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Question reference: S5W-29801

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2020
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government which schools in The Highland Council area have received Pupil Equity Funding for 2019-20, broken down by the amount allocated to each.

The information requested is in the public domain, including detailed information for schools in 2020-21 and 2021-22, and is available on here:- https://www.gov.scot/policies/schools/pupil-attainment/

A table containing Pupil Equity Funding allocations for schools in The Highland Council area for 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 is provided below. For schools where revealing the allocation level may be disclosive to individuals, their results have been redacted and replaced with a *.

School	Stage	2019-20 Allocations	2020-21 Allocations	2021-22 Allocations
	Total	£4,039,560	£4,007,948	£4,179,892
Abernethy Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Acharacle Primary	Primary	£6,480	*	£6,126
Achiltibuie Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Aldourie Primary	Primary	£7,200	*	*
Alvie Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Applecross Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Ardersier Primary	Primary	£38,400	£37,594	£39,206
Ardgour Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Ardross Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Arisaig Primary	Primary	*	*	£6,126
Auchtertyre Primary	Primary	£9,600	£9,398	£9,802
Auldearn Primary	Primary	£13,200	£15,272	£15,928
Aviemore Primary	Primary	£39,600	£36,419	£37,981
Avoch Primary	Primary	£16,800	£17,622	£18,378
Badcaul Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Ballachulish Primary	Primary	£12,000	£10,573	£11,027
Balloch Primary	Primary	£10,800	£9,516	£9,924
Balnain Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Banavie Primary	Primary	£8,400	£9,398	£9,802
Beauly Primary	Primary	£24,000	£21,146	£22,054
Ben Wyvis Primary	Primary	£40,800	£38,768	£40,432
Bishop Eden Primary	Primary	£15,120	£10,573	£11,027
Bonar Bridge Primary	Primary	£8,400	£9,398	£9,802
Bower Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Bridgend Primary	Primary	£50,760	£54,041	£56,359
Broadford Primary	Primary	£8,400	£17,622	£18,378
Brora Primary	Primary	£22,680	£19,972	£20,828
Bualnaluib Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Bun-sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir Nis	Primary	£9,600	£17,622	£18,378
Bun-Sgoil Ghidhlig Loch Abar	Primary	£18,360	£12,923	£13,477
Bun-Sgoil Ghaidhlig Phort Righ	Primary	£22,800	£20,089	£20,951
Bun-Sgoil Shlèite	Primary	*	*	*
Canisbay Primary	Primary	£9,600	£8,459	£8,821
Cannich Bridge Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Caol Primary	Primary	£39,600	£42,293	£44,107
Carbost Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Carrbridge Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Castletown Primary	Primary	£19,200	£16,917	£17,643
Cauldeen Primary	Primary	£66,000	£61,090	£63,710
Cawdor Primary	Primary	£11,880	£12,923	£13,477
Central Primary	Primary	£50,400	£44,642	£46,558
Coulhill Primary	Primary	£69,120	£71,663	£74,737
Cradlehall Primary	Primary	£28,800	£29,370	£30,630
Craighill Primary	Primary	£43,200	£38,064	£39,696
Cromarty Primary	Primary	£10,800	£9,516	£9,924
Crossroads Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Crown Primary	Primary	£27,600	£25,846	£26,954
Croy Primary	Primary	£14,400	£12,688	£13,232
Culbokie Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Dalneigh Primary	Primary	£93,600	£89,285	£93,115
Daviot Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Deshar Primary	Primary	*	£7,049	£7,351
Dingwall Primary	Primary	£67,200	£63,439	£66,161
Dochgarroch Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Dornoch Primary	Primary	£20,400	£17,974	£18,746
