089
Renfrewshire	1,516	1,543	1,419	1,356	1,297
Scottish Borders	1,032	1,020	959	976	958
Shetland Islands	354	357	360	352	340
South Ayrshire	956	948	941	911	924
South Lanarkshire	2,849	2,841	2,835	2,765	2,655
Stirling	800	815	818	803	798
West Dunbartonshire	844	861	829	829	816
West Lothian	1,607	1,641	1,661	1,624	1,550
Grant-Aided	79	241	171	161	143

Note: The data exclude pre-school teachers.

Question reference: S3W-40050

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 11 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers in each local authority area are employed in full-time-equivalent, temporary posts.

The following table contains the full-time equivalent number of teachers in temporary posts, from the September 2010 Teacher Census.

Local Authority	Teacher FTE
Aberdeen City	223
Aberdeenshire	513
Angus	147
Argyll and Bute	109
Clackmannanshire	67
Dumfries and Galloway	260
Dundee City	160
East Ayrshire	275
East Dunbartonshire	246
East Lothian	175
East Renfrewshire	242
Edinburgh City	518
Eilean Siar	47
Falkirk	250
Fife	527
Glasgow City	863
Highland	285
Inverclyde	103
Midlothian	118
Moray	94
North Ayrshire	269
North Lanarkshire	582
Orkney Islands	38
Perth and Kinross	250
Renfrewshire	294
Scottish Borders	158
Shetland Islands	44
South Ayrshire	202
South Lanarkshire	458
Stirling	159
West Dunbartonshire	128
West Lothian	390
Grant aided	14

The data exclude pre-school teachers.

Question reference: S3W-40048

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 11 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers in each local authority area are employed in full-time, temporary posts.

The following table contains the number of teachers in full-time, temporary posts, from the September 2010 Teacher Census.

Local Authority	Teacher Full-Time Equivalent
Aberdeen City	180
Aberdeenshire	275
Angus	138
Argyll and Bute	75
Clackmannanshire	51
Dumfries and Galloway	149
Dundee City	145
East Ayrshire	204
East Dunbartonshire	210
East Lothian	156
East Renfrewshire	216
Edinburgh City	410
Eilean Siar	34
Falkirk	214
Fife	455
Glasgow City	728
Highland	204
Inverclyde	82
Midlothian	89
Moray	81
North Ayrshire	196
North Lanarkshire	457
Orkney Islands	25
Perth and Kinross	190
Renfrewshire	238
Scottish Borders	117
Shetland Islands	36
South Ayrshire	156
South Lanarkshire	364
Stirling	140
West Dunbartonshire	117
West Lothian	345
Grant-Aided	9

Note: The data exclude pre-school teachers.

Question reference: S3W-40051

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 11 March 2011

The following table contains the full-time equivalent number of teachers in temporary posts from the September Teacher Census for the years 2006 to 2010. As data are not collected in April, teacher numbers in September from the previous calendar year should be used in each case as these relate to the same academic year.

Local Authority	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Aberdeen City	245	262	199	216	223
Aberdeenshire	298	317	334	477	513
Angus	97	113	98	122	147
Argyll and Bute	115	117	107	109	109
Clackmannanshire	46	75	85	101	67
Dumfries and Galloway	169	201	211	198	260
Dundee City	154	168	158	145	160
East Ayrshire	206	268	246	286	275
East Dunbartonshire	183	204	211	224	246
East Lothian	143	132	151	174	175
East Renfrewshire	209	197	178	222	242
Edinburgh City	482	389	486	515	518
Eilean Siar	32	44	32	46	47
Falkirk	198	206	216	199	250
Fife	406	465	450	432	527
Glasgow City	847	986	999	907	863
Highland	232	365	336	273	285
Inverclyde	137	140	117	118	103
Midlothian	140	147	133	129	118
Moray	112	102	105	96	94
North Ayrshire	262	256	273	236	269
North Lanarkshire	651	669	608	582	582
Orkney Islands	23	33	44	47	38
Perth and Kinross	159	198	170	207	250
Renfrewshire	249	278	296	252	294
Scottish Borders	111	181	199	155	158
Shetland Islands	36	37	38	43	44
South Ayrshire	170	181	149	156	202
South Lanarkshire	441	457	445	438	458
Stirling	145	138	108	153	159
West Dunbartonshire	199	202	201	149	128
West Lothian	235	299	326	315	390
Grant aided	8	15	10	17	14

The data exclude pre-school teachers.

Question reference: S3W-40053

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 11 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time-equivalent teaching posts are vacant in each local authority area.

Question reference: S3W-40044

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 11 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers in each local authority area are employed in full-time, permanent posts.

The following table contains the number of teachers in full-time, permanent posts, from the September 2010 Teacher Census.

Local Authority	Teacher Full-Time Equivalent
Aberdeen City	1,174
Aberdeenshire	1,737
Angus	905
Argyll and Bute	671
Clackmannanshire	372
Dumfries and Galloway	1,134
Dundee City	1,175
East Ayrshire	821
East Dunbartonshire	820
East Lothian	628
East Renfrewshire	853
Edinburgh City	2,246
Eilean Siar	243
Falkirk	1,123
Fife	2,707
Glasgow City	3,593
Highland	1,868
Inverclyde	602
Midlothian	588
Moray	692
North Ayrshire	960
North Lanarkshire	2,740
Orkney Islands	162
Perth and Kinross	898
Renfrewshire	1,148
Scottish Borders	813
Shetland Islands	249
South Ayrshire	820
South Lanarkshire	2,318
Stirling	702
West Dunbartonshire	727
West Lothian	1,384
Grant-Aided	101

Note: The data excludes pre-school teachers.