Chamber and committees

Information aboutmigration to and from Scotland between 1975 and 2005, collated by the Officefor National Statistics, has been placed in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. number 43467). It shows the number of migrants moving between Scotlandand the rest of the UK (table 1) and overseas (table 2). The requested split betweenmigrants originating from the European Union, the Commonwealth and elsewhere isnot available.Net migration informationunderlying the General Register Office for Scotland’s mid-year population estimatesback to 1951-52 are published on its website but the associated in- andout-flows are not available. http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/annual-report-publications/rgs-annual-review-2006/list-of-figures-chapter-1.html.

I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3145 on 6 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

The information requestedis not available.

The information requestedis given in the following table.

Birth Rate Per1,000 Population, Scotland, 1950-2006

1950	18.1	1960	19.6	1970	16.8	1980	13.3	1990	13.0	2000	10.5
1951	17.8	1961	19.5	1971	16.6	1981	13.3	1991	13.2	2001	10.4
1952	17.7	1962	20.1	1972	15.0	1982	12.8	1992	12.9	2002	10.1
1953	17.8	1963	19.7	1973	14.2	1983	12.6	1993	12.4	2003	10.4
1954	18.1	1964	20.0	1974	13.4	1984	12.7	1994	12.1	2004	10.6
1955	18.1	1965	19.3	1975	13.0	1985	13.0	1995	11.8	2005	10.7
1956	18.6	1966	18.6	1976	12.4	1986	12.9	1996	11.6	2006	10.9
1957	19.1	1967	18.5	1977	11.9	1987	13.0	1997	11.7
1958	19.3	1968	18.2	1978	12.3	1988	13.0	1998	11.3
1959	19.2	1969	17.3	1979	13.1	1989	12.5	1999	10.9

 

The information isnot collected centrally. The Scottish Ambulance Service began capturing informationon the numbers of incidents of violence and aggression towards staff in August 2004when it issued guidance to staff about the need to report such incidents. Therewere 265 incidents reported in 2005 and 299 in 2006. In 2007 to 31 July, there were117 incidents reported.

Through the nationalcontinuing professional development framework, the Scottish Executive expects allteachers to be able to recognise and know how to support pupils with additionalsupport needs, including dyslexia.

In support of this,following recent talks with the Executive, the General Teaching Council for Scotland have now added five new areas to their professional recognitionframework, one of which is dyslexia. This will provide a clear pathway which teacherscan use to gain recognition for their expertise in teaching children with dyslexia.

In addition, the Executiveprovides education authorities with £7.2 million over 2007-08 specifically for thetraining and development of staff working with pupils with additional support needs,including dyslexia. The priority is to tailor educational provision to meet theneeds of the individual pupil. A further £13.5 million is being issued over 2007-08to allow local authorities to co-ordinate and provide continuing professional developmentfor teachers.

I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-2930 on 27 August 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

This information isnot currently held centrally.

However, from 2006, the Scottish Executive annual pupilcensus started to change how it records additional support needs and included aspecific category to record pupils for whom dyslexia is reported as a reason foradditional support being required. Previously such pupils were included in a widercategory.

Further informationis available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/27083941/12and http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/27083941/14.

Under theEducation (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004, educationauthorities must keep under consideration the additional support needs of, andthe adequacy of additional support provided to, each child and young personwith additional support needs for whose school education they are responsible.

Her Majesty’s Inspectorof Education (HMIE) as part of their general inspection programme, review andpublish reports on the effectiveness of support and educational provision forchildren with additional support needs.

Additionally,HMIE is undertaking a specific evaluation of dyslexia over the period 2007-08,which will provide a clear picture of support, provision and practice across Scotland.Their final report is due to be published in late 2008.

As this is anoperational matter for the Scottish Water, I have askedthe chief executive to reply to your enquiry directly.