Drakies Primary	Primary	£21,600	£24,671	£25,729
Dunbeath Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Duncan Forbes Primary	Primary	£31,200	£34,069	£35,531
Dunvegan Primary	Primary	£6,000	£7,049	£7,351
Durness Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Duror Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Edderton Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Edinbane Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Eigg Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Elgol Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Farr Primary (Inv)	Primary	*	*	*
Farr Primary (Suth)	Primary	*	*	*
Ferintosh Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Foyers Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Gairloch Primary	Primary	*	£7,049	£7,351
Gergask Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Gledfield Primary	Primary	£6,000	*	£6,126
Glencoe Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Glenelg Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Glenurquhart Primary	Primary	£20,400	£17,974	£18,746
Golspie Primary	Primary	£13,200	£16,447	£17,153
Grantown Primary	Primary	£27,600	£25,846	£26,954
Halkirk Primary	Primary	£17,280	£17,622	£18,378
Helmsdale Primary	Primary	£12,000	£11,748	£12,252
Hill of Fearn Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Hilton of Cadboll Primary	Primary	£35,640	£48,167	£50,233
Hilton Primary	Primary	£77,760	£71,663	£74,737
Holm Primary	Primary	£21,600	£22,321	£23,279
Inshes Primary	Primary	£20,400	£29,370	£30,630
Inver Primary	Primary	£7,200	£7,049	£7,351
Invergarry Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Inverie Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Inverlochy Primary	Primary	£23,760	£22,321	£23,279
Keiss Primary	Primary	£6,000	*	£6,126
Kilchoan Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Kilchuimen Primary	Primary	*	*	£6,126
Kilmuir Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Kiltearn Primary	Primary	£21,600	£19,032	£19,848
Kingussie Primary	Primary	£6,000	*	£6,126
Kinlochbervie Primary	Primary	£12,960	*	£8,821
Kinlochewe Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Kinlochleven Primary	Primary	£20,400	£18,797	£19,603
Kinmylies Primary	Primary	£60,480	£61,090	£63,710
Kirkhill Primary	Primary	£19,200	£17,622	£18,378
Knockbreck Primary (Dunvegan)	Primary	*	*	*
Knockbreck Primary (Tain)	Primary	£35,640	£32,894	£34,306
Kyle Primary	Primary	£16,200	£12,688	£13,232
Kyleakin Primary	Primary	£6,480	£7,049	£7,351
Lady Lovat Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Lairg Primary	Primary	£20,520	£17,622	£18,378
Loch Duich Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Lochaline Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Lochardil Primary	Primary	£15,600	£15,272	£15,928
Lochcarron Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Lochinver Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Lundavra Primary	Primary	£42,120	£35,244	£36,756
Lybster Primary	Primary	£20,520	£16,917	£17,643
Macdiarmid Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Mallaig Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Marybank Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Melvich Primary	Primary	£0	*	*
Merkinch Primary	Primary	£164,400	£149,200	£155,600
Millbank Primary	Primary	£57,600	£51,691	£53,909
Miller Academy Primary	Primary	£42,000	£41,118	£42,882
Milton of Leys Primary	Primary	£27,600	£28,195	£29,405
Milton Primary	Primary	£25,200	£29,370	£30,630
Mount Pleasant Primary	Primary	£44,280	£48,167	£50,233
Muck Primary	Primary	£0	*	*
Muirtown Primary	Primary	£28,800	£25,846	£26,954
Mulbuie Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Munlochy Primary	Primary	£9,720	£14,098	£14,702
Newmore Primary	Primary	£11,880	*	*
Newton Park Primary	Primary	£96,000	£98,683	£102,917
Newtonmore Primary	Primary	£16,200	£11,748	£12,252
North Kessock Primary	Primary	£15,600	£14,098	£14,702
Noss Primary	Primary	£84,000	£95,159	£99,241
Obsdale Primary	Primary	£40,800	£39,943	£41,657
Park Primary School	Primary	£44,400	£39,943	£41,657
Pennyland Primary	Primary	£39,600	£37,594	£39,206
Plockton Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Poolewe Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Portree Primary	Primary	£43,200	£28,195	£29,405
Raasay Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Raigmore Primary	Primary	£35,640	£44,642	£46,558
Reay Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Resolis Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Rogart Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Rosebank Primary	Primary	£44,400	£48,167	£50,233
Rosehall Primary	Primary	£1,080	£0	*
Rum Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Scoraig School	Primary	*	*	*
Scourie Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Shieldaig Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Smithton Primary	Primary	£97,200	£92,809	£96,791
South Lodge Primary	Primary	£66,000	£66,964	£69,836
Spean Bridge Primary	Primary	£13,200	£11,748	£12,252
St Bride's Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
St Columba's Roman Catholic Primary	Primary	£12,000	£12,923	£13,477
St Joseph's RC Primary	Primary	£31,200	£29,370	£30,630
Staffin Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Strathconon Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Strathdearn Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Stratherrick Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Strathgarve Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Strathpeffer Primary	Primary	£33,480	£27,490	£28,670
Strontian Primary	Primary	£1,080	*	*
Struan Primary	Primary	£0	£0	*
Tarbat Old Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Tarradale Primary	Primary	£30,000	£55,216	£57,584
Teanassie Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Thrumster Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Tomnacross Primary	Primary	£18,000	£19,972	£20,828
Tongue Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Tore Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Ullapool Primary	Primary	£13,200	£11,748	£12,252
Watten Primary	Primary	*	*	*
Alness Academy	Secondary	£52,800	£48,167	£50,233
Ardnamurchan High School	Secondary	£9,720	£7,049	£7,351
Charleston Academy	Secondary	£50,400	£46,992	£49,008
Culloden Academy	Secondary	£64,800	£61,090	£63,710
Dingwall Academy	Secondary	£74,400	£79,886	£83,314
Dornoch Academy	Secondary	£14,400	£12,923	£13,477
Farr High School	Secondary	*	*	*
Fortrose Academy	Secondary	£25,200	£22,204	£23,156
Gairloch High School	Secondary	£9,720	£8,224	£8,576
Glen Urquhart High School	Secondary	£10,800	£9,516	£9,924
Golspie High School	Secondary	£22,800	£23,496	£24,504
Grantown Grammar School	Secondary	£18,000	£16,447	£17,153
Invergordon Academy	Secondary	£48,000	£57,565	£60,035
Inverness High School	Secondary	£114,000	£106,907	£111,493
Inverness Royal Academy	Secondary	£74,400	£84,586	£88,214
Kilchuimen Academy	Secondary	*	*	£6,126
Kingussie High School	Secondary	£28,800	£25,846	£26,954
Kinlochbervie High School	Secondary	*	*	*
Kinlochleven High School	Secondary	£12,000	£10,573	£11,027
Lochaber High School	Secondary	£49,200	£44,642	£46,558
Mallaig High School	Secondary	*	*	*
Millburn Academy	Secondary	£62,400	£61,090	£63,710
Nairn Academy	Secondary	£44,280	£43,468	£45,332
Plockton High School	Secondary	£24,000	£21,146	£22,054
Portree High School	Secondary	£28,800	£25,376	£26,464
Tain Royal Academy	Secondary	£49,200	£50,516	£52,684
Thurso High School	Secondary	£56,400	£55,216	£57,584
Ullapool High School	Secondary	£6,000	£7,049	£7,351
Wick High School	Secondary	£66,960	£68,138	£71,062
Drummond School	Special	£18,000	£30,545	£31,855
St Clement's School	Special	*	£15,272	£15,928
St Duthus School	Special	*	£11,748	£12,252

Question reference: S5W-29795

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2020
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many pupils with additional support needs (ASN) pupils have not had daily access to an ASN teacher during the COVID-19 lockdown, broken down by local authority.

The information requested is not held by the Scottish Government.

Local authorities are best placed to identify how best to meet the needs of the children and young people in their local area.

Children and young people with complex additional support needs can continue, where appropriate, to attend local hubs to secure continuity in their care and support. We working closely with local government partners to ensure that children and young people with additional support needs, and their families, are continuing to receive appropriate support.

Question reference: S5W-29792

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2020
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors how Pupil Equity Funding is spent by each school.

Pupil Equity Funding is additional funding to be invested at the discretion of Headteachers to close the poverty-related attainment gap. Headteachers work in partnership with each other, and their local authority, to agree the use of Pupil Equity Funding.

Working with partners, the Scottish Government has developed refreshed 2020 Pupil Equity Funding National Operational Guidance. This will help schools plan how to most effectively invest their PEF allocation to improve the educational outcomes of children affected by poverty. In addition to the guidance, schools can access ongoing support from Education Scotland’s Attainment Advisor team to maximise improved outcomes for children and young people.

Local authorities may issue complementary guidance about how the funding will operate locally. Schools report on the use of the funding in existing planning and reporting processes to their authority and Parent Council, including in their annual School Improvement Plans and Standards and Quality reports. These plans and reports should be made publicly available so that parents and others can understand what is happening in their school.

In recognition of the financial and other resource implications of maintaining critical provision for children and families at this time, the Scottish Government is providing Local Authorities and Headteachers with flexibility on the use of Attainment Scotland Funding, including Pupil Equity Funding, in order that Local Authorities and Headteachers can best support our most vulnerable children.

Question reference: S5W-29793

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2020
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many additional support needs' (a) teachers and (b) pupils there are, broken down by local authority.

On the number of additional support needs teachers, I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-28271 on 20 April 2020.

Information on the number of pupils with additional support needs is published in the Pupil Census Supplementary Statistics.

The number of pupils with additional support needs in primary, secondary and special schools in each local authority in 2019 may be found in Table 6.10, Table 7.5 and Table 8.6 respectively of the 2019 edition of this publication:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/pupil-census-supplementary-statistics/

All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

Question reference: S5W-29796

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2020
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many educational key worker hubs have not had a daily additional support needs' teacher present during the COVID-19 lockdown, broken down by local authority.

The information requested is not held by the Scottish Government.

Children and young people with complex additional support needs can continue, where appropriate, to attend local hubs to secure continuity in their care and support. We are working closely with local government partners to ensure that children and young people with additional support needs, and their families, are continuing to receive appropriate support.

Daily information on the number of children and young people and staff in these settings is available on the Scottish Government’s website.

https://public.tableau.com/profile/sg.eas.learninganalysis#!
/vizhome/Covid19ELCandHubs/Introduction

Question reference: S5O-04397

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government when physical work will start with the delivery of Lot 1 of the R100 high-speed broadband programme.

Question reference: S5O-04247

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the NFU Scotland document, Stability – The Platform for Change, what pilot schemes for agricultural support it will introduce for the 2021 claim year.

Question reference: S5O-04069

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met The Highland Council and NHS Highland to discuss social isolation and loneliness.

Question reference: S5W-26715

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-26368 by Fergus Ewing on 21 November 2019, what action it is taking to ensure that Highlands and Islands Enterprise carries out the due diligence promptly; by what date it expects the funicular to be fully repaired, and whether it believes that it will be open to the public by the end of 2020.

Question reference: S5W-26716

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the terms were for NHS Highland being placed at level 4 of the NHS Board Performance Escalation Framework, and what key performance indicators it will use to determine whether this status should be retained or changed.

As I have already informed Parliament in the answer to question S5W-20143 on 23 November 2018, NHS Highland was raised to stage 4 in the NHS Board Performance Escalation Framework in November 2018 following concerns about the Board’s financial position and internal governance. Further information on the NHS Board Performance Escalation Framework can be found here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/nhs-scotland-and-integration-authorities-consolidated-financial-reporting-2019-2020/ .

The performance of NHS Highland is considered against a wide range of performance targets - both operational and financial - and is scrutinised by the Scottish Government’s National Performance Oversight Group. The Group is co-chaired by the Director of Delivery and Resilience and the Director of Community and Social Care. The Health and Social Care Management Board (comprising all Health and Social Care Directors and chaired by the Director General) meets on a weekly basis and takes advice from the National Performance Oversight Group on issues relating to performance, delivery, finance, quality and safety. In addition to providing tailored support to the Board, an Oversight Group, chaired by the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, has recently been established to support NHS Highland.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

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